A New Horizon — a Showcase of Contemporary Design from East Asia excavated the trends, philosophies, ideas and materials that underpin modern lifestyles through works by designer from Japan, South Korea, mainland China and Taiwan

The 2023 edition of Hong Kong’s leading annual design and innovation conference will present a robust programme focused on urban planning and new urban models, transformative brands and consumer experience, and technology and future trends

Since its founding in 1987, Antipodean skincare brand Aesop has been renowned for its commitment to design and hospitality. Each one of the 400-plus Aesop stores is unique, conceived by designers and architects from around the world but always with the same emphasis on product, place and people

Black Jade is a moody private bar tucked away inside Bangkok’s Opium Bar. Designer Kijtanes Kajornrattanadech of Taste Space shares more about the project

In Saitama, Tokyo-based Unemori Architects designed this family home by reworking existing structures built by one generation to become a new dwelling for the next. Here studio founder Hiroyuki Unemori shares more

We visit Kokos Huis, a nine-room B&B in the Swartland wine region just outside of Cape Town, where Andorran-British hotelier Prisca Llagostera has opened her second property

Tsukiko, a table lamp designed by Brisbane-based design studio Alexander Lotersztain in collaboration with Kyoto lantern makers Kojima Shōten, strikes a delicate balance between new and traditional

The National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute (NTCRI) continues to champion the use of bamboo in craft and industry, supporting bamboo artisans and highlighting their work ahead of the 2024 World Bamboo Congress

After many hundreds of submissions from around the Asia Pacific region, our esteemed judging panel has selected the finalists in each category of the Design Anthology Awards 2023

Studio Hashimura has redesigned the historic Nao Washi Paper Mill in the mountains of Nao in Saga Prefecture

Style Department’s in-house label Kontor rethinks traditional menswear through innovative silhouettes and experimental fabrication methods

In the fashionable Tokyo neighbourhood of Azabu, Case-Real has created a modern residence designed to last for a century

Renowned photographer Douglas Friedman has reimagined one of Kohler’s most iconic advertisements using the new Numi 2.0 toilet

An architect, interior designer and builder come together to create BASA, a paint shop and retail concept in Singapore’s Joo Chiat 

We round up some of the highlights of Designart Tokyo, which runs from 20 to 29 October and is the biggest edition of the festival to date, with more than 100 exhibitions scheduled across the city

New & Kawakami Architects renovated this compact home in Singapore to become a family’s charming weekend residence. Studio principals Yi Tian New and Hiroshi Kawakami share more

After many hundreds of submissions from around the Asia Pacific region, our esteemed judging panel has selected the finalists in each category of the Design Anthology Awards 2023

In Bangkok’s dense urban centre, architecture and interior design practice Linehouse reimagined a shopping mall as a peaceful place inspired by nature — both in form and materiality

A new work by Greece- and New York-based Objects of Common Interest interpolates the artist’s longstanding Greek inspiration