State of the Art: The winners of the Swarovski Designers of the Future

The Swarovski Designers of the Future Award acknowledges emerging studios and designers who are actively expanding design culture through experimentation with cutting-edge technologies. This year’s recipients include Studio Swine, Tomás Alonso and Elaine Yan Ling Ng, who debuted new works at the 10th anniversary of Design Miami/ Basel. Design duo Studio Swine presented the groundbreaking … Read more

Lounge Console Concept transformed into The Excellence Child Seat experience

Volvo’s luxurious Lounge Console Concept in the new XC90 Excellence, a bold and luxurious step forward for the Swedish car brand, leaves a lot of space for new practical ideas. This is how The Excellence Child Seat was born, says Volvo. The design team have completely re-imagined how children could travel safely. The new concept … Read more

Love your PlayStation, Xbox, or Wii? It all started here in this lab

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History opened a whole new floor of innovation-themed exhibitions. One of the first things you’ll see is Ralph Baer’s video game invention lab. Baer thought TV sets should be interactive and created the first video game console for home use. It went on sale in 1972. The museum opened its … Read more

Armani/Casa involved in the leading green building project in Beijing

Armani/Casa. Now in Beijing Beijing will have an Armani/Casa residential project developed with Chinese real estate company group Smart Hero. Armani/Casa has signed a deal to create the amenities and common areas of an eco building in Bejing’s Central Business District conceived by architect Ma Yansong of MAD architects. Surrounded by the Chaoyang Park, the … Read more

Paris can teach London how to swap skyscrapers for homes

Ignore the Triangle Tower – the French capital is tackling a housing shortage by building affordable homes, converting office space and introducing rent controls

Festivals, flights and fulfilment: welcome to the post-digital world

However well-connected it makes us, cyberspace is lonely. That’s why, more and more, we are looking for live experiences