From Detroit to Seoul, these cities manage to have global design influence while maintaining a their unique regional identities.
As part of our 2018 Design Cities issue, Metropolis looked at projects, firms, and places that are driving global design culture today.
As part of our 2018 Design Cities issue, Metropolis looked at projects, firms, and places that are driving global design culture today.
The annual reveal coincides with the company’s 75th anniversary and features a series of special collections, including throwback re-editions and updated staples.
In development for more than a decade, the project boasts a showstopping aquarium and architecture that breathes in ocean breezes.
The Manhattan-based designer recalls a serendipitous moment in which his musical hero was immortalized by Chuck Close and the New York City subway.
The Warsaw-based designer and Konstantin Grcic alum interweaves social narratives and familiar household objects.
The Waterloo City Farm, also home to the firm’s studio, delivers good design—and vegetables and barnyard critters—to communities in need.
Deanna Comellini, the creative director for G.T. Design, took cues from history for the Italian rug company’s latest offering, Volare.
The Los Angeles-based design duo meticulously develops each of their products, fostering a unique blend of beauty and sustainability.
Available Light, created in collaboration with choreographer Lucinda Childs and composer John Adams, is performed in New York City for the first time in 35 years at Lincoln Center.
Designed by local firm Reed Watts Architects for the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, the practice space blends seamlessly with its verdant surroundings.
The famed singer-songwriter’s vast archives will be housed in a brand new building within Tulsa’s industrial arts district.
For 130 William Street, located in New York’s Financial District, Adjaye drew from the neighborhood’s historic fabric, while looking to the future of high rise living.
Running until October 28, the first-ever Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art will take over various spaces throughout the Latvian capital.
A handful of exhibitions and performances during the month-long design festival radically interrogate gender and space.
A recent book from Phaidon delves into the photographer’s little-known contributions to chronicling Modernist architecture in his home state, California.
The city’s first 24-hour veterinary clinic, designed by local firm Alma-nac, accommodates the requirements of pets in need, as well as their owners.
Silent Field 2.0, a new item from Artemide North America designed by Carlotta de Bevilacqua and Laura Pessoni, aims to remedy the shortcomings of the open-office plan.
For the Zhang ZhiDong and Modern Industrial Museum in central China, Daniel Libeskind creates a dramatic new urban landmark steeped in the history of Wuhan.
