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Projects
Lutron’s Traveling Installation Showed the Power of Lighting Control
Lutron just wrapped a global tour of its Prismatic cube installation with stops across Europe and in The United Arab Emirates. Here's why.
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The Ultimate Metropolis 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
Metropolis editors select the best design-minded gifts for this holiday season.
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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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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.
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Profiles
Fauzia Khanani Selects Good Design that Does Good, Too
Studio Fōr’s material choices and product selection are the product of its founder’s search for manufacturers that share her values.
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Products
The Metropolis Ultimate 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
Metropolis editors select the best design-minded gifts for this holiday season.
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Profiles
For Ghanaian Textile Designer Chrissa Amuah, Storytelling is Everything
The creative director and founder AMWA Designs has recently released a new fabric collection with Bernhardt Design that incorporates abstract interpretations of Ghanaian symbols.
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Products
These Three Products Target Health and Wellness in the Workplace
From bleach-cleanable storage to a lounge chair with built-in speakers, these offerings from Allsteel, Carnegie Fabrics, and Samuelson Furniture are clearly post-pandemic solutions.
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Two Designers Lean Into Craft
Brite Bodies' plasterwork tables and Tracy Glover's handblown glass lighting emphasize the material and the method.
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28 Recent Product Releases Reflect New Trends in Global Design
With whimsical colors, soft forms, and recycled materials, product manufacturers around the globe lean into change.
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What They’re Specifying: Heather Dubbeldam
The Dubbeldam Architecture + Design principal selects lighting, surfacing, and furniture for the modern workplace.
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What They’re Specifying: D.B. Kim
The noted hospitality designer selects colors, textures, and forms that inspire timeless comfort and peace.
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Products
5 Products Whose Geometric Designs Delight and Inspire
Geometric signatures in these textiles and surfaces originate in sources ranging from the heroic to the mundane.
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Products
Mirrored Finishes Are Staging a Comeback Among Architectural Products
A revival of reflective and metallic finishes distinguishes the latest building materials, from architectural glass to hardware and carpet tile.
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Products
Summer Product Showcase Part 2: Prioritizing Comfort and Sustainability
The Summer Product Showcase continues with highlights from NeoCon's digital gathering, as well as top eco-friendly picks.
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Summer Product Showcase Part 1: Flexible, Cleanable Products to Support Wellbeing
A selection of new design products respond to the new normal, supporting health and wellness in a postpandemic world.
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Special Product Showcase Part 1: Design for the Transition
From outdoor seating to workstation separators and a modular conference room, these products can help with the eventual return to the workplace.
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These Carpets Take Aim at Global Warming
Along with green manufacturing and carbon offsets, the global carpet-maker Interface hopes a carbon-negative carpet tile can be the future of low embodied carbon building products.
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More Good than Harm: How Humanscale Reduced Carbon Emissions with a Lightbulb
The company is exploring every avenue to offset the carbon footprint of its manufacturing and operations—and then going further.