Designers Taku Satoh and Tokujin Yoshioka talk about collaborating with fashion designer Issey Miyake. Exhibition Work of Miyake Issey at the National Art Center in Tokyo in March–June 2016.
Naoshima island in Japan hosts natural beauty, art museums and contemporary architecture. In 2016, Benesse Art Museum reflects on the theme of Social Commentary.
Design brand Smaller Objects, which launched its second collection in February, challenges the traditional scale and revenue model of the mass-producing design industry.
Lighting brand Wästberg’s new series of lamps are designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune, Inga Sempé, Dirk Winkel, and Sam Hecht and Kim Colin.
Austrian auction house InnAuction will present Italian, Nordic and Brazilian design in its first design auction on 24 February 2016.
Exhibition Fertile Lands at Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard in Paris investigates the space of freedom and experimentation artists create for themselves. Until 5 March 2016.
In an exclusive interview, designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby talk to Lise Coirier, editor-in-chief of TLmag, about their lighting collection Firefly and their ties to the East.
Designer Robert Stadler’s objects are currently on show in several exhibitions. Thing#1 and Thing#2 at gallery Triple V in Paris question the real and the fake.
Exhibition Al(l) by Michael Young brings a wide selection of the British designer’s works to Grand-Hornu in Brussels, Belgium. Until 29 May 2016.
New ceramics factory Den Danske Keramikfabrik in Denmark aims at ethical production facilities for ceramists, designers and design companies.
In an exclusive interview, artist Chiharu Shiota talks about objects in her art. Sleep Is Like Death by Chiharu Shiota at Galerie Daniel Templon in Brussels until 20 Feb 2016.
Jaipur Rugs, known for providing sustainable livelihood for underprivileged communities, presented its award-winning rug collections at IMM Cologne fair.