Our modern world holds many contradictions at once. Many facets of our day-to-day lives would have been almost unimaginable even fifty years ago, shaped as they are by technological development, societal shifts, and a growing… Read More »Beyond Leather Transforms Scrap Material Into Lighting
In a world demanding design be more streamlined, relentlessly optimized, and endlessly useful, IKEA PS 2026 meets the moment with an alluring proposal to consumers: What if functional objects could also flirt? What if home… Read More »IKEA PS 2026 Is a Love Letter to Playful Functionality
In each episode, Play With Matches, the podcast hosted by UpSpring CEO Tiffany Rafii, delivers major takeaways from designers and industry experts — on everything from how to center craftsmanship to how good design can… Read More »Play With Matches: 5 Design Lessons from the Podcast
Clothing retailers feature decor that appeals to the senses, but this can often be excessive and ultimately detract from the apparel on offer. So when the Raw07 team was tapped to design Solmé, a new… Read More »This Clothing Boutique in Poland Embraces Understated Elegance
Textiles are no longer a quiet substrate. They are infrastructure, technology, protection, climate strategy, logistics challenge, and cultural signal all at once. A fabric might need to breathe, stretch, resist flame, withstand abrasion, reduce dependence… Read More »Messe Frankfurt’s Textile Platforms Make Material Progress Tangible
Souvenirs are often dismissed as novelties, even clutter when they start to piles up: postcards, magnets, snow globes, the small ephemeral artifacts that compress a place into something portable. But at their best, souvenirs do… Read More »Cateto Club: An Architecture of Afterglow