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German Artist Natalie Czech Speaks The Secret Language Of Flowers
A century ago, floral arrangements symbolized a vocabulary of their own. While clandestine communication today takes the form of a self-destructing message on Snapchat, people once crafted elaborate...
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How To Give An Iconic 136-Year-Old Cathedral A $177 Million Overhaul
New construction is no small feat, but architectural conservation requires next-level expertise. And in the case of St. Patrick's Cathedral—a majestic Gothic-Revival church across the street from NYC's...
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With The Yves Behar–Backed Startup Tylko, Customizing Furniture Is Easy As A...
Mass production is out, mass customization is in, and the furniture startup Tylko is emblematic of this paradigm shift."We're trying to change an industry that hasn't been touched by the technological...
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21 Classic Eames Elephants Reimagined By 20 Contemporary Designers
Plywood is at the essence of Charles and Ray Eames's work. The pioneering designers sculpted the material into splints, shelving, and the chairs, which elevated them to fame in the 1940s. But they also...
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Sound Installations In The Estonian Forest Amp Up Nature's Ambient Soundtrack
Chirping crickets, croaking frogs, and the cracking branches compose the chorus of sounds you normally encounter in the woods. But students at the Estonian Academy think adding 10-foot-wide megaphones...
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A Fifth Design Joins New Zealand's Controversial Flag Competition
This year, New Zealand has made it a priority to find a new flag. The current design, the nation argues, is emblematic of colonial Britain due to its prominent Union Jack. But instead of commissioning...
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Dismissed For 43 Years, A Cheeky Gaetano Pesce Design Finally Comes To Life
Only Gaetano Pesce—the legendary designer who rose to fame in the 1980s thanks to his work in furniture and architecture—would propose an Upper East Side skyscraper entrance that looks like a very...
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If You Love Math (Or Dessert!), This Modular Table Is For You
Hated by data viz experts, business professionals, and grade school students, pie charts are generally a bane to all. But despite that, they serve as good inspiration for tables.Designed by the Mexico...
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The Ultimate Portable Woodburning Stove
Anevay, a camping product company based in England, started with a humanitarian mission: its woodburning stove was initially deployed to disaster zones. After word got out about how well the product...
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You Can Wear These Wool Sneakers Year Round
Expert engineering and innovative fabrication techniques aside, the secret to a better performing shoe might be in an age-old textile: wool. Renown for its moisture-wicking prowess, natural...
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Inside James Irvine's Beautiful And Rational World Of Design
Though he passed away in 2013, James Irvine's legacy endures equally in the objects and memories he created. The charismatic designer collaborated with some of the greatest brands and worked alongside...
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This Tote Morphs Into A Reflective Bike-Ready Backpack
Tote bags are the ultimate carryall: They're lightweight and able to miraculously hold all sorts of oddly shaped things. Their fatal flaw, however, is that they're remarkably inconvenient to carry...
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A Car Powers This Experimental Building Made From 25,000 Pounds Of...
At this point, it has become cliche to say that 3-D printing is the fabrication technology du jour. But the innovations keep coming: molten glass as a medium, sky-high kicks, and sweet-sounding musical...
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Magnified Teardrops Reveal Crystalline Shapes As Beautiful And Unique As...
Ask someone what a tear looks like, and there's a good chance he or she will outline a drop shape. But ask photographer Maurice Mikkers, and he'll likely tell you about otherworldly crystalline...
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Nendo Designs Slick New Perfume Packaging For Kenzo
It wouldn't be reaching to say Nendo has the Midas touch—the prolific Japan-based studio has the power to turn everyday items like front doors, bookshelves, carry-on suitcases, and much more into...
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Tree Houses Inspired These Moveable Office Hideouts
Open offices are great for collaboration and chatting with colleagues, they're awful for getting shit done. There's always a need for some peace and quiet away from the workplace thrum. It's a delicate...
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How To Make Fashion More Accessible For Wheelchair Users And The Disabled
For her graduate project from Parsons, fashion designer Lucy Jones addressed a problem her cousin Jake faced every day. He has hemiplegia—paralysis of one side of the body—and putting on clothes each...
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This Tricked-Out Table Churns Out A Personal Passport From Your Data
While the Ashley Madison scandal certainly publicized concerns with personal data on a massive scale—who owns it, who can access it, who can disseminate it—it's far from the first time that a security...
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Skincare Brand Aesop Reveals Its 4 Secrets For Standout Retail Design
Each one of Aesop's meticulously designed shops is purpose-built to stop you in your tracks, but how the Australian skincare brand accomplishes that is different every time. Hundreds of Paris Review...
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The Stony Island Arts Bank Brings "Redemptive Architecture" To Chicago's...
Ever since he set up his studio on Chicago's South Side in the early 2000s, artist Theaster Gates has been steadily remaking the neighborhood one building at a time. His nonprofit, the Rebuild...
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