Shops We Love: Propeller Modern This San Francisco storefront presents modern design from a roster of independent makers and locally-based talents.
Sculpture Lets the Public Paint the Sky An art installation in Vancouver, suspended 24 stories above the harbor, lets the public create light patterns with the swipe of...
British Designers Craft for the Crown Two radically different design installations will celebrate London’s craft heritage.
Photos of the Day: Isolated Building Studies David Schalliol’s photo project showcases the eerie beauty in Chicago's abandoned lots and standalone buildings.
World’s Fair Pavilion: Restoring the Tent of Tomorrow Matthew Silva’s documentary on New York's World's Fair Pavilion is focused on getting a forgotten modernist structure restored.
Behind The Scenes: Chicago Furniture Brand Stars in Divergent Furniture from the sleek Chicago studio gets a closeup in the hit movie Divergent.
Lite-Brite Grows Up: Flatpack Paper Lamp This flat-packed, laser-stitched lamp shade invites endless customizations.
Shops We Love: A&G Merch The Williamsburg furniture fixture A&G Merch showcases its edgy, tongue-in-cheek vibe with a selection of its favorite current...
11 Buildings by Shigeru Ban 2014 Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban’s body of work is a showcase of spatial and material innovation.
Art You Can Walk All Over: Carpet by Steffen Kehrle By painting on the assembly line, German designer Steffen Kehrle turns carpets into canvas.
Swingtones: Musical Swings Built by Kids At a summer camp with power tools, the campers helped design their own amusement: a set of musical swings.
Chicago Crowdsources a Skate Park Skaters, bikers, and a park advocate are breaking new ground in Chicago's Grant Park.
Square Meal: Parson’s Chicken & Fish How did this hip restaurant become Chicago’s hottest patio? Shipping containers helped.
A Table That Charges Your iPhone Designer Marjan van Aubel’s Current project, based on photosynthesis, uses a solar-powered table to charge electronics.
Design Icon: 10 Buildings by Alvar Aalto Alvar Aalto, one of Finland’s greatest architects, made modernist masterpieces with a human touch.
Freunde von Freunden and Vitra’s Berlin Apartment A design collaboration between European furniture manufacturer Vitra and lifestyle voyeur Freunde von Freunden lays out a...
Explore A Floating Fortress in 'Another Great Day At Sea' Writers in Residence by Visual Editions goes behind closed doors to give architecture fans an intriguing longread.
3D Printing Documentary at SXSW The disruptive technology is ready for a closeup, with Print the Legend, a new documentary film on 3D printing premiering this...
Surprisingly Subtle 300-Foot Radio Tower The winning design for the Canakkale Antenna Tower in Turkey manages grandeur with restraint.
Radius Furniture by Jeff Martin An ahead-of-the-curve furniture experiment by Jeff Martin plays with pastels and geometry.
Tiny Vacation Shelters in the French Countryside La Nuage, a system of waystations in Bourdeaux, France, lets hikers live in the cloud.
Design Icon: George Nakashima A skilled and spiritual craftsman, George Nakashima crafted wood furniture that elevated and showcased natural forms.
10 Inspiring Modern Memorials The winning design for Norway’s July 22nd Memorial is one of many poignant architectural metaphors for loss.
Reaction Housing's Affordable Portable Launches at SXSW Inspired by a coffee cup, the EXO portable housing prototype can make a difference for those in need.
Shops We Love: Lowell Obsessed with Southwestern art and one-of-a-kind crafts, the owners of this Portland, Oregon, store explain their aesthetic in...
Behind the Scenes: Grand Budapest Hotel Production designer Adam Stockhausen on crafting dream accommodations for Wes Anderson’s 2014 film, Grand Budapest Hotel.
Innovative Workspaces Across Chicago New Zealand’s Studio Magazine goes behind the doors of Windy City design firms to see how the city's creatives work.
Maggie’s Centres: A Blueprint for Cancer Care A striking set of designs for patient treatment centers showcases architecture’s power to heal.
Incipit: Milan’s New Lab for Designers A studio, a lab, and a business—Incipit aims to be all three, but, most importantly, a new way to support young craftspeople.
Street Photography of New York and Paris's Ghostly Past Abbott and Marville: The City in Transition, a new photography exhibit at the Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York, gives viewers...
A Green Table Lamp Grown from Mushrooms Brooklyn designer Danielle Trofe’s new Mush-Lume lamp is made from biodegradable mushroom material.
Estonian Designer’s Tiny Geometric Cabin Designer-inventor Jaanus Orgusaar’s modular, hexagonal housing concept creates space in geometric patterns.
Want the Perfect Chair? Print It Berlin-based BigRep wants to make your next piece of furniture on a 3D printer.
Future Shock: Guggenheim’s Gorgeous Retrospective on Futurism Championing a radical and utopian vision, the artists profiled in the Guggenheim’s new exhibit Italian Futurism, 1909–1944:...
Design Icon: Charlotte Perriand Many innovators helped usher in the modernist movement, but French architect, furniture maker, and interior designer Charlotte...
Design Icon: Oscar Niemeyer A look back at the iconic modernist buildings designed by legendary Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.