Before Milano Design City, set to open later this month, there was the Salone that didn’t happen. Here we round up our favourite new pieces that would have launched in Milan earlier this year, and while some of them will be launched in the city later this month, we’re looking forward to seeing them all in person as soon as we’re able to

Leading architects and designers, including Tadao Ando, Kengo Kuma and Marc Newson, have joined the Tokyo Toilet Project to redesign 17 of Shibuya’s public toilet facilities, turning them into beautiful public/private spaces

Bali-based independent online radio station Naps.Digital makes its new home in a residential carport retrofitted and redesigned by Zhi Xiong Chan of ZXC Studio

Creative platform DESIGNEW pairs emerging designers with local manufacturers in the hopes of inspiring both to pursue higher standards of design. We spoke with co-founder Mario Tsai and some of the designers to find out about their projects following the platform’s debut exhibition at Shenzhen Design Week 2020

Mumbai-based designer Ravi Vazirani renovated the first floor of this Pune villa by combining antique and contemporary pieces from around the world with an abundance of greenery, and then setting it all against an industrial-luxe materials palette

In Kuala Lumpur restaurant Jibby by the Park, Wunderwall Design has woven a lush narrative that melds indoors and out

Architecture and interior design studio Splinter Society renovated this three-storey historic building to become a rich, moody and warm home that celebrates the building’s industrial heritage

Ma Yansong, founding partner of MAD Architects, has made his US debut with the launch residential development Gardenhouse in Beverly Hills, designed as a ‘hillside village’ and intended to connect humans with nature and one another

Find out where the people who design Hong Kong’s luxury dining spaces like to dine and drink themselves, with Joyce Wang and André Fu

Housed in a heritage shophouse on Singapore’s Amoy Street, hair salon Room was designed by local studio Tsukurto to combine Japanese hospitality and Scandinavian style

Neat, organised and cosmopolitan, Singapore is a design-led nation. Here Mike Lim, principal of homegrown firm DP Design, weighs in on what the term ‘Singaporean design’ means to him

Hangzhou-based designer Bob Chen was tasked with designing the home of his close friend, and the pair relied on understanding and intuition to create a voluminous repository for antiques and objets collected over the years

In the hills of Khao Yai, new hotel Roukh Kiri comprises twelve barn house-style villas that offer guests a green escape far away from the city lights

Taipei studio NestSpace Design created this family home in Taoyuan City based on the colours and curves of a double rainbow, meaning pastel shades and arches predominate

Designed by WK Architects as an indoor-outdoor restaurant within one of Jakarta’s busiest malls, Social Garden is a verdant escape from the city’s urban jungle

NC Design & Architecture’s Garden Pavilion is an immersive experience realised in sinuous curves, rounded shapes and voluptuous silhouettes that create an oasis for relaxation in a busy shopping mall

In Phuket, Studio Locomotive’s budget-conscious and intelligent design of Prim House allowed the young client to realise her dream of owning a home without going into debt

Designed by local studio hoo, this family-friendly seaside home is an elegant mid-century affair with intriguing touches throughout

Hong Kong is well known as a feast for the tastebuds, but it’s also a city replete with visual inspiration — so who better to ask what to see, where to shop and where to relax than two designers?

Nestled high up in the mountains of Alishan in Taiwan and designed by Nano Lucky Interior Design, Tryngoal Teahouse is a two-storey bolthole dedicated to the art and appreciation of tea