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Two Pendant Lighting Collections Celebrate Their Materials

Introductions from LightArt and Reflections Copenhagen use recycled plastic and jewel-toned crystal to vibrant effect.

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Tracing Nearly 100 Years of Cross-pollination Between the U.S. and Scandinavia

Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890–1980 on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art shows how design in Northern Europe influenced the development of American modernism and vice-versa.

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Meet the Design Practices Shaking Things Up in Mexico City

The city-wide event Design Week Mexico debuts up-and-coming designers shifting the creative hub’s design scene.

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The New Carpet Collection Doubling Down on Science-driven Design

Here are six ways Fractal Fluency from Mohawk was designed to be healthier for users and the environment.

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Is the Future of Furniture Flat-packed?

Designing for easy assembly is back in vogue, because it’s a fast way to achieve manufacturers’ carbon-reduction goals.

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Carl Hansen & Søn Revives an Icon of Danish Functionalism

The Vega chair, first designed by Vilhelm Lauritzen for Copenhagen’s Folkets Hus, finally gets its due.  

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15 Design Products for Better Indoor Air Quality

Now more than ever, product certifications are placing the power of good indoor air quality in interior designers’ hands.

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Maison & Objet Celebrates Independent Talent Navigating the New “Meta-Sensitive” World

For its second 2022 showing, the major Parisian trade show was awash in bold colors, playful patterns, and seamless digital integration.

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14 Products Bring Digital Inspiration into the Physical Realm

With trade shows back in person, product debuts are getting back to the internet of things.

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Umo, a Mono Material Accent Table, Puts Transparency First

Better known for popular styles than carbon reduction, furniture manufacturer Stylex has been nevertheless expanding its sustainable designs.

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A Café Chair Designed for Luxurious Efficiency

A collaboration between Shanghai-based Stellar Works and Connecticut design studio BassamFellows yields a beautiful-yet-functional update on the classic style.

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Crafting Vladimir Kagan’s Modernist Legacy

Kagan was an icon of mid-century design. Today, in a humble factory in New Jersey, his furniture lives on.

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Two Lively Fabrics Fit for Commercial Applications

Sunbrella offers a fluorine-free contract textile while Sina Pearson draws on her Nordic heritage for a new commercial collection.

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12 Responsibly Sourced Design Products

Building product manufacturers today are making ethical and sustainable choices with their supply chains.

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8 Products We Loved at Salone del Mobile 2022

The international furniture fair returned to Milan for a sultry 60th-anniversary edition. Here are Metropolis’s highlights.