Artemide is celebrating its history, and Sintesi, introduced in 1975, was the first lamp signed by founder Ernesto Gismondi. His background was engineering and manufacturing,…
Many contemporary pendant lamps hide a surprising amount of complexity, multiple materials, custom housings, and plastic diffusers layered around a simple LED strip. That often…
Foscarini has a habit of pushing lighting beyond glass and metal, experimenting with concrete, fabric, and now molten rock. The brand often treats materials as…
Solar power usually shows up as something big and remote, panels on roofs, fields of photovoltaics, or chunky outdoor lanterns that live on balconies. Very…
Bamboo usually shows up in design as a structural element, furniture frames, baskets, or as a surface veneer. It is almost always treated as opaque,…
We’ve all been there. You’re three hours into a study session, hunched over your desk with tabs multiplying like rabbits, your phone buzzing with notifications,…
Nightstands have quietly become cluttered charging stations over the past decade, with phones serving as alarms, small purifiers humming in corners, and separate wake-up lights…
There’s something almost magical about watching a peacock unfurl its tail feathers. That moment of transformation, when something compact suddenly explodes into an elaborate fan…
There’s something deeply satisfying about watching trash transform into treasure, especially when the result is as stunning as Luminous Re-weave. Created by designers Ling Sha…
There’s something about lighting that can completely transform a space, isn’t there? You walk into a room with harsh overhead fluorescents and immediately feel different…
Wireless chargers have become common, but most are anonymous black discs that disappear into the desk. They do the job, but rarely feel personal or…
There’s something quietly radical happening when designers stop thinking about furniture as rigid, finished objects and start treating them like organisms that could have grown…