
Following trips to W Hotels around the world, Seung-Yong Song, Jon Stam and Bethan Laura Wood created pieces inspired by local communities, recently presented at Design Miami/ Basel 2013.
In the fourth iteration of Judith Seng's ACTING THINGS, presented during the 2013 Design Miami/ Basel fair, the stage becomes an apparatus to involve the viewer visually, bodily, and conceptually in the entire cycle of design.

At Villa Noailles' Design Parade 8, young designer Mugi Yamamoto will present Gravity and Bio Composite, two projects that use ready-made components and natural materials.

Now in the prototyping phase, the inflatable, self-bearing shelter conceived by Andrea Paroli for cold-weather emergencies has great potential.
Inspired by a series of trips to Japan, Studio Wieki Somers presents a series of floor lamps at the Galerie Kreo, reflecting the seven principles of the bushido samurai code of honour.

In a moment when Portugal witnesses a difficult economic and social period, young designer João Abreu Valente set up shop at Rua da Rosa 237, sharing his space with other designers and architects and using it as a workspace and meeting point.

At the upcoming Design Parade 8, the Austrian designer presents Camp, a collection that reflects on contemporary nomadism, and the Set bookshelf.
Through a selection of 100 pieces the French-Japanese design duo Aki and Arnaud Cooren designed the interiors of the main gallery at the Cité de la Céramique in Sèvres.

Holograms of human figures are appearing increasingly often in airports as virtual assistants. And they may also be introduced in various commercial activities. But, as Joanne McNeil inquires, what kind of empathy can these humanoids expect to establish with their users?

At the Design Parade 8, young French designer Laureline Galliot presents a tool, a domestic object and a mask, alongside her research process and materials.
In the countryside around Montpellier lives an artist-entrepreneur who has turned his creative vision into a design icon and a medieval village into an extended business.