BYREDO’s Steel Spheres Reveal Hidden Landscapes Inspired by Scent
A field of tiny steel spheres is an unusual way to introduce a perfume. It also addresses a familiar problem with fragrance displays: the bottle…
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LA’s 60-Foot Light Sculpture Actually Makes Music Visible
An orchestra can fill a room with sound, yet the experience of that sound is mostly invisible. For someone curious about live classical music, a…
These Glass Vases Look Better Empty, and Nobody Questions It
A vase usually gets its moment when the flowers arrive. Once the bouquet is gone, even an expensive one can become background scenery. That is…
Amman Design Week Returns After 7 Years: 220 Designers, 204 Events, and a City That Doesn’t Forget
Seven years is a long time to leave a conversation hanging. Amman Design Week last took place in 2019, when we covered an edition called…
This Photographer Spent Weeks in a Suzhou Silk Studio. Here’s What He Found
When Jing Huang walked into a kesi weaving studio in Suzhou, China, he made a decision that runs counter to almost everything happening in photography…
The 1960s Conversation Pit Is Back, and Milan Can’t Get Enough
If you walked through Alcova at Milan Design Week this past April, odds are you found yourself gravitating toward a large green seating installation that…
The Hague Just Turned Air Into Its Most Exciting Museum
The Hague is not the first city you’d expect to reinvent what a museum looks like. But from May 22 to June 21, 2026, it…
The $1099 Desktop CNC That Impressed Asia’s Biggest Tech Expo
The guiding idea at BEYOND Expo 2026 was that AI software has finished its warm-up, and the main event is technology that acts in the…
The 6.5-Meter See-Saw Sculpture Sydney Can’t Stop Talking About
Public art often asks you to stop and stare. There, Now, Here asks you to grab a see-saw and get involved. At 6.5 meters tall,…
BEYOND Expo 2026: Asia’s Biggest Tech Event Just Told the World That AI Software Was Only the Warm-Up
Every major tech conference eventually finds its thesis statement. CES landed on “everything is connected.” SXSW staked out culture-meets-technology. BEYOND Expo‘s thesis for 2026 is…
ecal x Google Just Imagined 10 Phones Beyond the Slab
At ECAL’s collaboration with Google’s Industrial Design team, the smartphone is no longer treated as a fixed icon of consumer tech. In A Message from…
Issey Miyake’s Most Beautiful Material Was Always the Scrap
If you’ve ever watched the pleating process behind ISSEY MIYAKE’s iconic garments, you already know it’s one of the most satisfying things in fashion. The…
Janny Baek’s Ceramics Look Like They’re Still Evolving
Most ceramic art asks you to admire it from a distance. Janny Baek’s work makes you want to lean in closer and check if it’s…
When Loss Becomes Something You Can Touch
There’s a particular kind of quiet that settles after a wildfire. Not peaceful, not comfortable, just a heavy stillness where something used to be. In…
Industrial Wire Mesh Transforms Traditional Tea House
There’s something deeply poetic about watching light pass through layers of colored wire mesh, each one adding a new dimension of color and shadow until…
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Long-Lost Chair Designs Finally Come to Life After 70 Years
The Museum of Wisconsin Art is presenting chairs that Frank Lloyd Wright never saw completed. These designs existed only as sketches and architectural fragments until…