From Playful Products to Clever Urban Interventions, New Affiliates Distills Design to Its Essence
Founded by Ivi Diamantopoulou and Jaffer Kolb, the New York–based firm creates visually pleasing design, but its most interesting work is cerebral.
New Talent
Taller TO Explores Movement in Architecture on Mexico City’s Unsteady Ground
Firm founders Carlos Facio and José G. Amozurrutia's commitment to environmental and social responsibility has grounded the studio as it expands.
New Talent: Neogenesis+Studi0261 Melds Historical Influences into a Balanced, Minimal Aesthetic
The young Surat, India–based design trio has completed 60+ projects and has proved adept at balancing client demands, programmatic pressures, and spatial constraints.
Case Design Combines Local Craft, Art, and Architecture for a School in Mumbai
The firm uses the kind of architectural process that it believes is possible only in Mumbai—thoughtful, iterative, and craft-led.
Metropolis Magazine's 8 Rising New Talents
From a nonprofit revitalizing L.A.'s overlooked corners to a studio specializing in experiential graphic design, this year's New Talents feature multidisciplinary skill sets.
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.
New Talent 2018: Joe Lawton's Growing Studio Is a Hybrid of Graphic Design and Architecture
With a passion for environmental graphics, designer Joe Lawton has built a practice dubbed Media Objectives (M-O) within the architecture firm Valerio Dewalt Train Associates (VDTA).
New Talent 2018: Maria Jeglińska Examines the Social and the Political Though Her Products and Installations
The Warsaw-based designer and Konstantin Grcic alum interweaves social narratives and familiar household objects.
New Talent 2018: Karamuk Kuo Combines Levity and Rigor in Its Architectural Practice
In a relatively short time, the Swiss-American duo have built up an impressive portfolio, slyly navigating one of the more problematic yet compelling aspects of practice.
New Talent 2018: For Furniture Design Company Kalon, Each Piece Starts in the Designers’ Own Home
The Los Angeles-based design duo meticulously develops each of their products, fostering a unique blend of beauty and sustainability.
New Talent 2018: Nonprofit LA-Más Is Revitalizing Los Angeles's Overlooked Corners
The nimble L.A. practice seeks to unlock the city’s potential by conceiving policy solutions and reimagining unglamorous spaces throughout the basin.
New Talent 2018: Architect Thomas Kosbau Is Helping Create the Next Generation of Green Urban Tech
Just as he’s wrapped his largest and greenest project to date, Thomas Kosbau’s brand of idealistic architecture is growing up.
Minneapolis Duo Dream the Combine Selected to Build 2018 MoMA PS1 Pavilion
The Minneapolis-based architects will install Hide & Seek, an immersive mirrored environment, in the museum’s courtyard this summer.
Minnesota Design: Dream the Combine Creates Otherworldy Installations
The studio is one of three experimental design studios that are putting the Twin Cities on the map.
Architects and Designers to Watch: Metropolis Magazine's New Talent 2017
Whether they’re creating a hospital in Zambia or Shaker-inspired objects in Oregon, these talents have what it takes to advance architecture and design.
New Talent 2017: Lukas Peet's Simple Lighting Designs Betray Complexity
With an approach that synthesizes pragmatism and whimsy, Peet’s designs reconsider the particularities of lighting and how it fills a space.
New Talent 2017: Studio Gorm's Perfect Balance of Aesthetics and Function
An appreciation of the beauty in an object’s true function drives the work of Studio Gorm.
New Talent 2017: Float Studio's Fresh Approach to Office Design for Start-Ups
Adeptly avoiding the clichés of office design for start-ups, Float Studio instead creates spaces that capture each company’s founding essence—all on a tight budget.
New Talent 2017: Orkidstudio's Dedication to Social Impact and Architecture
Orkidstudio's small Nairobi-based team is equal parts contractor, designer, and educator, and treats each project as an opportunity to innovate and empower.
New Talent 2017: Adam Nathaniel Furman's Electric Approach to Postmodernism
Relying on his own imagination rather than trends, Adam Nathaniel Furman—a master of surface and ornamentation—designs exuberant works at all manner of scales.
