Karin Gustafsson, creative director of Swedish high-street brand COS, talks with us about its much talked about collaboration with Studio Swine at this year's Salone del Mobile

For the first installment in our extended online coverage from this year's Salone del Mobile Milan, an exclusive conversation between Design Anthology’s Suzy Annetta and Japanese architect Azusa Murakami and British artist Alexander Groves of Studio Swine about their much-talked-about collaboration with COS at this year’s show.

In 2016, Philippines National Artist Benedicto Cabrera, popularly known as BenCab, became the first Asian artist to collaborate with Dutch brand Moooi Carpets. 

A new collaboration between Melbourne-based design house Cult and four young designers looks to drive Australian design forward.  We speak with the all-Aussie collective behind the new home-grown brand NAU about what sets them apart and what we have to look forward to.

‘It all started with a plastic duck,’ says CEO of the Italian furniture company B&B Italia, Giorgio Busnelli. 

Design Anthology spoke with Vicky Chen who oversaw the historic renovation of Tainan’s Hayashi Department Store, which dates from 1932 during the period of Japanese occupation. 

With a new Tom Dixon space opening up soon in Hong Kong, we revisit a conversation with the designer at Maison&Objet this past January, when we discussed his latest collection of soaps, how he keeps it fresh and what’s next up in the pipeline.

Design Anthology sat down with Atul Pathak of COS on the occasion of their latest store opening in Pacific Place, Hong Kong

Shinichiro Ogata is a designer who transcends categorisation, yet a vision combining traditional Japanese aesthetics with a modern sensibility permeates all of his projects, from interior design to restaurateuring and product design.

We catch up with Hong Kong’s newest design duo Lim + Lu for the inside scoop on their latest projects, what they love about working together and why they returned to Hong Kong

A partnership between Maison&Objet and a consortium of Singaporean design firms, the Kyo (meaning ‘today’ in Japanese) project takes on the endangered craft traditions of Japan.

The new LI&Co.-desgined office space of Peter Cheung Asia in Central Hong Kong reflects its company’s core businesses of luxury lifestyle and fashion, while also providing clever spatial solutions that allow it to easily transform for hosting events and VIP viewings.

for a happier and healthier life

Design Anthology is excited to be partnering with Beijing Design Week (BJDW) this year for the very first time. The event, which takes place from 23 September to 7 October, has grown steadily in size over the past years and garnered international respect.

The modern workplace is constantly changing and expanding to incorporate increasingly vast and unexplored areas. 

Pon Ding is a cafe, independent bookstore, gallery and event space all rolled into one. ‘It’s more of a casual art museum, a creative institution,’ says Chen of the space.

In today’s new modern lifestyle, we are mixing work & leisure in unprecedented ways

At this spring's Maison&Objet Asia, six young designers were recognised for their budding talent and growing contribution to an Asian design scene. 

Design Anthology is delighted to share here the full transcript of our discussion with authors Swapnaa Tamhane and Rashmi Varma of the beautiful new title SAR: The Essence of Indian Design, out this month by Phaidon.  

Design Anthology spoke at M&O Asia earlier this spring with founders Hamish Guthrie and Paul Hecker of the Melbourne-based interior design firm Hecker Guthrie.