Jan Kath’s Magic Carpet Ride
Two decades ago, nobody was buying carpets. But as it turns out, rugs do have a place in contemporary interiors—if they speak a contemporary language.
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Scott & Scott Designs a Zero-Waste Store for Vancouver’s Kitchen Staples
Kitchen Staples enlists Scott & Scott Architects to create a wonderfully warehouse feel for their new Vancouver store, where customers can bring in their own reusable containers for shopping.
Liquid to Air Explores the Outer (and Inflatable) Limits of 3D Printing
MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab expands the potential of 3D Printing with Liquid to Air, a collection of inflatable objects.
Studio Junction Delivers a Bespoke Test Kitchen
Studio Junction’s test kitchen for famed chef Grant van Gameren is a backdrop for ingenuity.
How Steelcase Used the Power of Polymer to Build a Better Chair
For Silq, its new task chair, Steelcase replaces complex mechanisms with a single responsive substance.
The Surprising, Sustainable and Profound Public Art of Toronto’s Polymétis
Toronto firm Polymétis found its niche by exploring the surprising potential of winter landscapes.
How MJMA Designed the UBC Aquatic Centre’s Universal Change Rooms
In developing universal change rooms, Toronto architecture firm MJMA tackles the issues of privacy, safety and accessibility through design.
Malcolm John Rio’s Work Explores Race, Class and Design
Focusing on issues such as race and class, RISD grad and MIT scholar Malcolm John Rio aims to make his mark on architecture from the lecture hall.
How Guglielmo Poletti Developed His Sculptural Furniture
A spirit of experimentation encouraged at Design Eindhoven Academy distinguishes Guglielmo Poletti’s sculptural furniture.
These Bright Designers Are Showing the Untapped Potential of Lighting
From eliciting emotional responses to storing energy, lighting can do much more than illuminate. 3form and Louis Lim In Mobius, Brooklyn designer Louis Lim has created a seemingly paradoxical object: a circular bench formed from just two looping, Möbius-strip-like surfaces, and rendered in a colourless material that pulsates with every hue of the rainbow. This material, 3form’s Dark Chroma resin surfacing, was thermoformed on plywood moulds in sections, then precision-mitred with a five-axis CNC and glued …