A personal review of design creations
The Uncommon Beauty of Common Things
Charles Eames drove through Nuevo León nine years before he ever met Ray, a footnote so small he barely mentioned it for decades. Now it's the opening scene of Mexico's first-ever Eames retrospective.
Design Ah! Experience the Wonder of Everyday
On Noticing Things: M+'s New Exhibition Asks You to Look Again at Everything You've Stopped Seeing
Sottsass Is Finally in Tokyo. It Was About Time.
The Italian who made the design world uncomfortable… and then indispensable, finally gets his Tokyo moment.
A Name You Don't Know, An Airport You Do
A new retrospective at the Stedelijk asks an uncomfortable question: how can the designer behind Schiphol's iconic terminal have slipped so quietly out of memory?
Verner Panton: Form, Colour, Space
Verner Panton at 100: The man who declared war on beige. From the Panton Chair to the Spiegel Canteen, the Vitra Design Museum’s new retrospective argues for design’s most provocative voice.
When Milan Stood Still for an Apricot Tree
A Suspended Moment in Milan: How a Story About a Lost Sea Found Its Audience
The Egg That Eats Itself
How OMA's new mushroom pavilion at Casa Wabi is turning fungi into architecture, community, and lunch.
Against Excess: The Radical Quiet of Hella Jongerius
Hella Jongerius doesn’t just make beautiful things—she makes you think differently about them. This spring, the Vitra Design Museum argues for her as one of the most influential design minds of our era.
In a Park: How a Forgotten Brick Reframes Domestic Life
In Singapore, a modest apartment renovation by L Architects reimagines domestic life through red brick, greenery and the spatial logic of a park. In a Park shows how a forgotten material can bring warmth, intimacy and a quietly generous way of living back into the home.
Advent 2025: St Peter Church by Le Corbusier
To close this little Advent pilgrimage I wanted a Le Corbusier landmark— but not the familiar hilltop chapel at Ronchamp. Instead one in a former mining town whose industrial grit somehow suits his concrete poetry.
Stop Four: Firminy, France.