As AI, spatial computing and immersive technologies rapidly move from experimental novelty into the fabric of everyday life, a new question is emerging for designers, architects, technologists and cultural institutions alike: What does it actually… Read More »Empathy is the Future of AI-Responsive Experiences
As design culture increasingly reckons with questions of sustainability, overproduction, and what meaningful innovation looks like, this year’s physical Clerkenwell Design Week Award arrives as something refreshingly grounded: an object shaped by process, material intelligence,… Read More »The Beauty of Wood Grain Takes Center Stage in Henry Marks’ CDW Award Design
In the heart of sunny Naples, Florida, a new flagship boutique is challenging the sterile norms of luxury retail. Designed by DS Studio—a Canadian, all-female powerhouse team of architects—the Henri Noël Jewelry Flagship is a… Read More »A Jewelry Boutique as Luxurious as the Gems In Store
The ground floor of a semi-detached Toronto townhouse is rarely generous with light. In the Mathersfield Project, designer Sam Sacks inherited a floor plate further complicated by a structural wall dividing the living and dining… Read More »Sam Sacks Renovates a Toronto Townhouse From the Inside Out
As populations continue to age globally, architecture is increasingly confronted with a difficult question: how can homes support physical accessibility without reducing later life to a purely clinical condition? Too often, housing designed for aging… Read More »FELT’s Home for Life Centers Dignity in Ageing-in-Place Design
With sterile white cube exhibits now a memory of a bygone era, contextualized displays have become the norm across the design industry. Independent talents, established brands, and leading galleries are now primarily staging their wares… Read More »At Milan Design Week, Playinghouse Strategically Sited Spatially Responsive Designs