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Industrial Design
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Viewpoints
Four Design Destinations to Supplement Salone
Away from the sprawling furniture fair, Salone del Mobile offers the cultural centers of Milan an occasion to show off to design-minded visitors from around the world.
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Projects
Orior Opens its SoHo Flagship with Nods to its Irish Roots
A furniture brand comes into its own with a new showroom that expresses its eclectic aesthetic and commitment to artisanal traditions.
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Products
12 Responsibly Sourced Design Products
Building product manufacturers today are making ethical and sustainable choices with their supply chains.
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Products
8 Products We Loved at Salone del Mobile 2022
The international furniture fair returned to Milan for a sultry 60th-anniversary edition. Here are Metropolis’s highlights.
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Profiles
Three Manufacturers Leading the Charge on Transparency
These product innovators disclose ways they’re using technology, visionary designs, and manufacturing advances to make specifying greener and easier than ever.
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Viewpoints
Spirits in the Material World: A Trip to the Eames Institute
Kenneth Caldwell visits the Eames Ranch in Petaluma, California to unpack the goals and secrets of the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity.
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Profiles
Specify Hot List: Xorel
Here’s how Carnegie’s plant-based textile became the first of its kind to earn Living Product Challenge Certification.
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Programs
The Metropolis Sustainability Lab Returns to NeoCon
Offering resources to help the interiors industry make a positive impact on people and the planet, Metropolis and theMART’s hub returns to NeoCon.
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Profiles
Motionspot Brings Function and Form to Accessible Design
The U.K.–based consultancy helps design accessible spaces that look—and feel—good.
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Products
The Path Chair Is Humanscale’s Latest Carbon-Negative Product
Having already rolled out 25 items whose production actually helps remove carbon from the atmosphere, Humanscale is now launching its most sustainable task chair yet.
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Profiles
Q&A: Bruce Mau Discusses a New Documentary and Forthcoming Projects
MAU, a documentary about the category-defying designer’s life, premiered in New York City during NYCxDESIGN.
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Projects
Statement-Piece Showrooms Make their Official Debut During NYCxDESIGN
Three industry-leading design brands take on the new retail landscape with distinct and innovative showroom concepts.
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Profiles
Contemporary Ukrainian Design Put to the Test
Standing for the resilience of an entire nation, the work of Ukrainian creatives exudes spirit and soulfulness.
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Programs
Here’s the Official Guide to NYCxDESIGN: The Festival 2022
From installations to open studios, learn about everything that's happening in the Metropolis guide to NYCxDESIGN: The Festival 2022!
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Programs
18 Winners of the MetropolisLikes NYCxDESIGN Awards 2022
Here’s the best on offer in New York City's design shows and showrooms during NYCxDESIGN's 2022 Festival, handpicked by Metropolis editors.
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Products
15 of the Best Product Debuts for Spring 2022
In time for NYCxDESIGN, here’s a sampling of new design products, including some hitting Manhattan showrooms.
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Products
Two New Lighting Products Offer Endless Options
Offerings from Estiluz and Lodes feature wide customization options and heritage design.
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Viewpoints
Vitra Design Museum Explores Design’s Complicated Relationship with Plastic
Plastic. Remaking Our World surveys the past and future of the controversial material.
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Products
LIVDEN’s Low-Impact Tiles are LEED-Ready
Tiles by San Diego–based LIVDEN contain 65 to 100 percent recycled content and are decorated using the company’s proprietary low-impact printing process.
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Viewpoints
A New Book Examines Peter Shire’s Legacy
Peter Shire: Towers with Ranch Dressing evaluates the ways in which towers have influenced the artist’s work as signifiers of “nostalgia, joy, memory, and anxiety.”