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. 

Just inside this south harbour Sydney home by Australian architect Kerry Phelan, a sinuous, sculpted stairway complete with brass detailing is set within a double-height travertine entrance hall and  flanked by artworks by Anish Kapoor and Wolfgang Tillmans, setting the stage for a home full of character and artistic achievement.

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.

Takashi Niwa of Vo Trong Nghia Architects talks with Design Anthology about the studio’s unconventional and ultra-natural approach to design at Business of Design Week, Hong Kong

This 700-square-metre Manila penthouse designed by sisters Cynthia and Ivy Almario perfectly balances and marries the warmth of contemporary Philippine design with the controlled silence of Japanese aesthetics.

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.

Singaporean designer and founder of LTW Design Works, Lim Hong Lian spent three years building his hilltop home. 

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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. 

Interior designer Alexi Robinson brings understated luxury with a touch of Scandinavia to this The 250-square-metre flat overlooking the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in the cosmopolitan Xinyi District of Taipei.

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