A Moscow Apartment Reinterprets the Architecture of a Korean Hanok
Direct midday sun falls on one side of this 1,800-square-foot apartment, and Inga Kordya designed the living room around it.
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Won ji lim translates the human body into glass, cement and soft sculptural forms
Won ji lim abstracts the human body through glass, and everyday materials, exploring symmetry, and the space between inside and outside.
Who Needs an Ocean View? Not This Introverted Australian Home
The owners wanted to be shielded by trees with an inward-looking floor plan centered around a courtyard.
Damien Hoar de Galvan Puzzles Scraps of Reclaimed Wood for a Daily Sculpture Project
From reclaimed wood, artist Damien Hoar de Galvan pieces together dynamic, small sculptures for a daily project.
Doshi Levien’s first textile accessories collection for Hay is a contemporary take on Indian...
London studio Doshi Levien were informed by the tactility of embroidered Indian fabrics and their ongoing, extensive colour research.
Inside a Toluca Lake House That Finds Depth in a Narrow Palette
A narrow palette of limestone, oak, linen, mohair, and metal makes a case for neutral.
Katerina shukshina’s shoes bloom straight from the garden
From zucchini ballet flats to shoes covered in flowers and dandelion seed heads, the artist turns fleeting plant materials into playful studies of footwear.
Studio Mehta's Kenyan retreat is luxuriously built using local and recycled materials
Emerging Nairobi architects, Studio Mehta, take us behind the design.
Contemporary orangery reimagines ancient botanical mythology of hecate’s garden
Hecate’s garden in georgia pairs a botanical greenhouse with a contemporary orangery restaurant inspired by ancient mythology.
5 Pristine Arizona homes that beat the heat
With minimal designs and stunning natural settings, these arid retreats are fueling our wanderlust.
Nothing’s Ear (3a) Makes Audio as Easy to Capture as a Screenshot
Nothing has spent years making earbuds you can recognize from across the room.
A Vancouver Addition Blurs the Line Between House and Garden
Floor-to-ceiling glazing set flush with the ground does something a conventional window cannot.
Material, structure, and scent converge in so koizumi’s south Korean solo exhibition
So koizumi design presents his first solo exhibition in south korea in collaboration with seoul-based scent brand pointtwofive·second.
This Mexico City Wellness Studio Turns Alignment Into Architecture
Mexico City is frenetic and saturated with color, a sprawling metropolis of more than 20 million people and nearly 2,000 neighborhoods.
This milan apartment is bursting with thousands of twentieth-century masterpieces
Casa museo boschi di stefano opened it doors in 2003, transforming a former residence into a treasure trove of twentieth-century art.
How a Fashion-Trained Eye Shapes April Graves’ Approach to Stone
A background in fashion led April Graves to an unlikely material: natural stone.
Nick Sheridan Talks Surfboards, His VW Beetle, Morocco + More
When Nick Sheridan was young, he explored everything from sketching to sewing to channel his creativity—but it was craftsmanship at home that set him on his future path.
Fancy a turnkey home created by a legendary Italian design house? Pininfarina can help
A new villa collection by Pininfarina and MV Group USA delivers bespoke Italian architectural design to an American audience.
From casa malaparte to the sheats-goldstein residence, these homes became movie stars
These architect-designed homes have taken on lives of their own in films, shaping characters, moods, and the way we remember the buildings themselves.
OFFICEUNTITLED turns vacant santa monica office floor into school after the palisades fire
OFFICEUNTITLED adaptively reuses a vacant Santa Monica office floor as Village School’s interim campus after the Palisades Fire.
A Hawaiian house nestled on a lava field is at once minimalist and cocooning
Architects Olson Kundig and interior studio Leverone Design create a home made for downtime.
Mexican craftsmanship finds contemporary language in everyday ceramics
Mexican studio SAUDARA, founded by Ivana Sánchez and María Padilla, creates contemporary tableware and vessels through expressive glazes.
Deroche projects turns accra community garden into a productive public landscape
DeRoche Projects breaks ground on Accra’s Backyard Community Garden, combining rammed earth, edible landscapes and palm kernel shells.
Former McLaren Designers Bring Supercar Thinking to Furniture
Before João Dias and Patrick Carton designed furniture, they were designing machines built to exceed 200 mph.
What we learned: PLAY
Play looks back at how pleasure, permission, uncertainty and participation can turn play into a serious tool for rethinking design.
Frank kunert’s miniature worlds bend the logic of familiar architecture
Using scale to loosen the rules of the built world, hand-built miniature sets turn familiar architecture slightly absurd.
Ken Kelleher’s Colorful Characters Take Over a Botanical Garden
Ken Kelleher’s first Canadian exhibition blooms at the Royal Botanical Gardens.
‘play is itself a function’: Luca Boscardin on designing toys, cities, and spaces
The designer reflects on playful design, open-ended objects, and why curiosity should shape cities, schools, and everyday life.
Urn Studios reimagines memorial objects into expressive celebrations of life
UK-based Urn Studios releases its first US collection, which saw seven artists reinterpret the urn as an object of identity, intimacy and enduring design ‘For decades, the funeral.
Pac-man ghosts meet otamatone for pocket-sized musical crossover
Pac-man becomes a miniature otamatone melody instrument, bringing arcade nostalgia and squeezable sound into a pocket-sized musical crossover.
Tan France Brings His Eye for Layering to a Furniture Collection With Castlery
The collection for Castlery draws from his lifelong appreciation for layering.
Studio KRAFT reclaims limited schoolyard space with vertical play garden in budapest
The elevated outdoor classroom extends learning beyond the school building the outdoor classroom is enclosed with timber framing and mesh panels.
Jen Lewin’s Monumental ‘Ursas’ Find a Permanent Home Along the Gowanus Canal
For many public artworks, permanence is the exception rather than the rule.
Little Giant Designs Its Own Forest Studio Around Light, Quiet, and Exploration
Giant’s Vancouver Island studio embodies the firm’s philosophy.
A Toronto Penthouse Finds New Life by Celebrating Its 1980s Roots
Rather than disguising its 1980s origins, this three-story Toronto penthouse embraces them.
Yinka ilori’s new book explores the chair as a vessel for memory and identity
Project notes and archival material accompanies the photography spread from chairman featuring works from the There is Good in all of Us collection.
Studio Jouin Manku on 20 Years of Shared Creative Ambition With Van Cleef & Arpels
In a cityscape built on towering skyscrapers and a constant sensory rush, the retail landscape often feels like a loud shouting match to catch people’s attention.
Unopiù brings traditional ironwork back to the modern patio setting
Unopiù introduces IGEA, an ultra-light wrought iron outdoor collection by matteo thun and benedetto fasciana.
Ikea’s new portable furniture is designed to grab and go – perfect for Generation Rent
From a folding desk to stools that stack to become shelves, the new collection makes the most of valuable square footage.
Designboom shop drop: limited release of watches and architectural jewelry
Explore designboom shop drop for august 2026: limited-edition watches and architectural jewelry curated for modern design enthusiasts.