•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Jincy Iype Jul 23, 2026
Published by everyedition, Alberto Vieceli’s latest book is a visual archive that charts how adverts have enlisted felines to sell everything (except cat food).
by Pranjal Maheshwari Jul 14, 2026
Using salvaged wood, wild earth, copper remnants and more, the exhibition at ICA San Diego / North brings together 20 regional creatives exploring regenerative approaches to making.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Jul 14, 2026
Taking a closer look at the comprehensive retrospective at the Vitra Schaudepot in Weil am Rhein, STIR explores the enduring relevance of the 20th-century designer.
by Anmol Ahuja Jul 13, 2026
An inflatable chair, a rocking bench, an angled, adjustable floor lamp and artistic textiles, among others, round out IKEA’s 10th PS collection, built around ‘playful functionality’.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Jul 06, 2026
Using hanji paper and stitches, Seoul-based MANO Design Studio channels the Korean concept of yeobaek-mi in a recent lamp series to restore 'thingness' to design through craft.
by Chahna Tank Jun 22, 2026
Conceived by DUDD HAUS, the open-call exhibition in New York brings together over 130 designs exploring hidden possibilities within an overlooked domestic object.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Jun 20, 2026
Founder Doruk Kubilay’s latest collections, Resonance and Mother and Daughter, transform cultural heritage, craftsmanship and material experimentation into collectible designs.
by Jincy Iype Jun 19, 2026
These curated conversations from Milan Design Week 2026 gather the convictions and experiences of leading creative voices, including Maria Porro, Lina Ghotmeh and more.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Jun 13, 2026
STIR talks to the British designer about her lighting collection displayed at the Jacqueline Sullivan Gallery, marked by material fragility, exposed making and light’s shifting presence.
by Jincy Iype Jun 08, 2026
From material-led investigations to ritual, participation and sensory encounters, STIR picks showcases that embody 3daysofdesign 2026's call to make this moment matter.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Jun 06, 2026
The furniture fair in New York City engaged its global audience with expanded programming and critical conversations reinforcing the position of design as a connective force.
by Sunena V Maju May 30, 2026
From IKONstudio's Halston revival to USM's Food Form Function, NYCxDESIGN 2026 asked the questions that mattered most: Does design still matter, and will any of it last?
by Chahna Tank May 28, 2026
Gaetano Pesce: The Chiat\Day New York Project revisits a visionary workplace that heralded the advent of the flex office, through surviving furniture, doors and archival material.
by Pranjal Maheshwari May 27, 2026
With Symbio, the Dutch designer demonstrates two radical material visions: biophilic concrete as a carbon sink and biodegradable resin redefining the material limits of plywood.
by Bansari Paghdar May 23, 2026
The founder of Valencia-based Kutarq Studio introduces sculptural forms of a floor lamp, a music stand, a coffee table and three stools, crafted from folded metal sheets.
by Pranjal Maheshwari May 22, 2026
The Czech-based designer talks to STIR about honing material craft by blending intuition, manual tools and digital workflows with folklore to create objects that are ‘grown, not made’.
by Sunena V Maju May 21, 2026
The first design retrospective of the visionary American sculptor to appear in 25 years challenges everything we thought we knew about his work.
by Pranjal Maheshwari May 19, 2026
Returning to London for a landmark 15th edition, CDW adds new venues, brand interventions and material cultures to showcase the best of contemporary design from across Europe.
by Chahna Tank May 06, 2026
STIR speaks with the studio's founders, Toluwalase Rufai and Sandia Nassila, about the collection’s conceptualisation and how materials and craft shape the experience of light.
by Sunena V Maju Apr 25, 2026
As tariffs reshape global design trade, ICFF returns to New York with a timely call for dialogue, collaboration and shared values.
by STIRworld Apr 21, 2026
Presenting a video art installation for Milan Design Week 2026, the wellness brand is set to donate 40 units of the 1986-designed UNICA to schools and charities to mark the occasion.
by Almas Sadique Apr 18, 2026
With the theme, TEN: The Evolving Now, Isola Design Festival returns to Milan with retrospective exhibition designs and novel, experimental design outputs.
by Sunena V Maju Apr 16, 2026
From Moooi’s theatrical environments to Lina Ghotmeh’s site-specific intervention, these immersive installations shift focus from products to spatial, multisensory experience.
by Chahna Tank Apr 14, 2026
STIR speaks with Laura Vella, head of Superstudio Design, discussing this edition's expanded format, curatorial frameworks and key highlights across Milan.
by Bansari Paghdar Apr 13, 2026
On the advent of Isola's upcoming edition themed TEN: The Evolving Now, its co-founders reflect on community-building, curatorial experimentation and global expansion.
by Almas Sadique Apr 11, 2026
From Brera to Isola and 5VIE, Fuorisalone activates Milan Design Week with immersive, dynamic and evolving showcases and discourses shaped by its theme, Be the Project.
by Bansari Paghdar Apr 04, 2026
At Milan Design Week 2026, the 11th edition moves beyond spectacle to examine how design operates across systems of production, perception and lived experience.
by Almas Sadique Apr 03, 2026
The expansive Brera Design Week is set to host its 17th edition during Milan Design Week 2026 with dynamic designs and discourses amid the neighbourhood’s historic core.
by Almas Sadique Mar 28, 2026
The upcoming edition of the design fair urges creatives to decenter the image of the final design to focus on its materiality, process and craftsmanship.
by Jincy Iype Mar 25, 2026
From Salone del Mobile.Milano to Fuorisalone, Superstudio to Porta Venezia; STIR presents a comprehensive guide through Milan Design Week’s most compelling offerings this year.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Mar 24, 2026
The Netherlands-based designer explores the duality of natural forces and geological journeys of materials to shape furniture and objects.
by Bansari Paghdar Mar 20, 2026
Staged at the Palais de Lomé, Design In West Africa: Unity in Multiplicity fuses the ancestral heritage of several West African regions with contemporary design.
by Sunena V Maju Mar 14, 2026
In his first New York solo exhibition, Babin merges painting, sculpture and furniture-making to translate the rhythms of the French countryside into objects of everyday use.
by Bansari Paghdar Mar 10, 2026
The Japanese designer's latest works, including As, bespoke lighting Nave and sculptural ladder Resonique, explore overlaps and mediation between materials and medium.
by Chahna Tank Mar 09, 2026
STIR speaks with the Latvian designer about his furniture practice and interest in introducing contemporary ornamentation as a storytelling technique.
by Jincy Iype Feb 17, 2026
Indian designers, including Ashiesh Shah, Gunjan Gupta and Vikram Goyal, reflect on scale, craft and why collectible design now demands its own space at the art fair.
by Bansari Paghdar Feb 11, 2026
The experiential product gallery at the recent Architecture & Design Film Festival staged a series of encounters including culinary experiences and other cultural programming.
by Chahna Tank Feb 09, 2026
For the exhibition, 22 Los Angeles–based designers responded to the 2025 wildfires through furniture and objects that explore care, resilience and renewal, using salvaged wood.
by Bansari Paghdar Jan 31, 2026
The Swiss designer and artist brings humour, ambiguity and art-world provocation to design, where functionality gains abstract underpinnings.
by Zohra Khan Jan 30, 2026
An embodied response to the exhibition Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births examines how design shapes care, access and maternal experience.
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