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These 4 Outdoor Lights are Dark Skies Friendly
Outdoor lights that have the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) seal of approval are sensitive to their impact on humans and other forms of life.
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PROWL Urges Designers to Consider the Afterlife of Products
A response to fast furniture, the studio's hemp-based Peel chair is biodegradable and compostable.
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Brutalism is Echoing in Contemporary Furnishings
Product designers are drawing on the historic architectural style to inform visionary seating, surfaces, and lighting.
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Looking Back at NYCxDESIGN 2023
From explorations in modularity, materiality, and methodology, this year’s city wide event had more to offer than ever before.
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Profiles
Six Designers Tell Us What They’re Specifying
Interior designers working at firms large and small share the products they rely on for all manner of projects.
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15 Design Products Offer New Takes on Earth Tones
Across categories and materials, the palette and patterns of the natural world are trending. Here are some of the products that do earth tones best.
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Lutron’s Traveling Installation Showed the Power of Lighting Control
Lutron just wrapped a global tour of its Prismatic cube installation with stops across Europe and in The United Arab Emirates. Here's why.
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The Ultimate Metropolis 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
Metropolis editors select the best design-minded gifts for this holiday season.
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14 Products Bring Digital Inspiration into the Physical Realm
With trade shows back in person, product debuts are getting back to the internet of things.
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8 Products We Loved at Salone del Mobile 2022
The international furniture fair returned to Milan for a sultry 60th-anniversary edition. Here are Metropolis’s highlights.
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Profiles
Fauzia Khanani Selects Good Design that Does Good, Too
Studio Fōr’s material choices and product selection are the product of its founder’s search for manufacturers that share her values.
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The Metropolis Ultimate 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
Metropolis editors select the best design-minded gifts for this holiday season.
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Profiles
For Ghanaian Textile Designer Chrissa Amuah, Storytelling is Everything
The creative director and founder AMWA Designs has recently released a new fabric collection with Bernhardt Design that incorporates abstract interpretations of Ghanaian symbols.
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These Three Products Target Health and Wellness in the Workplace
From bleach-cleanable storage to a lounge chair with built-in speakers, these offerings from Allsteel, Carnegie Fabrics, and Samuelson Furniture are clearly post-pandemic solutions.
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Two Designers Lean Into Craft
Brite Bodies' plasterwork tables and Tracy Glover's handblown glass lighting emphasize the material and the method.
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28 Recent Product Releases Reflect New Trends in Global Design
With whimsical colors, soft forms, and recycled materials, product manufacturers around the globe lean into change.
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What They’re Specifying: Heather Dubbeldam
The Dubbeldam Architecture + Design principal selects lighting, surfacing, and furniture for the modern workplace.
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What They’re Specifying: D.B. Kim
The noted hospitality designer selects colors, textures, and forms that inspire timeless comfort and peace.
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5 Products Whose Geometric Designs Delight and Inspire
Geometric signatures in these textiles and surfaces originate in sources ranging from the heroic to the mundane.