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The New York Sentiment Behind the Redesign of a Singapore Icon
Singapore’s Le Bon Funk Club Street has been reimagined by Jin Seow Studio
At Four Seasons Osaka, the Most Japanese Offering Is the Smallest
The new Four Seasons in Osaka splits its interiors between design firms Curiosity, Simplicity and Design Studio Spin. The smallest of the three commissions — Simplicity's tatami-floored Gensui — is also the most revealing
Aesop Launches Aposē, a Table Lamp Lathed, Cast and Blown Across Three European Workshops
For its third outing at Salone del Mobile in Milan, the brand unveiled its first piece of lighting — a limited-edition table lamp shaped from an enlarged version of its own aluminium packaging — inside an installation by Rodney Eggleston of March Studio at Santa Maria del Carmine
The Uncomfortable Truth About Milan Design Week
Milan Design Week may still be the industry’s most influential stage, but as consumer brands continue to flood in, a harder truth emerges: the line between meaningful engagement and marketing theatre is wearing thin
Enough Is Enough: A 1950s Singapore House, Rebuilt Without Starting Over
Goy Architects extends a single-storey house with restraint, preserving its scale, materials and closeness to the ground while drawing nature inward through a central courtyard
Inside One of Geylang’s Last Art Deco Bungalows
Monocot nip-tucks a conserved structure for family life while the owners add their own personal touch with art, colour and timeless furniture
In a Home in Rajasthan, A Windowless Facade Lights Up the Whole Village
Studio Urban Form + Objects has designed a new ancestral residence for a multigenerational family, addressing concerns of privacy and security while maintaining a dialogue with the facing village square
Why This Nishijin Machiya Looks Different Every Time You Enter
In Kyoto’s Nishijin district, a century-old machiya unfolds through shifting thresholds and materiality, where space, light and movement are shaped over decades in devotion to the ritual of tea
The List: Our Editors’ Guide to What to See, Where to Go and What to Read in 2026
The biannual briefing from Design Anthology’s editors on what to see, where to go and what to bring home — from objects and spaces to openings and books.
This Kitchen Is Meant to Be Experienced Like a Walk in the Forest
In a forest-cloaked setting, Fisher & Paykel’s Nature—Ritual exhibition at Milan Design Week 2026 draws on New Zealand’s landscape to frame the kitchen as a lived, everyday space shaped by routine.
What Happens When a Factory Starts to Think
In a Hsinchu glass factory that has run for half a century, Spring Pool, PiliWu Design and Seed SpaceLab make the case for what a factory thinks about when it stops just making
Three Generations, One House, No Compromises
For a growing family in Surabaya, KantorGG composes a multigenerational home where spatial hierarchy and landscape work in tandem to blur the line between indoors and out
The Ancient Kyoto Alley That Inspired a Luxury Private Villa
A century-old Higashiyama residence, renovated by Kooo Architects, becomes the first property under the Kiraku Tei villa brand — its interiors marked by Juraku plaster, hinoki cypress and natural light
In Contrast to its Panoramic View of Auckland, This Apartment Is Intentionally Intimate
At Jervois Apartments, an eight-residence apartment in Auckland considers how compact living can still feel generous, with Fisher & Paykel appliances embedded into the kitchen planning
A Hidden Bar, an Inherited Sword and an Antique That Gave a Designer Pause
When a Hong Kong couple asked Lim + Lu to house a lifetime of collecting — Chinese antiques, African objects, Southeast Asian heirlooms — the brief was simple: make it feel like home
She Danced on Butter Until She Collapsed — and She’s Just One of the Figures Transforming Indonesian Art
Indonesia has always been home to one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic art scenes. We meet some of the artistic luminaries leading its development.
Jakarta’s Dining-Led Spaces Include a Restaurant Shaped like a Satay Wrapper
In Jakarta’s evolving culinary landscape, a new wave of design-led spaces is redefining the experience, blending local context with global sensibility to reveal a maturing design language.
The Bangkok Home That Brought a Childhood Seaside Memory to Life
Bangkok design firm Ekar Architects has created an extraordinary multigenerational dwelling across nine buildings on a sprawling green space in central Bangkok
This Book About Korean Craft Is Also, Itself, an Act of Korean Craft
Beyond the gloss of K-pop, Phaidon’s landmark new book Jeong explores the profound emotional connection between Korean makers and their craft, bridging ancient dynastic traditions with Seoul’s cutting-edge contemporary design
The Tallest Glulam Structure in Southeast Asia and 11 Tonnes of Recycled Plastic: Indonesian Architecture Right Now
Indonesian architects and designers are combining traditional materials and vernacular with contemporary approaches, in spaces from hospitality to educational and commercial.