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Klaus Nienkämper

Fifty years after establishing Nienkämper, its founder is as future-facing as ever.

Dani Arps

With a dozen-odd start-up offices under her belt, the designer is making waves in the world of workplaces.

Form Us With Love

The Stockholm-based studio takes an inclusive and passion-driven approach to design.

Grace Eun

The senior associate at Clive Wilkinson Architects is a rising star in interior design.

Khodi Feiz

The product designer discusses today’s social office and his new collections for Studio TK.

Materials Shine On

Versatile, sustainable, and resilient, the Glowing Metals collection from Chemetal is a material all-rounder.

Metropolis Thinktank

Redesigning the University: Can Architects Help Solve the Higher Education Crisis?

Building Details - Depth Of Color

The use of paint advances a maritime theme for Expedia’s cruise division.

Cassina's Sweet Refuge

In a redesign of the Cassina headquarters, Patricia Urquiola honors the company’s Modernist legacy while investing in unexpected and revelatory design flourishes.

The Anti-Vanity Museum

By unflinchingly acknowledging Qatar’s history of resource extraction and migrant labor, a set of four cultural institutions in Doha points the way to a new kind of Middle Eastern architectural project.

Welcome To Mo-Po

Postmodernism, the laughingstock of architectural aesthetic tendencies, refuses to go away. Three books document the movement at its moment of re-revival.

Tinkering With Modernism

With many celebrated New York projects under its belt, the lighting, furniture, and interior design studio Workstead sets its sights on the South.

Crossover Of Ideas

With footholds in Europe and Asia, Haworth is truly a global company, one that has mastered the logistics of collaborating across continents and markets.

Innovation By Design

Haworth’s sphere of activity is broad and extends to education at all levels. In particular, the manufacturer has partnered with community colleges and state schools such as Clemson University, where a new tech hub blends agility with transparency to create a hotbed of campus activity.

Design For Aging-Community

On New York Citys Lower East Side, a new development is rebuilding a community that was lost 50 years ago.

Design For Aging-Memory

Junya Ishigamis stalled project for dementia patients prompts writer Laura Raskin to reflect on memory and its role in design for aging.

They're Smart, But Are They Bright?

The building facade is fast becoming one of contemporary architectures discovery zones.

Nurturing Thoughtfulness

Wanted Design’s founders discuss why a platform for socially and environmentally responsible design is so important.

Productsphere Neocon Preview

We look ahead to the 51st edition of NeoCon, the annual trade show for commercial interiors.

New Talent Circular Reasoning

New Affiliates creates visually pleasing design, but its most interesting work is cerebral.

Building Details Bogie Down

The new cultural hub designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro glides on a unique system of steel wheels, or bogies.

Playing For Keeps

In the pursuit of design made to last, Fyrn’s Stemn collection—on view at ICFF this year— adopts a kit-of-parts approach.

Spectrum

An essential survey of architecture and design today.

Talent Pool

At this year’s NeoCon, Metropolis showcased the work of five up-and-coming architects and designers.

Review - Incision Point

Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s newest Manhattan project for a medical school upends the typology’s ingrained gloominess.

Hospitality Distinct Dwellings

Grupo Habita’s second and third properties in the United States bring two unique personalities to Chicago’s Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods.

Berlin

Its status as a “special city” as taken a few hits in recent ars, but Germany’s capital still a magnet for creatives.

Helsinki

By embracing communitydriven initiatives and tapping into urban tradition the city is well equipped to meet future challenges.

Science Says Light Brighter!

In Troy, New York, a leading research center studies the connection between light, color, and well-being.

A New System Aims To Activate Outdoor Space

Emphasizing modularity and customizability, a new system aims to activate outdoor space.