Textiles are a definitive indicator of culture. Fiber content, construction style, patterning, and color cues are all crucial elements to the essence of a fabric, defining our clothing, linens, and household fabrics for eons. After… Read More »IKEA Presents a Magical Patterns Textile Exhibition in Scotland
In a cultural moment when everything competes for attention, restraint feels revolutionary. In his debut furniture collection with Herman Miller, the Pawson Drift Sofa Group, British architect John Pawson reminds us that comfort doesn’t need… Read More »Herman Miller + John Pawson Distill Seating Comfort to Its Purest Form
Technology company Meta has said “the wrist is the key” to the future of human-computer interaction after its engineers created a gesture-sensing wristband prototype. Detailed in the scientific journal Nature, the wristband picks up on the… Read More »Meta envisions replacing keyboard and mouse with smart wristband
Early on in his life, artist David Kaul developed a fondness for drawing on things, and he eventually began to explore graffiti, literally making his mark wherever he could – even on surfaces that weren’t… Read More »F5: David Kaul Talks Playing Chess, His Records, His Dog Winnie + More
British architecture studio Rural Office has added larch-clad extensions on either side of this farmhouse on the south Welsh coast, bringing flexible social spaces to the remote property. The Carmarthen-based practice was commissioned to extend… Read More »Rural Office bookends Delfyd Farmhouse in Wales with larch-clad extensions
To conclude our Building with Cob series, we have collected eight buildings that demonstrate the potential of cob as a modern-day material, including a home in Kazakhstan and a nursery in the UK. Photo by… Read More »Eight contemporary buildings that make a case for cob