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Elliot Bastianon’s New Works Are a Collaboration with Indian Heritage Craftspeople
The Australian designer and artist has revisited his fascination with metal accumulation in collaboration with the UNESCO-listed heritage craft of the Thathera community
Behind a Moss-Covered Wall, a Villa Hides One of Ho Chi Minh’s Best-Kept Art Spaces
Tucked inside a leafy side street in Ho Chi Minh City, Gallery Medium blends vernacular charm with contemporary design, fostering a communal platform for Vietnam’s burgeoning creative scene to flourish
This Taipei Apartment Was Built Around the Principle of Rest
Created for a visual merchandiser who often sleeps during the day, this 28-square-metre Taipei apartment by Horizontal Studio filters daylight into a softened interior made for rest
This Tiong Bahru Flat Is Long, Narrow — and Full of Light
The tunnel-like flats of Tiong Bahru’s old Streamline Moderne walk-ups are built to be dim. For one ground-floor renovation, Monocot helped the light find its own way down the middle
What Survives When an Icon Like Park Hyatt Tokyo Gets a Refresh?
Following an 18-month renovation, Park Hyatt Tokyo returns with a sensitive refresh by Jouin Manku, replacing much of the interior while preserving the spirit of the 1994 Tange–Morford original
On Bali’s Tranquil South-eastern Coast, A Home Built on an Ancient Grid System
For Cave Urban co-founder Jed Long, whose practice explores bamboo and adaptive reuse, designing his Bali home became an opportunity to test many of the ideas that have shaped the studio's work over the past decade
The List: Our Editors’ Guide to Design-Focused Destinations and Products in June and Beyond
The monthly briefing from Design Anthology’s editors on the most interesting things to see, places to go and products to know
The Artist Weaving Australia’s First Nations Stories Through One of Its Oldest Crafts
Carly Tarkari Dodd’s woven works explore the experiences of Australian First Nations people while reimaging traditional techniques she was taught as a child
Against Guilin’s Limestone Cliffs, Stream Restaurant Brings Fine Dining to a Former Sugar Mill
Conceived by Atelier Guo, the new dining pavilion at Yangshuo Sugar House Hotel draws on the site’s karst landscape and former life as a sugar mill to create an intimate chef’s-table setting
Melbourne’s Other Matter Cooks Signage Film Offcuts Into Algae-Based Leather
Australian research studio Other Matter has released Other Matter Leather, a reimagined circular product created from used bioplastics
A Multigenerational Bungalow in Kuala Lumpur Finds Calm Through Contrast
Wuuu Studio kept this Damansara home’s old colonial shell and reworked it from within, opening up the cramped rooms and shaping a dining space around unexpected structural columns
A Rammed Earth Farmhouse Designed for a Family, Three Horses and A Mango Tree
In this home by Neelesh Chopda Architecture, rammed earth construction and views of an orchard shape a way of life where nature is ever present
A Villa in Shenzhen Whose Interiors Take Their Cue From a Different Designer Each Season, from Hans Wegner to Poul Kjærholm
With landscaping by July & Partners and rotating furnishings curated by Stream, the retreat functions both as a boutique hotel and an experiential showroom for a select number of guests
Copenhagen Built the World’s Most Democratic Design Week. Can It Stay That Way?
Copenhagen has built one of the world’s most compelling design weeks by keeping things open, accessible and human. As global attention grows, Design Anthology’s editor-in-chief Jeremy Smart asks how it can avoid becoming another Milan
The Thai Designers Pulling an Ancient Fibre Into Radical New Forms
Through experimental processes, colour play and sculptural dimension, Thai silk is taking on new relevance for an emerging generation of designers
At Vitra Campus, Even the Smallest Buildings Have Big Names
On the Swiss-German border, Zaha Hadid’s first built project, a Jean Prouvé petrol station, a Piet Oudolf garden, a salvaged home by Kazuo Shinohara and several deconstructivist buildings by Frank Gehry form only part of Vitra Campus’ extraordinary cast of architectural icons.
This Nanjing Apartment Brings Tranquillity to City Life
A reimagining by design firm Adda Di’An focuses on light, material expression and a soft, cloud-like ambience
Sri Lanka’s Most Consequential Designer Since Bawa Finally Gets His Monograph
Udayshanth Fernando was queuing outside Colombo galleries in the early 1970s, long before anyone was paying attention. A new Rizzoli monograph finally catches up
The Singapore Penthouse That Traded Stark White for Moody Jazz Bar Vibe
Amy Lim of Pupil Office has reimagined a Tanglin penthouse, transforming what was once a stark gallery-like space into a textured, clever home for a young family.
Alanna Sapwell-Stone’s Esmay Has Been Looking for a Building Like This One
From pop-up beginnings to a sold Adelaide home base, Esmay sits comfortably within a heritage-listed former hotel. The design by Eda Interiors honours the existing Victorian character and charm while balancing them with a feminine restraint, allowing the food and drink offering to lead