Design Cities 2019: Valencia, Spain
A Valencia studio’s products draw upon the region’s cross-disciplinary creative networks.
Lighting Products
Esrawe Studio Designs Félix Candela–Inspired Lights
To create the brass form of Parábola, the studio partnered with Pablo Reyes, a Oaxacan metalworker based in Mexico City.
Bright Ideas: 9 Lanterns We Love
Flexible and elegant lighting solutions can be tough to find, but these designs from the likes of HAY, Pablo, FLOS, and Martinelli Luce shine the way.
8 of Our Favorite Designs from Euroluce
At the Milanese fair, the marriage of technological advancement and design innovation was on full display with literal major wattage.
Estiluz's New Circ Family Distills Lighting to Its Essentials
Another hackneyed release aimed at peripatetic minimalists Circ is not: The light’s cheeky proportions direct attention—gently and quite novelly—to its handle.
The Latest LED Tech Promises Warmer Hues and a Better Night’s Sleep
New lighting products, including from Casper, offer warmer color temperatures, which affect circadian rhythms and wellness in general.
New Releases to Look For at Euroluce
The 30th edition of the biennial Euroluce lighting exhibition promises a refined, contemporary feel.
Bandido Studio Draws from Traditional Mexican Crafts in Its Modern Designs
The Puebla, Mexico–based studio works with local artisans to develop pieces that reference the country’s unique heritage of making while using clean forms that let their materials speak for themselves.
15 Products for Designing Sustainable, Healthy Buildings and Interiors
Metropolis interviews experts from Perkins+Will, ZGF, and HOK about navigating the plethora of industry- and product-specific sustainability certifications.
The Right Environment: Lisa Heschong on Why Daylight is the Most Important Architectural Consideration
sponsored by: Metropolis magazine, in partnership with Lutron, presents The Right Environment: a series of profiles featuring experts who are helping to make buildings better for occupants. For the second installment of the series, Metropolis caught up with design researcher and consultant, Lisa Heschong. Heschong…
Cirio: Simple, Elegant Fixture Illustrates the Design Ethos of its Spanish Makers, Santa & Cole
sponsored by: Cirio translates directly to “candle” in Spanish. It is a fitting name for the Santa & Cole family of fixtures that embodies the likeness of this most ancient light source’s…
8 Architectural Products to Inspire Your Next Design
This selection of buildings—ranging from Atlanta to Kansas City to Basel, Switzerland—highlight stand-out materials and products.
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.
9 New Residential Lighting Designs We Love
We've gathered recent releases from the likes of Cerno Group, AlexAllen Studio, Earnest Studio, ANDlight, Vibia, CTO Lighting, Original BTC, and more!
This New Acoustical Lighting Product Spruces Up the Workplace with Space Age Flair
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.
Designer of Iconic '60s and ’70s Lighting, Robert Sonneman Is Still Producing Striking New Fixtures
After years spent working on other projects—including a stint at Ralph Lauren Home—Sonneman has happily spent the past 15 years back in the lighting industry.
Acoustic Lighting Is Fast Becoming the Cornerstone of a Happy and Healthy Workplace
New products by BuzziSpace, Muuto, Haworth, and more combine versatile, noise-reducing functionality with effortless style.
OMA's Versatile New XY180 Lighting Collection is Both Minimalist and Punk Rock
The firm's three-piece lighting collection for Delta Light, its first foray into luminaires, will debut in the United States this March.
Hubbell Introduces New Hospital Lighting Products
The products Hubbell introduced this year are carefully considered from the perspective of every stakeholder in health care.
Designer Margaux Keller on Her "Amor" Table Lamp for Roche Bobois
“The lamp is inspired directly from a lovers’ relationship,” says Keller. “Ceramic and glass are very different materials, very fragile but strong together at the same time.”
