Stories by Natasha Levy
The Age of Wood exhibition challenges conventional perceptions of timber
Sigma’s pared-back Shanghai showroom lets photography paraphernalia come into focus
Crafty past of London’s East End informs Norton Folgate offices
Uncanny Studio revamps and reconnects rooms within 1930s London penthouse
Symbolplus “quietly integrates” natural materials into its own office in Tokyo
Olivia Gino turns waste cigarette butts into fuzzy hat
Hong Kong’s lush hillsides inform interiors of model apartments by Studio Ella
Designers turn discarded objects into one-off furnishings for Unbroken exhibition
Tilt planter uses weights to demonstrate the “constant change” of houseplants
HE.D Group enriches Kyiv clothing boutique with hand-crafted details
Studio GOGO’s Lego jewellery is “made to be played with”
RREEL modernises apartment beneath Le Corbusier’s former home in Paris
AtMa Inc reforms broken J39 Mogensen chairs to demonstrate “importance of cherishing a single object”
Weinbenami “maintains soul” of modernist Antwerp apartment in delicate overhaul
Windowless facade conceals “quiet grandeur” of Woodend bungalow in Victoria
Undressed collection by Georgina Davies reveals “unexpected warmth and richness” of MDF
Pentagram refreshes Karri’s screen-free smartphone for kids
Valeria Vasi designs Metamorphosis collection as “a meditation on transformation”
Grain Pile exhibition in old fire station shows six designers’ fresh takes on wooden furniture
WA lamp by Akasaki & Vanhuyse is crafted from decommissioned Tokyo train parts
Reclaimed Greek marble and flea-market finds furnish 10AM Apotheke pop-up in Antiparos
Interior of FUBA bakery in Madrid explores “dialogue between the ancestral and futuristic”