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Viewpoints
Milan Design Week: 7 New Sustainable Products and Perspectives
At Salone del Mobile and Fuorisalone, installations and booths showcase lower-impact materials and products—from pollinator baths to recyclable polyester padding.
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Milan Design Week 2026: Beyond the Spectacle
Milan Design Week 2026: Beyond the Spectacle. Has design’s biggest event become all flash? Looking past brash brand activations and frivolous displays of stylistic flex, can one still find substance?
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Profiles
Meet the 2026 Planet Positive Awards Jurors
METROPOLIS announces the esteemed jurors for the 2026 Planet Positive Awards, honoring excellence in sustainable design.
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Programs
Visit METROPOLIS’s Sustainability Lab at NeoCon
The Sustainability Lab will highlight innovations that give you the tools you need to design spaces that positively impact both people and the planet.
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Programs
Material Bank Streamlines Material Sampling Across Europe
Discover the digital marketplace transforming how designers source materials—consolidating shipments, reducing packaging waste, and simplifying the sampling process.
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Design in Motion: Boston Launches a Festival for the Next Generation
Boston’s Design Student Film Festival foregrounds time-based media as a tool for critique, storytelling, and the creation of new spatial imaginaries.
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4 Signals of a Systems Shift in Nature-Based Design
The METROPOLIS Interface U.S. Sustainable Design Report 2026 highlights new research nudging climate action toward coordinated strategies linking materials, ecosystems, data, and policy.
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NeoCon 2026 Brings New Exhibits, Collaborations, and More
From a new lighting show to dynamic collaborations—and a full lineup of inspiring programming—here’s what to expect at Chicago’s annual commercial interior design show.
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Products
In Collaboration with Teknion, SOM Reissues Designs from Its Archive
The new Ikon collection revisits work from SOM’s long-unsung interiors division, originally created for powerhouse clients, including Halston and IBM.
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Why Bruce Goff’s Architecture Feels Made for the Instagram Age
The Art Institute of Chicago’s retrospective shows how Bruce Goff’s holistic design language anticipated today’s image-driven architectural culture.
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From Skyscrapers to Chairs: Rewriting SOM’s American Design Legacy
An exhibition by Rarify reframes SOM’s philosophy of total design by reassessing decades of forgotten furniture and interiors.
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Programs
Carnegie Changemakers Hone in on Holistic Impact in San Diego
The third Carnegie Changemakers experience co-hosted by METROPOLIS brought a group of sustainability-focused architects and designers to San Diego.
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Report: METROPOLIS Weighs in on Sustainable Design in the U.S.
The METROPOLIS Interface U.S. Sustainable Design Report 2026 captures the state of green building today and what comes next.
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21 METROPOLIS Must-Reads to Kickstart 2026
With a lot of inspiration and a touch of provocation, these articles will get you in the right frame of mind for the new year.
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Programs
Carnegie Changemakers Convene in NYC to Explore Sustainable Specification
The trip, hosted by Carnegie and METROPOLIS, gave A&D sustainability champions the opportunity to dive deep into the impacts of materials and products.
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6 Insights from Sense of Space Season 2
Ella Hazard and Faraz Shah return with conversations about how we design, inhabit, and make meaning in the built environment.
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How Acoustic Design Is Evolving for the Modern Workplace
Experts from the A&D industry came together to discuss challenges and share opportunities in partnership with METROWALL.
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Synergy Powers the METROPOLIS Sustainability Lab + Conference
More than 300 attendees gathered at The New School in New York City to explore, connect, and chart the path forward for sustainable design.
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Sustainability News Updates for Q4 2025
A year of policy ups and downs in the United States has created a fragmented regulatory landscape for the building industry to navigate.
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Archtober and the AIA Center for Architects Invites You to Share Space
Archtober 2025: Sharing Spaces, The 15th edition brings together architects, artists, and the public for a month of events exploring how New Yorkers share and shape their city.