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Tactile Textiles
Combining traditional craft with innovative fabrication techniques, Ausara Surface brings unconventionality and a passion for exploration to its experimental fabric and textile collections
Villa Mahabhirom
The bijou resort Villa Mahabhirom (meaning ‘villa of great pleasure’) in the foothills of the Doi Suthep-Pui National Park just outside of Chiang Mai is home to seventeen individually restored antique teak villas, making for a truly unique stay in the countryside
Serious Art
On the outskirts of Bangkok, architecture firm ASWA have designed an introverted building, incorporating a personal studio, private gallery and warehouse space for one of Thailand's best-known stand-up comedians and visual artists, Udom Taepanich
A Designer's Home
The story of how textile designer Sabina Fay Braxton came to live in a 1935 home designed by Swiss master Theo Meier, an early figure on Bali’s artistic scene, is a story deserving of a novel
Shougang Museum
With the 2022 Winter Olympics fast approaching, Beijing has been pushing to refurbish old buildings and redevelop identified areas.
Liam Mugavin
Sydney-based designer Liam Mugavin was commissioned to create bespoke furniture for Australia House, Urada in Niigata Prefecture’s Tōkamachi city.
Nilufar Gallery
Since the 1990s, Nilufar gallery in Milan has been a point of interest for those who are interested in historical and contemporary art and design.
The Home Anthology Collection for Minotti
French designer Christophe Delcourt partnered up with designer Rodolfo Dordoni to create The Home Anthology Collection for Italian furniture brand Minotti.
Airbnb: Una Passeggiata
Built in Milan in the fifteenth century, Casa degli Atellani was once the centre of parties and celebration for the city’s elite.
Mei Ume Restaurant
Internationally acclaimed, Hong Kong-based design firm AB Concept recently completed its first London project, Mei Ume Restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel on London’s Ten Trinity Square.
Designer Q&A: Karin Gustafsson
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
Fiera Q&A: Studio Swine
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.
New Identity
In 2016, Philippines National Artist Benedicto Cabrera, popularly known as BenCab, became the first Asian artist to collaborate with Dutch brand Moooi Carpets.
Scale and Substance
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.
The Yoga School
The Yoga School in Singapore by Brewin Design Office exudes the intimacy and warmth of an abode — not surprising given the client’s request for an inviting, home-like atmosphere
Australia on the Rise
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.
JW Marriott Phú Quốc
The new Bill Bensley-designed JW Marriott Phú Quốc draws on a rich and imaginative narrative for an engrossing experience that will have guests exploring the former departments of herpetology, ornithology and conchology, among others.
Hotel Mono
With no two rooms the same and spanning six heritage shophouses in Singapore’s Chinatown, the 46-room Hotel Mono is angled toward the design-conscious urban traveller
Oasia Hotel Downtown
With show-stopping exteriors designed by award-winning Singaporean firm WOHA and interiors by renowned Spanish design Patricia Urquiola, you know you’re in for a treat at Oasia Hotel Downtown, Singapore.