High Mineral Content: Geology-Inflected Designs Take Over
From furniture to accessories, surfaces to lighting, Metropolis digs up the latest designs that rock.
Industrial Design
The Toilet That Dreams of Saving the World
Save!, designed by Austrian firm EOOS for Laufen, aims to upend how we process human waste and heal the environment in the process.
Open Style Lab, in Collaboration With Parsons School of Design, Helps Prove Accessibility Is Fashion Forward
The semester-long universal design program sees students work with a client to co-create bespoke wearables, all culminating with a showcase presentation.
Architect Alessandro Mendini's Famous LP Gets a Reissue
Mendini, a Milanese architect and designer, passed away at the age of 88 on February 18, a month shy of the reissue of his nine-track LP Architettura Sussurrante di Alessandro Mendini.
The New Istanbul Design Biennial Wants to Change How We Learn to Design
The sprawling biennial’s installations highlight how designers can find new sources of knowledge and collaboration.
Leather from Pineapple Leaves? New Sustainable Textiles Tap Unexpected Sources
Textile design is, to say the least, a varied field. High-tech woven wearables seem far removed from efforts…
8 Contemporary Designs That Channel the Original 1859 Thonet Bentwood Chair
Au courant echoes of Michael Thonet’s No. 14 chair, with its strongly vegetal origins, have cropped up in cane, bamboo, and bentwood products.
This Biodegradable Coffee Cup Was Made With a Gourd and a 3D-Printed Mold
An astounding 50 billion of those paper cups per year will end up in U.S. landfills because their material cannot be recycled or composted.
New Talent 2018: Nadine Goepfert's Diverse Practice Encompasses Fashion, Textiles, and Interiors
The Berlin-based designer is propelled by an intense interrogation of materials; her work ranges from table cloths to office interiors.
Designer Hlynur V. Atlason on the Motorcycle That Inspires Him
The first time I saw the Moto Guzzi 1000S was in 2004, while working on a project at a photography studio in New York City. The motorcycle made a big impression…
Industrial Designer Todd Bracher is Making User Experience a Priority in His Products
The designer discusses his approach to workplace design, and his new forays into branding strategy to give manufacturers a global edge.
Metropolis's Top Design Moments at NYCxDesign
All the designs, exhibitions, and booths that stuck with us during design week earlier this month.
Seating and Signage Prototypes Designed for Public Spaces Debut at Times Square
The five prototypes—by designers Brad Ascalon, Joe Doucet, Louis Lim, DYAD, and Hive Public Space—are part of an initiative launched by the not-for-profit Times Square Alliance.
This New Book Features 300 Notable Examples of Industrial Design by Masters and Forgotten Designers Alike
Industrial Design in the Modern Age also outlines the evolution of industrial design through a series of accessible essays by such experts as Juliet Kinchin, Pat Kirkham, and Cara McCarty.
Emerging Designers and Major Brands Alike Are Redefining What It Means to be Sustainable
The recently-released book Radical Matter by London consultancy FranklinTill surveys a major shift in material thinking.
Industrial Designer Naoto Fukasawa on His Creative Process
Fukasawa, who recently won the Isamu Noguchi Award, discusses the idea of "Embodiment" in this excerpt from his forthcoming book from Phaidon.
George R. Kravis II, One of America's Most Prolific Design Collectors, Dies
Kravis, a renowned collector of industrial design and founder of the Kravis Design Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away this week after a long illness.
Cooper Hewitt Exhibition Showcases Ilonka Karasz, an Unsung American Design Hero
While Hungarian émigré worked in a wide variety of media, her biggest claim to fame is her 186 cover illustrations for The New Yorker.
Using a Newly-Developed Polymer, Steelcase Aims to Reinvent the Office Chair
The polymer, which captures the springlike flexibility of carbon fiber, lets the chair behave more like a living organism and less like a machine.
World’s Largest 3D-Printed Lens Debuts at Times Square
The installation, titled Window to the Heart, was a collaboration between design studio Aranda/Lasch and 3D printer manufacturer Formlabs.
