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The World’s Oldest Fine Leather Goods House Brings Heritage and Wit to Hong Kong
With a legacy dating back to 1829, Delvaux brings its historic savoirs and savoir faire to Hong Kong’s K11 Musea, combining them with local references that carry a hint of Belgian wit
In Bangkok, a Workplace Trades Rigidity for Range
At One Bangkok, a new Workplace Show Suite sheds the rigidity of the traditional office in favour of something more open and adaptable. Through layered zoning and spatially responsive furnishings, the space explores how the modern workplace can support fluid and distinctly human ways of working
A Family Home in Khao Yai, Raised Above a Garden for the Cows
IDIN Architects elevates a single-storey family home in Pak Chong, reinterpreting the traditional Thai house on stilts in concrete and timber
A Shanghai Flat That Takes Its Cues From 2001: A Space Odyssey
Adda Space Architecture has designed a home with a playful, retro-futuristic allure, tailored to the lifestyle of a couple and their four pets
Mud-Dyed Silk, Deadstock Zippers and Other Reasons to Get Dressed This Season
This season favours breathable silhouettes and relaxed volume. Layers are light, versatile and designed to be worn alone or intuitively stacked throughout the day
Going, Going, Home: The Auctioneer’s Home Balances Presentation and Comfort
For a Hong Kong client whose profession is selling other people's treasures, Via Architecture has designed a home calibrated to display his own — and to house a family at the same time
The Australian Bathhouse Redefining How Singapore Unwinds
Sydney architects, a Singaporean shophouse and a South American rodent: how cult Australian wellness brand Capybara Bathing brought its philosophy of radical slowness to Singapore
The List: Our Editors’ Guide to Design-Focused Destinations and Products in April and Beyond
The monthly briefing from Design Anthology’s editors on the most interesting things to see, places to go and products to know
This Quanzhou Hotel Found a Reef Inside the Walls
At Kaipuu on the Reef in Quanzhou, Signyan’s renovation decision to expose rather than conceal the ancient granite beneath the building turned out to be its making
The Rusted Steel Cabins a Father and Son Built by Hand in Orange
Casey Brown Architecture’s Permanent Camping series has always asked the same question. At its third iteration — two Corten A-frames on a working sheep farm outside Orange — the answer is sharper than ever
Foster + Partners Summons a Naga at Cambodia’s Techo International Airport
Phnom Penh’s new Techo International Airport by Foster + Partners aspires to be green, efficient and human-centric
Five New Hotels Worth Checking Into, From Bali to Lugu Lake
Our pick of the latest design-forward lodgings from around the world
The Signature Language of Volker Haug Studio
After two decades of illuminating interiors, Melbourne-based Volker Haug is still chasing the curiosity and wonder that first drew him to the medium at the age of ten.
The New York Sentiment Behind the Redesign of a Singapore Icon
Singapore’s Le Bon Funk Club Street has been reimagined by Jin Seow Studio
At Four Seasons Osaka, the Most Japanese Offering Is the Smallest
The new Four Seasons in Osaka splits its interiors between design firms Curiosity, Simplicity and Design Studio Spin. The smallest of the three commissions — Simplicity's tatami-floored Gensui — is also the most revealing
Aesop Launches Aposē, a Table Lamp Lathed, Cast and Blown Across Three European Workshops
For its third outing at Salone del Mobile in Milan, the brand unveiled its first piece of lighting — a limited-edition table lamp shaped from an enlarged version of its own aluminium packaging — inside an installation by Rodney Eggleston of March Studio at Santa Maria del Carmine
The Uncomfortable Truth About Milan Design Week
Milan Design Week may still be the industry’s most influential stage, but as consumer brands continue to flood in, a harder truth emerges: the line between meaningful engagement and marketing theatre is wearing thin
Enough Is Enough: A 1950s Singapore House, Rebuilt Without Starting Over
Goy Architects extends a single-storey house with restraint, preserving its scale, materials and closeness to the ground while drawing nature inward through a central courtyard
Inside One of Geylang’s Last Art Deco Bungalows
Monocot nip-tucks a conserved structure for family life while the owners add their own personal touch with art, colour and timeless furniture
In a Home in Rajasthan, A Windowless Facade Lights Up the Whole Village
Studio Urban Form + Objects has designed a new ancestral residence for a multigenerational family, addressing concerns of privacy and security while maintaining a dialogue with the facing village square