When furniture is purchased, it is hard to predict how a home will be used after a year or how the sofa will be used in a new room. We…
“One thing leads to another – that’s how great ideas come about,” a quote by Anna Efverlund. Anna Efverlund’s inventiveness, fascination with materials, and willingness to bring youthful creativity to…
Sven Fristedt occupies an important place in the history of Swedish textile design, particularly through his expressive patterns created from the late 1950s onwards. Born in Sweden in 1940, he…
Architectural ideologies and Core beliefs Two true visionaries – Rude and Olsson-Une, though primarily involved in one of the biggest furniture brands known globally, IKEA – also made their mark…
In a world where design is often associated with exclusivity, Niels Gammelgaard spent his career doing the opposite. For three decades, the Danish designer quietly shaped how millions of people…
Intentional designer Some designers are intentional in what they create, and their approach to designing is inclusive. Erika Pekkari is one such designer whose work reflects her connection with bold…
“Integration of the old and new is not a design challenge for us… they both find a distinct place in our design process.” – Sonali Rastogi (Godrej GBCS, 2015) Sonali…
The shape of a building is not simply a form that appears in an architect’s mind. It is shaped by legal standards and frameworks that guide the first steps of…
As architecture gradually descended into obsession with harmonised forms, unyielding permanence, rigid orders, Vitruvian symmetries, and the glass-curtained grids of modernism, an emerging mind from America’s suburbs rejected that discipline…
Aura Venckunaite is a Chicago-based architect and educator whose work connects architecture, fashion, and material culture. She holds both her bachelors and master’s degree in architecture from the University of…
Architecture shapes societies but also mirrors the values of those who build it. Few contemporary architects are able to capture this relationship in such a holistic manner. Sumita Singha, for…
Architecture is often considered a field-based profession: tight schedules, construction sites, design decisions, client meetings, material selection and progress oversight. For so long we have glorified the image of an…