The Kimpton group of luxury boutique hotels is expanding in its hometown of San Francisco with the newly opened The Buchanan.

At Salone Milan 2015, Design Anthology sat down with Michael Anastassiades to discuss his lighting designs for Flos.

Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa tells Design Anthology why it took three years to perfect the design of the simple stacking chair, the latest addition to his phenomenally successful Papilio range for B&B Italia.

Marcio Kogan’s first project in Asia is a study in organic form and materials that highlights, above all else, the beauty of the surrounding landscape and otherworldly allure of Ha Long Bay

Design Anthology recently sat down with Kelly Lin, one of the young designers that make up Taipei-based Kimu, to find out more about how they work and how they came to join forces to become one of the city’s most talented up-and-coming design studios.

‘The client was excited about the opportunity to pay homage to the existing architecture, yet inject a contemporary sensibility,’ says Brendan Wong about the residence he designed for a family of five in Sydney. ‘It was clear we were not filling this home with faux Victorian antiques.’

Manila, over the last decade, has re-established itself as a global gateway, a central design hub with a collection of new shops, studios and galleries opening up.

Over the course of five days, a troop of seven urban sketchers from Singapore permeated Manila to experience the city through unconditioned senses and give visual record to their encounters.

Executive Editor of Town&Country Philippines, Alycia Sy writes for us on the joy of designing her own home and the effort that goes into collecting her rather unique assemblage of curios and objet d’art:

The new Raging Bull Chophouse & Bar, set to open in March 2016, is yet another masterpiece by New York-based design firm AvroKO.

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

Architect André Fu speaks about his recent foray into a fashion space

Writer Nguyen Qui Duc's retreat features the natural beauty just beyond its modern minimalist interior

‘FAMED ARCHITECT VANISHES’
— New York Post, August 23, 1993.

There is one week in each year when the world’s design cognoscenti decends upon Milan to soak up the city’s atmosphere, food, and most of all….design. Here is out round up of this year’s greatest.

For those of you who may have missed the panel discussion we recently moderated as part of the Swire Properties Ephemera Dialogue series during Art Basel 2015, here is a video of the entire discussion.

Axel Vervoordt occupies a unique place in the art and design world.

Lily Jencks is one busy lady. Through her landscape architectural practice Lily Jencks Studio, she is working on green spaces for developers in Shanghai, India and Turkey. 

When a young couple approached Sara Story to design their penthouse at one of Singapore’s toniest addresses, they gave her only one mandate: create a sophisticated space to entertain.

Indonesian designer Jaya Ibrahim, founder of Jaya International, is the designer responsible for the interiors of iconic hotels such as The Legian in Bali, The Chedi Muscat, The Setai Miami and several Aman resorts. Ibrahim shares with Design Anthology eight of his favourites.