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Profiles
Common Object Studio Is Humanizing Concrete
Designed in collaboration with concrete manufacturer Mangrove, the studio’s Un Nido seating collection uses a leading-edge, low-waste additive process.
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Products
8 New Products Leaning into Craft
From Milan Design Week 2026 and beyond, new furniture, lighting, textiles, and wallcoverings manifest fresh approaches to craft.
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Viewpoints
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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Viewpoints
Exhibit Columbus 2025: Exploring Site, History, and Community
The fifth edition of the festival pays tribute to the city’s rich Modernist heritage while also re-examining the importance of shared public spaces.
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Products
What We Discovered at 3daysofdesign
From the reimagined use of wood to a renewed focus on modularity and a continued refinement of mushroom-based materials, Copenhagen’s annual design event brought forth numerous innovations.
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Viewpoints
Venice Architecture Biennale 2025: In Defense of Speculation
In Defense of Speculation At the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale, seven exhibitions demonstrate the importance of conceptual ideation, especially in advancing rigorous sustainability
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Products
8 Standout Products from Milan Design Week 2025
From hundreds of showcases at Salone del Mobile and Milan, METROPOLIS highlights eight must-see introductions.
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Projects
The Shenzhen Energy Ring Sets a New Standard for Circular Infrastructure
The Perkins & Will–designed facility is a dynamic case study in placemaking, ensuring waste management and energy-generation become a more visible part of everyday life.
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Products
Studio Kër Looks at Design as Resistance
Former NFL star Michael Bennett’s format-defying furniture designs grapple with identity, history, and representation.
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Profiles
Chris Adamick Designs for Life
The Los Angeles–based product designer launches the paradigm-shifting Admix table system with Allsteel.
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Viewpoints
We Design Beirut Sheds Light on Lebanon’s Ever-resourceful Creative Community
The inaugural citywide festival incorporated exhibitions that addressed the relevancy of craft and the importance of sustainable design.
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Viewpoints
The Denver Art Museum Explores Nature’s Eternal Sway over Architecture and Design
Biophilia: Nature Reimagined brings together 70 works that explore the relationship between nature and creativity.
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Products
This Lighting Collection Diverts Urban Trees from Landfills
Discover TREELINE, a circular product designed by lighting producer Stickbulb, in collaboration with Brooklyn-based fabrication studio Tri-Lox and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
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Viewpoints
A New Exhibition Explores Climate Change Through Craft
On view at Pittsburgh’s Contemporary Craft through January 2024, Climate Awakening: Crafting a Sustainable Future uses art to engage with the issue of environmental impact.
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Viewpoints
Amazon’s HQ2 Conceals its Agenda with the Latest Sustainability Strategies
Phase one of the new North Virginia sister campus opened this Summer, thinly veiled in environmental and social empathy.
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Viewpoints
Architecture Philanthropy Platform re:arc institute Announces 2024 Projects
The platform will support nearly 40 social and infrastructural initiatives being developed around the world.
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Viewpoints
Everyone Should Have Access to the Power of Good Lighting
Driven by a social-justice agenda, Los Angeles design studio Chromatic asserts that "light privilege" is just another form of environmental racism.
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Products
Discover This Biodegradable Alternative to Fireworks
How a Dutch artist is rethinking the traditional celebratory display with better-for-the-planet, naturally glowing materials.
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Projects
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Puts Patients at Ease
Designed by Payette, the light-filled cancer center near Boston prioritizes the patient experience.
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Products
Looking Back at NYCxDESIGN 2023
From explorations in modularity, materiality, and methodology, this year’s city wide event had more to offer than ever before.