he designs by Singapore’s LTW Designworks take their cues from hospitality, offering an elevated experience that draws on Korean traditions without descending into pastiche

The Australian designer and artist has revisited his fascination with metal accumulation in collaboration with the UNESCO-listed heritage craft of the Thathera community

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

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

Australian research studio Other Matter has released Other Matter Leather, a reimagined circular product created from used bioplastics

Udayshanth Fernando was queuing outside Colombo galleries in the early 1970s, long before anyone was paying attention. A new Rizzoli monograph finally catches up

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

The British label has worked with local specialists to reimagine the traditional townhouse as a home for its unique edit of fashion and accessories

In a former Japanese-era dormitory beside a Taipei granary, Bemo Salon reimagines specialty coffee through the rituals of the European salon — a setting designed by Ecru Studio for slow, deliberate tasting

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Bangkok studio Ekar Architects has completed Day & Night, a 1,200-square-metre restaurant on a former tin mining lake in Phuket, organising cafe, dining and bar around a descent into the pit on the water

A Hong Kong studio’s Milan debut turns scrap bamboo and discarded tea leaves into a chess table — and into a case against the generic sustainability narratives that have come to dominate Fuorisalone

All Around Practice combines carefully selected, low-cost materials with bespoke detailing to refine spatial design for emerging businesses across the archipelago

Sydney architects, a Singaporean shophouse and a South American rodent: how cult Australian wellness brand Capybara Bathing brought its philosophy of radical slowness to Singapore

The monthly briefing from Design Anthology’s editors on the most interesting things to see, places to go and products to know

Singapore’s Le Bon Funk Club Street has been reimagined by Jin Seow Studio

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.

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

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.

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