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Material Memory: Designing with the Carbon Already Embodied
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Risk, trust and the joy of discovery: Mattress Factory approaches 50 years
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (666+ words) “Oh, you’re who bought the old mattress factory.” Barbara Luderowski watched recognition spread across her new neighbor’s face. The former Stearns and Foster warehouse on Pittsburgh’s North Side seemed to already be a prominent character in the neighborhood. The space…...
ATUNDA turns textile waste into furniture, décor
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (430+ words) A new art and design studio, ATUNDA, has begun transforming discarded textile materials into furniture, lighting, home décor and sculptural objects. Founded by creative professional, Mabayomije Akinyemi-Ekong, the studio was inspired by a pile of tiny fabric pieces she encountered…...
The Details That Decide Whether Outdoor Furniture Lasts
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (863+ words) Two chairs can look identical and last five years apart. The construction details that decide which one survives, and how to spot them before buying....
Used Coffee Grounds & Tea Leaves Become Sculptural Lighting
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (415+ words) The “After the Last Sip” project by Taiwanese designers Chao-Chun Kung, Ching-Yu Lin, and Chen-Yang Chang turns discarded coffee grounds and tea leaves into sculptural lighting fixtures. It started with the question, “What remains after a cup of tea or…...
ancient korean hanji paper transformed into sustainable biomaterials at maison&objet 2026
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (170+ words) Korea Craft & Design Foundation presents ‘Hanji House’ at Maison&Objet 2026 | all images courtesy of KCDF marquage g’s signature ‘Hanji Shakerbox’ leverages the paper’s physical resilience to form continuous curves At Maison&Objet pavilion the space is designed around soft translucency…...
Ten Reputable Velvet Upholstery Fabric Manufacturers in China 2026: Elevating Furniture Textile Aesthetics & Durability
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (541+ words) Haining OuYuda Textile CO.,LTD A 2026 review of China’s velvet upholstery fabric manufacturers and their furniture textile capabilities. Velvet and pile fabrics remain among the most specification-sensitive categories in China's upholstery textile export trade. Flat wovens are forgiving on a…...
iF Design on the Experience of Everyday Life – PRINT Magazine
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (1257+ words) iF DESIGN AWARD 2027 Regular Deadline: September 18, 2026. Register by September 18 to save €100 per entry, and still have until November to finalize and complete your submission(s). Enter Now. Design is mainly discussed in categories. Branding. Packaging. Product. Digital. Spatial. Each with…...
Could Your Next Chair Be Grown From Mushrooms? Inside NGV’s New Exhibition
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (174+ words) Fri Aug 28, 2026 – Sun Feb 07, 2027 The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia Moving between contemporary experimentation, industrial history and First Nations knowledge, the exhibition traces our changing relationship with the plant world. At its centre are designers working to replace petrochemical materials…...
Two decades ago, Freitag’s tottering container tower became an unexpected design icon
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (317+ words) The Freitag Flagship Store in Zurich is the original pop-up, an assemblage of 19 shipping containers that put the recycled bag maker on the creative map Twenty years ago, Freitag, the Swiss bag makers with a penchant for second-life materials, opened…...