Modernism lost a little-known talent. Last Sunday Lora Lamm—the “grande dame” of Swiss design—died at 97 years old. “With her passing, we lose a designer who made a significant contribution to a new way of… Read More »The Daily Heller: Lora Lamm’s Other Swiss Modernism
In an industry that often worships at the altar of optimization, Raw Materials is making a compelling case for something far more radical: originality. At just 16 months old, the Austin-based studio was named the… Read More »Not Yet Two Years Old, Austin’s Raw Materials is Leading a Creative Renaissance
Photos courtesy Giang Nguyen Giang Nguyen is creative director at Behalf Studio in Vietnam, which is currently working for Project RENEW in an effort to remove the dangerous remnants of the costly war in his… Read More »The Daily Heller: Designing for Peace in Postwar Vietnam
As part of our Financial Transparency theme, we speak with Ana Grigorovici, founder of Design Bench Studio, about learning to value her work, the hidden costs of immigration, and why purpose and pricing don’t have… Read More »Ana Grigorovici on building financial stability and navigating systemic barriers
Set inside a centuries-old church in Milan, Future Impact 3: DESIGN NATION traced six decades of Singaporean design, from cultural icons and everyday ephemera to future-facing provocations. In the middle of Milan’s Cinque Vie district,… Read More »Singapore’s Milan Design Week 2025 showcase bridges past, present and future
Ignasi Prieto and Cecilia Taïeb Cupra is extending its design thinking to other products… and it makes me wonder, why aren’t other car brands doing the same? Walking past Cupra’s installations in central Milan, I… Read More »Milan Design Week 2025: Cupra finds an unusual way to show it’s serious about design