These 7 Products Make the Home More Accessible
When products are designed with an attention to flexibility, intuition, and a range of abilities, everybody wins.
Author: Leilah Stone
The Architectural League Announces the Winners of Its 2020 League Prize
Now in its 39th year, the juried competition recognizes exemplary work from six rising practices throughout North America.
Lean In: This Lamp Brings an Indoor Staple Outside
As part of Landscape Forms' Motive collection, designer Justin Champaign has created an al-fresco version of the floor lamp.
9 Interiors From Around the World That Stand Out Because of Lighting
From Wuhan, China, to Los Angeles, Metropolis highlights three lighting strategies that bring work, retail, and hospitality spaces to life.
The Lighting at this Publisher's HQ Was Designed for Easy Reading
Continuing our series on lighting strategies around the world, we look at how Berlin firm Kinzo's dramatic scheme for the offices of Suhrkamp Verlag serves an important purpose.
To Help Fight COVID-19, Manufacturers Create Devices and Services for Doctors
As the coronavirus has shuttered cities and immobilized citizens, manufacturers have found ways to offer support to vulnerable populations and provide free protective gear to medical professionals.
In Lighting Wells Fargo's Offices, Kugler Ning Foregrounds Natural Rhythms
At the LEED Gold–certified workplace in Hudson Yards, part of our global lighting portfolio, a scripted time-clock schedule aligns with the body’s 24-hour internal clock.
A Pavilion Where Lighting Mimics Branches, Leaves—and Chipmunks
For this structure in a Dutch national park—the next installment in our lighting portfolio—designers used projections that appear to float on the breeze.
11 Objects that Showcase the Possibilities of Ceramics
The versatile and sustainable qualities of fired clay are on display in these innovative designs.
Warm Light and Low-Glare Create a Cozy Environment at this Dallas Eatery
The second of nine case studies on lighting strategies across global interiors, Georgie, a restaurant and butcher shop in Dallas, reimagines the American steakhouse.
5 Ways Architects and Designers are Responding to COVID-19
3D printed face shields, hospital conversions, material donations, and deployable intensive care units are just some ways architects are stepping up during the pandemic.
At This Bookstore in Wuhan, China, Light Represents Knowledge and Emotion
The first of nine case studies on lighting strategies across global interiors, the Hubei Foreign Language Bookstore considers light's symbolic nature.
Make the Best of Working from Home with 12 New Products
While COVID-19 has forced many across the globe to bring the office home, good design can help ease the transition.
And Now For Something Completely Different: 12 Top Picks from imm Cologne and Masion et Objet
The fresh crop of furnishings displayed at imm Cologne and Maison et Objet takes a turn for the quirky, the surprising, and the multifunctional.
American Archetypes Are a Calling Card at the Catskills’ Urban Cowboy Lodge
The latest venture from Lyon Porter and Jersey Banks embraces rustic twigwork, bandana motifs, and Pendleton fabric.
Office of Tangible Space Aims to Deepen Interior Practice
The interdisciplinary studio engages in interiors, products, and exhibitions that form connections between "the built world and the human psyche."
As Technology Reshapes Travel, How Can Hospitality Design Keep Up?
A recent Think Tank Panel hosted by HKS Miami explore how older notions of travel have been supplanted by the "experience" rubric.
Finding Purpose in the Workplace Helps Shape Connected Cities
At a recent Think Tank panel hosted by Gensler, panelists weighed in on design strategies to support the individual.
A New Show at Friedman Benda Challenges Viewers to Redefine the Meaning of Comfort
Organized by Omar Sosa, the exhibition leans on the idea that comfort is relative, socially constructed—and often, exclusive.
What Can Designers Do to Combat the Loneliness Epidemic?
In the opinion of one designer at a recent Think Tank panel, "we're either helping create spaces that connect people or we’re not."
