Spanish Design Proves its Resilience
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Spanish design brands are ready and able to fulfill orders in the U.S.
Lighting Products
10 Minimal Light Fixtures That Turn Technology into Poetry
As manufacturers increasingly integrate LEDs and other tech into light fixtures, they are becoming sleeker and more understated than ever.
Human Centered: Planet-Friendly Lighting, Designed for People
Lutron focuses on sustainability strategies with a people-first approach, where energy savings are part of an overall plan.
Better Lighting for Better Learning
Human centric lighting helps colleges and universities keep students and teachers happy and support their wellbeing.
New Lighting from Workstead Takes Up Residence at the Glass House
The collection, called Archetype, makes its debut in an iconic Modernist home.
8 Lighting Releases That Show the Best Design is Often Hidden in Plain View
Recent lighting products can take a minimal form, seemingly dissolving into the spatial ether, or manifest more arrestingly.
Our 15 Favorite Products from IKEA’s 2020 Catalog
The Swedish superstore’s releases for the new year include sound-absorbing panels, speaker-studded lamps, and a lot of eye-catching pattern.
Design Cities 2019: Valencia, Spain
A Valencia studio’s products draw upon the region’s cross-disciplinary creative networks.
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.
