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Yanko DesignA Stained-Glass Caution Sign You’ll Actually Stop to Admire The amber shadow on the sidewalk is almost as appealing as the object casting it. Hayden Clay Williams’ stained-glass caution sign takes the familiar folding silhouette and rebuilds it as a…
Yanko DesignLego’s new $160 Fast & Furious Dodge Charger takes family time very seriously The 1968 Dodge Charger almost died as a clay model. Designer Richard Sias sculpted a 1/10th scale study, and Dodge styling boss Bill Brownlie ordered it destroyed before leaving on a trip to Europe.
Core77A Transforming Mid-Century Chair, and Fun Knoll Facts This Mid-Century chair, designer unknown, was produced by German furniture brand Wilhelm Knoll. * Called the Scissor Chair, it can perform a little trick: Underneath you can see the hinge mechanism…
Core77Toyota Releases Video of Wheelchair-Alternative Mobility Concepts in Action Last year Toyota unveiled three concepts at the Japanese Mobility Show: Walk Me, a chair that can travel on its legs.
Core77Designing Play: How Ekoplay Turns Learning Into a Hands-On Experience For children, learning rarely begins with a theory. It begins with a gesture: picking something up, turning it around, trying to fit two pieces together, making a mistake, and trying again.
Yanko DesignThis $56 DIY space shuttle has gears, glowing engines, and zero subtlety A fun bit of trivia for ruining dinner parties: NASA never tilted its space shuttles upright at the launch pad.
Design MilkInfiniti Carries Kyoto’s Bamboo Forests Into the Design of the 2027 QX80 The bamboo groves of Kyoto are built on repetition, with segmented stalks rising in close-set ranks as filtered light falls through the canopy overhead.
ColossalDozens of Sculptures Dot Bondi Beach in the 2026 Sculpture by the Sea Exhibition The iconic Sydney beach hosts "the world’s largest free to the public sculpture exhibition." Do stories and artists like this matter to you?
MonocleThe second edition of our ‘Design Directory’ is a reminder that there is more to the sector than meets the eye The latest edition of our annual Design Directory is packed with smart reportage and fresh takes. Executive editor Nic Monisse introduces an issue about how design shapes communities and cultures.
MonocleOur ‘Design Directory’ 2026: The architects, studios and designers to know around the world Stuck on a design problem or looking for the perfect creative partner? Discover top-tier studios and welcoming communities, from Copenhagen and Cairo to Tokyo and São Paulo, complete with contact…
MonocleInside six spaces around the world where good design means more than aesthetic charm From an Hermès factory with 260 AI-proof jobs to a Wiltshire hotel that preserves tradition through a modern lens, here are interiors that show how design choices shape where we live, eat and work.
Design MilkBenjamin Moore’s 2027 Color of the Year Finds Staying Power in Green Green has become a familiar fixture in the annual color forecasting cycle, but Benjamin Moore is looking beyond the latest trends for its 2027 selection.
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