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An A-to-Z Guide to the America We Want to Build
For the United States’ 250th anniversary, METROPOLIS highlights the designers and ideas shaping a more equitable, sustainable, and imaginative future for the…
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Reseat’s Office Furniture Rescue
By salvaging huge amounts of quality office furniture bound for landfills, Reseat champions the circular…
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Claire Pijoulat and Odile Hainaut on What to Expect at ICFF 2026
METROPOLIS associate editor and ICFF Editor’s Aw…
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Milan Design Week: 7 New Sustainable Products and Perspectives
At Salone del Mobile and Fuorisalone, installation…
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Milan Design Week 2026: Beyond the Spectacle
Milan Design Week 2026: Beyond the Spectacle. Has …
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11 Tools Transforming Sustainable Design
The METROPOLIS Interface U.S. Sustainable Design R…
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5 Articles to Read for Autism Acceptance Month
METROPOLIS editors share their ongoing coverage on…
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How The Craft of Kawai Kanjirō Teaches Us to Find Beauty in the Unknown
On the 100th anniversary of the Japanese mingei mo…
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The Productive Tension of Prefabrication
Casa Guadalupe by HANGHAR pairs the logic of industrial building with a softer domestic language, revealing how prefab architecture, and design practices, can negotiate both rigor and warmth.
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Photographer Morris Lum Gives Chinatowns the Attention They Deserve
His new book, Chinatowns: Tong Yan Gaai, shows large format photography taken across 16 different Chinatowns across North America.
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A New Book Chronicles the History of Cranbrook Academy of Art
With Eyes Opened includes profiles of 200 artists associated with the influential art school over more than eighty years.
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The Stories Moving Our Industry Forward
In the latest episode of Play with Matches, METROP…
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The Shakers: Culture, Craft, Community, and Care
Behind the separatist Christian sect that believed…
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Design in Motion: Boston Launches a Festival for the Next Generation
Boston’s Design Student Film Festival foreground…
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4 Signals of a Systems Shift in Nature-Based Design
The METROPOLIS Interface U.S. Sustainable Design R…
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We Need a New Approach to Designing for Autism
Architects and designers need to update their stra…
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NeoCon 2026 Brings New Exhibits, Collaborations, and More
From a new lighting show to dynamic collaborations…