Here's 2019's Trendiest Color, According to Benjamin Moore
The paint company forecasts that its subdued gray shade "Metropolitan AF-690" will be a prominent interior trend to watch next year.
Design Bitches
Trend Alert: Circular Logic
Arcs and circles are making an appearance in all manner of furnishings and accessories, restoring a sense of balance to the universe.
Trend Alert: Going for the Gold
Gold is back, but the most on-trend furnishings and accessories exhibit a modest sort of opulence, writes our editor-in-chief.
Don't Be Afraid of Character, Say These Biennial Participants
Architecture can be funny, eliciting a laugh or a smirk. It can have a backstory. It can be a character in an urban drama. But how far do you push it?
The Architectural "Blob" is Dead, Long Live the "Pile"
The blob ostensibly obliterated the culture of tectonics within architecture, but it was a short-lived fad. Interest has shifted again toward a loosely “aformal” approach—the pile. What are the consequences of architects piling it up?
Makers, Users Co-Create Tech Products That Make Disability Manageable
Tel Aviv-based start-up Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM) hosts maker-marathons to brainstorm a new generation of assisted devices.
Architecture Enters the Age of Post-Digital Drawing
Setting a design concept to pencil and paper was once considered a core architectural act, but the past two decades’ culture of digital rendering almost killed it. Almost.
Game-Changing Generation: The Builders Are Coming
Matching the flower children in numbers and commitment, the generation born between 1997 and 2015 will be the "Builder Generation," according to a recently released trend report.
From Shaker Chic to High-Tech Husbandry, Reflecting the Rural in Design
The countryside continues to underpin our urban imaginings.
Snøhetta Makes the Daily Lunch Break the Central Focus of Its Workplace
Fewer than 20 percent of American office workers take a lunch break, partly because the average workplace doesn’t have a lunch room. Architecture firm Snøhetta has designed its own offices to accommodate this important activity and make it the central focus of the workday.
Yesterday's Great Workplace Experiment Finds its Footing
Cloud-based technologies have made hoteling an attractive option for both large employers and freelancers.
Connected Living Will Bring Boomers and Millennials Together
Every generation shapes its own lifestyle. But how can design build stronger bonds between people of all ages?
Big Changes Are Happening: Arup Forecaster Predicts Global Trends & Issues
Globalization has intensified local aspirations. How can architects and designers keep sight of the larger problems we face?
Designers Look Back to the Grid, Imbue It With New Meaning
Once associated with radical design, the grid is being taken up once again by contemporary designers.
Bringing Happiness Into Workplace Design
On the business imperative, iterative design, and happiness
Kidulting: Design for Those Who Just Won't Grow up
Design for those who just won't grow up
What "Design Empathy" Has to Do With the Workplace
The Allsteel designer talks about workplace design and interaction, her work on autism, and office trends.
For Designers, Face-to-Face Communication Remains as Vital as Ever
Even in our digital age, the urge to physically connect is still alive and well.
Finding Verner Panton's Colorful Touch Everywhere
An ongoing Vitra exhibition of Verner Panton's work has us seeing the designer's influence everywhere in contemporary furniture design.
Seven Compact Solutions for the Creative Home Office
Seven compact solutions for the creative home office
