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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
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
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
Studio Nicholson’s New Kyoto Home in a Traditional Machiya
The British label has worked with local specialists to reimagine the traditional townhouse as a home for its unique edit of fashion and accessories
A Pebbledash Building in Taipei Becomes an Unlikely Coffee Salon
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
The List: Our Editors’ Guide to Design-Focused Destinations and Products in May and Beyond
The monthly briefing from Design Anthology’s editors on the most interesting things to see, places to go and products to know
How Ekar Architects Turned a Flooded Mining Pit Into Phuket’s Most Unusual Restaurant
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
Why a Hong Kong-Designed Chess Table Was the Most Interesting Thing at Milan Design Week
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 Would Rather Talk About Everyone Else’s Work
All Around Practice combines carefully selected, low-cost materials with bespoke detailing to refine spatial design for emerging businesses across the archipelago
The Australian Bathhouse Redefining How Singapore Unwinds
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 List: Our Editors’ Guide to Design-Focused Destinations and Products in April 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 New York Sentiment Behind the Redesign of a Singapore Icon
Singapore’s Le Bon Funk Club Street has been reimagined by Jin Seow Studio
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.
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
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.
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 Designer Reclaiming Indonesia’s Creative Voice From the Factory Floor
With its unique approach and presentation, Jia Curated is becoming a destination event for the region’s creative industry. Ahead of the fourth edition, we spoke with founder Budiman Ong.
Meet the Indonesian Design Collective Advocating for the Small Details
Millimeter Manifesto is an initiative by nine Indonesian product designers that aims to elevate the country’s design ecosystem by demystifying the discipline down to the finest detail. We speak with participant Alvin Tjitrowirjo of design studio AlvinT to learn more.
The New Guard of Indonesian Design is Rewriting the Rules of Tradition
Conscious that their nation has been better known as a manufacturing hub, these emerging industrial and product designers are marking a new chapter for Indonesian design with ambition and imagination.