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Anshul Jain joins Space Matrix as CEO for India & the Middle East
Anshul Jain brings 20 years of experience in India, Southeast Asia and Europe in the real estate industry. In his previous role as the CEO of DTZ India, Jain led the firm from a start-up to a...
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Humberto Campana: Design Can Empower Change
Top Image: Humberto Campana at the Lasvit Factory working on The Candy Collection. Image courtesy of Lasvit Design duo Fernando and Humberto Campana – otherwise known as the Campana Brothers – grew up...
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KOUICHI OKAMOTO: The Intersection Between Design, Art And Engineering
Top image: Musical Table. Photography Yuichi Yamaguchi unless otherwise stated With a minimalist aesthetic and research-driven concepts, Kouichi Okamoto explores natural phenomena such as the notion of...
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The Godfather of design… Giulio Cappellini
Impeccably suited, charming, enthusiastic, and imbued with an unrivalled reputation in design canon, it is hard to imagine a better brand representative than Giulio Cappellini – indeed it is hard to...
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In Profile: André Fu
André Fu – founder and principal of André Fu Studio (AFSO) – lets his design approach rather than a particular aesthetic drive the vision for his projects. Fu, who established his studio in 2000...
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Patricia Urquiola: Design Innovator
Having ample experience in engineering the architecture for grand projects such as the extension of Barcelona’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel and ambitious retail spaces, Patricia Urquiola has been crowned...
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Celebrating 25 years of Peter Zec and Red Dot
Peter Zec took over the running of the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in 1991, and twenty-five years on, the Design Zentrum now boasts a range of international branch offices and has achieved...
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Milan Minute: Snarkitecture
Top image: Photo by Noah Kalina The Brooklyn-based architect and artist duo describe their work as an ‘impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature’ – a reference to Lewis...
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Industrial Designer: Nicolai Czumaj-Bront
As a child, Nicolai Czumaj-Bront was gifted a hand-crafted stool with his name and birthdate inscribed into the wood, lovingly fashioned by a grandfather who built his own home and created handmade...
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Milan Minute: Caesarstone CEO, Yos Shiran
Top image: (left) Tom Dixon (right) Caesarstone CEO Yos Shiran British lighting and furniture designer Tom Dixon returned to Milan this year to present an exciting, culinary collaboration with...
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Milan Minute: Patrizia Moroso
The central Moroso presentation within the Rho fair complex for Salone del Mobile 2016 was a tableau of new collaborative collections. Nine designers were featured, including Patricia Urquiola, Daniel...
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Andra Matin: Reframing Indonesian Architecture
All images courtesy of Andra Matin, unless otherwise stated The work of some architects are often best experienced first-hand. Andra Matin is one of them. Google his work and basic, monolithic...
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Patricia Urquiola Discusses Design Collaboration
Top image: Patricia Urquiola in a creative team discussion Patricia Urquiola is one of the three judges (with Nicolai Czumaj-Bront and David Barrass) for Haworth’s recently announced competition for...
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Milan Minute: FRONT
On display at Salone this year were FRONT’s ‘Water Steps’ for Axor – a pair of playful saucers where the principle spout flutes upwards and spills the water onto the second disc underneath it which...
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NEW DIRECTOR APPOINTED TO SCOTT BROWNRIGG SINGAPORE
As part of its expansion plans across Southeast Asia, Scott Brownrigg has appointed Raymond Hoe as Director of its Singapore office, which was established three years ago. Hoe is a registered architect...
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Yuko Nagayama: Architecture For The Human Experience
Ambiguous and undefinable are perhaps the best adjectives to describe Tokyo-based architect Yuko Nagayama and her architecture firm. Unsatisfied with architecture simply as spaces for occupation,...
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The New, The Old And The Subconscious
Product designer Naoto Fukasawa is known for seeking the essential – things that are understood without the need for explanation or expression. In a way, this is also a quest for the eternal – the...
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The Jack Wang Story
Pictured above is a sketch by Jack Wang for POSH’s Optimis desking solution In 1927, DJ De Pree, Herman Miller’s Founder, went to visit the wife of the brand’s millwright, who had just died of a heart...
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The Japanese Art Of SIMPLICITY
Top image: Yakumo Saryo, Sabo Tea House SIMPLICITY was established in 1998 by founder Shinichiro Ogata, and is recognised for its acute attention to detail, respect for skilled craftsmanship, and its...
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Sou Fujimoto: Something New, Something Old
Top Image: Sou Fujimoto. Photography: David Vintiner Can you tell us about a recently completed project in the region? Recently, I designed a four-storey building with trees on it, in the backstreet of...
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