More Good than Harm: How Humanscale Reduced Carbon Emissions with a Lightbulb
The company is exploring every avenue to offset the carbon footprint of its manufacturing and operations—and then going further.
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3 Low-Carbon Products to Add to Your Toolkit
A range of new options can help architects and designers who are working to lower the embodied carbon footprint of their projects.
Deliberate Progress: Teknion's Products Curb Textile Waste
Teknion advances sustainability at both the individual and corporate level, finding the opportunities and choosing the right initiatives to not just to expand the narrative, but also the reality of sustainability
Finding Inspiration from Natural Quartz
Cambria’s technical services team helps architects and designers find novel uses for quartz surfaces.
11 Chic Alternatives to Vinyl Wallcoverings
Recent releases from Carnegie Fabrics and Maharam Design Studio up the ante for sustainable interiors.
Steady Change: Shaw Contract Designs Products for Multiple Lifecycles
The manufacturer has been committed to the Cradle to Cradle design philosophy, which embraces using recycled materials, for more than two decades.
Material Insights: Being Green Goes Beyond Product Development
3form shows its commitment to sustainability by pushing the envelope on recycled materials and being transparent about its progress.
How It’s Made: Parachilna’s Ghost-like Lighting Fixture
Designed by Toronto-based Partisans, no two versions of the piece are the same.
Three Projects Show Spanish Tile’s Wide Range
A hotel, a restaurant, and an office building show how Spanish tile can bring classic style and high performance to any space.
These 6 Products Show That Modular Living Is Going Luxe
From wallpaper to lighting, versatile and high-style design reveals how modularity is cropping up in today’s residential interiors.
8 Architectural Products That Perform Double Duty
The right architectural products or materials can help architects and designers address a whole host of problems or priorities in buildings.
Glass Adds a Modern Twist to an Alabama Office Building
Neutral Tinted Glass from AGC Glass North America connects the Sheffield Group’s new headquarters to nature.
New Documentary Provides a Portrait of Design Superstar Dieter Rams
In Rams, Gary Hustwit—of Helvetica and Objectified acclaim—looks into the enduring legacy of the 86-year-old German industrial designer.
These Architects Used a Common Construction Product to Form an Undulating Urban Landscape
An office tower in Chicago is integrated with its surrounding landscape through an increasingly popular use of geofoam, a classic building product.
Our 15 Favorite Products from IKEA's 2019 Catalog
The annual reveal coincides with the company's 75th anniversary and features a series of special collections, including throwback re-editions and updated staples.
A New Rug Collection Harnesses Unorthodox Dyeing Techniques
Deanna Comellini, the creative director for G.T. Design, took cues from history for the Italian rug company's latest offering, Volare.
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.
KPF's New Building at the University of Michigan Melds Sleek Geometries With Practicality
For the design of the school's Ross School of Business, the firm relied on a custom extruded terra-cotta rainscreen to create a highly-textured facade.
Announcing Our 'Metropolis Likes' Winners, NeoCon Edition!
Metropolis editors hand-pick the best new residential interiors products from American designers in advance of NeoCon this June.
