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An oddly shaped alarm clock.

The Secret to a Better Night's Sleep? Alarm Clocks

A man wearing gold ear jewelry underwater.

An Expressive Jewelry Line That Celebrates the Devices Worn by Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People

The I Miss the Office website, showing a few different rooms issuing sound.

The Ambient Sounds of Your Office, Simulated by a Cheeky Website

A glass speaker by Sugahara

This Elegant Glass Speaker Magnifies Sounds From Your Smartphone

Stefan Sagmeister looking straight into the camera.

Stefan Sagmeister’s Playlist of David Bryne Cover Songs

Two speakers made from cast iron.

Vintage Loudspeakers, Restored and Transformed Into Aural Works of Art

The Oda sound system on a creme background.

This Sound System Revolutionizes How We Listen to Live Music

Silicone earplugs against a blue velvet background

Protect Your Hearing With These Otherworldly Earplugs

Two hands mixing up Lego pieces on a white table.

Lego’s Pleasing New “White Noise” Playlist Evokes Childlike Wonder

“Sonic Bloom” outdoor sculpture by Yuri Suzuki

In London, a Big Bouquet of Horns Brings People Together Through Sound

The Workspace of Tomorrow cover art, featuring a white cube and text on grey-green background.

Introducing Our New Podcast About the Future of Work

A red and white Radio Flyer with city names on its buttons.

This Radio Connects Listeners to a World of Fresh Foreign Sounds

A bedroom with cork and brick walls

How This Antwerp Designer Uses Cork to Create Meditative Spaces of Silence

Cassina's Radio in Cristallo

A Beautiful Bare-Bones Radio, Designed by an Architect Who Strove for Simplicity

Ojas speakers, amplifiers, and turntable in an NYC apartment.

Devon Turnbull on Building His Cultish Handcrafted Speakers

Jonathan Olivares sitting on a daybed in his library, reading a large art book.

Designer Jonathan Olivares’s All-Time Favorite Skateboarding Soundtrack

A red OB-4 boombox photographed from below.

Teenage Engineering’s OB-4 Speaker Redefines Radio as We Know It

A woman with white headphones on a green background.

These Headphones Create Superior Sound and a Quiet Mind

Interior of an industrial space with yellow scaffolding

This Soundscape Brings an Age-Old Model of Communal Living to Life

Michel Rojkind smiling and facing to the left, with a blurry background of the New York City skyline.

Michel Rojkind on Rhythm, Drumming, and How Music Influences His Design Practice

Mandala Lab at Rubin Museum of Art

Should Museums Prioritize Emotional Wellness Activities? The Rubin Museum of Art Thinks So.

“Common Good Through Crisis” exhibition

With Art and Altruism, an Exhibition Explores the Strength and Beauty of Interconnection

An earthen sculpture in a gallery.

In “Social Works,” Antwaun Sargent Explores the Connections Between Space and Black Social Practice

Olafur Eliasson’s “Tell Me About a Miraculous Invention” (1996). (Photo: Ernest Sackitey. Courtesy SCCA Tamale)

A Multi-Venue Exhibition in Ghana Seeks to Shift Perspectives Through the Lens of Time

Alexandra Lange. (Photo: Mark Wickens)

Alexandra Lange on Mall Nostalgia, Romance Novels, and Twitch

CW&T’s Time Since Launch clock. (Courtesy CW&T)

A Brooklyn Studio Whose Creations Alter Our Perspectives on Time

Maria Cristina Didero. (Photo: Stefan Giftthaler)

Design Miami’s Curatorial Director Sees Art Fairs as Powerful Platforms for Cultural Exchange

A hand holding a paper origami fortune teller

An Offbeat Exhibition in Madrid Puts the Focus on Curators

The front and back cover of Spencer Bailey's book, “In Memory Of: Designing Contemporary Memorials”

Spencer Bailey on Memorials, Abstraction, and the Act of Unforgetting

A vintage envelope addressed by former president Abraham Lincoln

The Fascinating, Often Shameful History of U.S. Voting Ballot Design

Stylist Kate Young with three red carpet dresses on mannequins

Stylist Kate Young on Her All-Time Favorite Awards Season Dresses

MoMA curator Paola Antonelli

MoMA Curator Paola Antonelli on Pandemics and Protests

Writer and "The New Era" editor-in-chief Hanna Nova Beatrice

“The New Era” Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Prefers to Consume Media the Old-Fashioned Way

The cover of the book "Meaningful Stuff: Design That Lasts" by Jonathan Chapman.

How to Break the Cycle of a Throwaway Society

Installation view of the “Hermès in the Making” exhibition in Troy, Michigan. (Photo: William Jess Laird)

In Detroit, a Six-Day Hermès Exhibition Celebrates Craft and Community

A building designed by MASS Design Group.

MASS Design Group’s Model for Building a More Just Society Through Architecture

A dinner plate depicting an image of a blue eye

The Artist Plate Project’s Limited-Edition Dishes Serve Homeless New Yorkers

The entrance to the Bauhaus Museum Dessau.

A New Bauhaus Museum Worthy of Its Lineage

The book “Designers Against Coronavirus” open on a wood table

The New Book “Designers Against Coronavirus” Is a Powerhouse of Positivity

Stylist Kate Young stands in front of a mood board

Why Mood Boards Are Key to Developing Personal Style

Installation view of a room inspired by furniture from the book "Goodnight Moon"

A New Immersive Exhibition Brings Interiors From the Book Goodnight Moon to Life

Wild Design book by Kimberly Ridley

Nature’s Functional Forms, Billions of Years in the Making

Black and white photo of a woman jumping rope

How the Pandemic Has Altered the Way We View Everyday Objects

Interior of an art installation with walls covered in rainbow-colored words and phrases

New York Inmates and the Ladd Brothers Want You to Think About Prison

The Kistefos Museum in Jevnaker, Norway

Bjarke Ingels on Creating Extraordinary Environments for Today and Tomorrow

A doughnut-shaped stone Noguchi sculpture on a plinth.

The Noguchi Museum’s Ginormous Online Archive, at Your Fingertips

Designer Yves Béhar

Twenty Years On, Yves Béhar’s Designs Still Challenge the Status Quo

An arched white structure on a terrace

Ini Archibong Creates a Traveling Monument Devoted to the African Diaspora

The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin

David Chipperfield Sets a New Stage for Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin

Fashion stylist Kate Young in her studio.

How Stylist Kate Young Picks the Perfect Premiere Dress

A black digital alarm clock on a pink bedside table

This Alarm Clock Helps You Fall Asleep

Artist and designer Omer Arbel

How Serendipity Helps Omer Arbel Materialize the Unseen

Photo: Carlo Banfi. (Courtesy Flos)

Milan Design Week 2022 Preview: Salone del Mobile Is Back, But Not (Yet) in Full Force

A still from Kandis Williams’s multiscreen work “Triadic Ballet” (2021). (Courtesy the artist and the Rosenkranz Collection.)

In Aspen, an Exhibition Meditates on “Mountain Time”

A white wall piece reading "0925" in dotted lines.

Four Do-Not-Miss Highlights at This Year’s Design Miami Fair

Grand Seiko’s “The Journey of Birch” installation at Design Miami. (Courtesy Grand Seiko)

In Miami, an Amsterdam Studio Builds a Pared-Down Portal to Japan’s Serene Birch Forests

Two copies of Offscreen magazine featuring a woman with black glasses on the front cover.

Editor and Publisher Kai Brach’s Inspiringly Minimalist Media Intake

Moso natural pouches inside a pair of sneakers.

Eliminate Odors With These Bamboo Charcoal–Filled Linen Bags

Byredo's Olfactive Stéréophonique

These Scent Diffusers Enhance a Room in More Ways Than One

Michael Pinsky's Pollution Pod domes, with people inside and out.

Artist Michael Pinsky’s Climate-Action Plan: “Pollution Pods”

Hundreds of flowers spill out of a phone booth on on New York City street corner.

The Story Behind Lewis Miller’s Unforgettable #FlowerFlash Installations

Dr. Kate McLean smiles and holds her dog in a garden.

Meet the Graphic Designer Who Maps Cities by Their Scents

A man's hands assemble a wooden bucket on a wooden floor.

Nakagawa Mokkougei Makes the World’s Most Exquisite Buckets

A vial of perfume among rosemary and slices of lemon.

Three Perfume Brands Transforming Trash into Sweet-Smelling Treasures

A hinoki bathtub in a concrete room with a small tree.

Hinoki Is the World’s Absolutely Best-Smelling Wood

Yellow air freshener on car dashboard

This Car Diffuser Transforms Any Road Trip Into an Opulent Olfactory Experience

A woman and a man smelling bottles of fragrances.

This Olfactory Design Studio in Berlin Makes Scents That Stimulate the Soul

Olivia Jezler gazing into the camera on a gray background.

The Stealthy World of Olfactory Branding, Explained by Olivia Jezler

Stacked wood and glass orbs with a leaf growing out of the top

This Mexican Fragrance Brand Borrows Its Notes From Local Vegetation

Tableware by Gohar World

Gohar World’s Handmade Tableware Makes for Satisfyingly Surreal Meals

The Vitsoe kitchen.

Vitsoe’s In-House Chef Will Leigh on Keeping the Company Fed in a Pandemic

One of Chen and Williams sculptural food machines.

Chen Chen and Kai Williams on Playing With Food

Orange and red bottles of wine in the sunlight on a natural linen tablecloth.

How to Design A Wine Label, According to Apartamento Magazine’s Omar Sosa

A carafe, glass, and can of Makku on a green backdrop.

Makgeolli Gets a Hip Millennial Update

Menu items from Stephanie Goto's ice cream and champagne Omakase

Pairing Champagne and Ice Cream, Stephanie Goto Masterminds an Extraordinary Omakase

Cake by Yip Studio

The Brooklyn Baker Modeling Cakes on Her Rock Collection

A hand pulling a steaming margherita pizza out of a green Roccbox oven.

Make Restaurant-Quality Pies at Home With These Portable Pizza Ovens

Ghetto Gastro members behind their black and red blender, toasters, coffee maker, and air fryer.

Make Space on Your Counter for Ghetto Gastro’s New Kitchenware Line

An assortment of brightly colored Dada snack packs.

DADA Daily Makes Healthy Snacking Incredibly Appetizing

Three white Dally soap dispensers on a concrete wall.

Dally Goods’s Aromatic Hand Washes Are Designed to Help You Unwind

The Castor Kids Chair, by Karimoku. (Courtesy Nalata Nalata)

Skillfully Handcrafted Chairs, Designed with Toddlers in Mind

A bright red toilet building with angled entrances and the Tokyo cityscape in the background.

These Public Toilets in Tokyo Promote Good Design and Inclusivity

A man doing bicep curls with a Forme home gym.

Get Your Home Gym (and Yourself) Into Shape With These Solutions

Two sculptural toilet paper holders.

Toilet-Paper Holders, Reimagined as Works of Art

Cartier's Pixelage necklace

Cartier’s Newest High Jewelry Collection Was Crafted to Stimulate the Senses

A wooden polygonal massage tool.

Be Your Own Masseuse With These Handcrafted Massage Tools

The interior of Beverly's pop-up, with a large indigo textile and cookware hanging on a white wall.

Vietnamese-American Stylist Beverly Nguyen Pays Tribute to Her Family and Friends With a New Pop-Up Shop

A diamond necklace with large turquoise gems

A Bold Bulgari Collection Pays Tribute to Gems, Women, and Artistry

Two Cartier watches

Cartier’s First Solar-Powered Watch Features Straps Made From Food Scraps

A selection of colorful puzzles.

A Renaissance of Artful Puzzle-Making

Ecologist Carole Collet. (Photo: Misha Haller)

What the Fashion Industry Can Learn From Biology

A white Light Phone in grass.

A Smartphone Alternative We Can Totally Get Behind

A large tray of compost heading into a white container surrounded by plants.

Why Human Composting Is the Future of Death Care

A piece of Monique Péan's jewelry.

Jewelry Designer Monique Péan Creates a Feat of Meteoric Proportions, Literally

Two hands covered in indigo dye.

How Kilomet109 Is Preserving Vietnam's Rich Fashion and Textile Heritage

Three white, off-kilter sculptures on a white background.

The Obscure Familiarity of Eric Oglander’s Found-Object Sculptures

Bradley Bowers making one of his cotton paper lamps.

The Crinkled Paper Lanterns of Bradley Bowers, a Magician of Materials

A note card on a desk with a pen, carafe, and sprig of herbs.

These Elegant, Easy-to-Customize Note Cards Add an Artful Touch to Letter Writing

The interior of Google's first retail store.

Google’s First Retail Space Is Simultaneously Tranquil and Teched-Out

Ceramic vessels by Omar Sosa

These Earthenware Vessels by Omar Sosa Invite Improvisation and Play

Slow’s Slow Jo 17 watch. (Courtesy Slow)

Streamlined Watches Designed to Slow Down Time

The Amant Foundation in Brooklyn.

In Brooklyn, a Creative Campus Designed to Slow Artists and Visitors Down

A view into an empty concrete interior with a revolving door at its center

How Tom van Puyvelde Transformed a Berlin Bathhouse Into an Office Rooted in History and Place

An astronaut on the moon, with a dome reflected in their visor.

Fish Scales and Lunar Dust May Hold the Key to Building on the Moon

A kintsugi kit on a wooden table, next to several repaired plates.

The Enduring Relevance of Kintsugi, the Japanese Art of Repairing Broken Ceramics

Cover of “Nichetto Studio: Projects, Collaborations, and Conversations in Design”

The Prolific, Genre-Defying Output of Luca Nichetto

A bedroom at the Eliot Noyes House, with a large blue painting, multicolored bedspread, and brass sculpture near a large glass window.

The Colorful History of the Eliot Noyes House, Explained by Abby Bangser

Marbled black tondela vessels in a gallery.

Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance’s New Lisbon Studio Celebrates Portugese Craft

A pair of white denchers with gold and rose-gold grills.

Meet Ri Serax, the Australian Jewelry Designer Who Makes Outrageous Gold Grills

Gold jewelry from Loren Teetelli’s Viking Trove collection.

Two Millennial Jewelers Practicing the Ancient Art of Goldsmithing

Brown bowls on a dark yellow background.

How East Fork Is Using Its Coveted Pottery to Promote Equality

The main space in Kvadrat’s New York showroom. (Photo: Daniele Ansidei)

Kvadrat’s First New York Showroom Is an Elegant Homage to the Square

Manitoga house designed by Russel Wright

An Exhibition Posits How Design Can Be a Steward of Nature and the Future

Girl with pajamas looking at the ocean

Stüssy and Tekla’s New Capsule Collection Offers Pared-Down Pieces for Surf and Sleep

A bumpy white chair filled with black holes.

Marlène Huissoud Crafts a Provocative Chair for Insects

Decorated room screens and sculptures

Yolande Batteau’s Latest Body of Work Reflects a Passionate Personal Investigation of Materials and Self

A hand holding a small button cactus next to a pot.

Beautify Your Cacti With These Custom Planters

Soft Baroque’s coffee table for Vaarnii. (Courtesy Vaarnii)

How a Finnish Furniture Company Explores the Potential of Pine

Black denim fabric with pink cross stitches

In Minnesota, a Denim-Repair Shop Celebrates Wear and Tear

Herman Miller’s Aeron chair in Onyx Ultra Matte

How Design Can Reframe Ocean Plastic as a Resource, Not Waste

Petit Pli clothing

Pleated Clothing Designed to Grow With Your Kid

A page excerpt of the book.

This New Book Highlights Spaces Made to Engage the Senses

(Photo: Delfino Sisto Legnani)

A Book About Joints Celebrates the Big Ideas Behind Tiny Details

Rebecca van Bergen. (Photo: Wesley Law)

For Rebecca van Bergen, Craft Is a Means to Change the World

Flos Parentesi lamp in Orange Signal and turquoise

How Two Italian Designers Who Never Met Created an Iconic Floor Lamp

Balance (2022), a marble and onyx cabinet designed by OMA for Solid Nature’s “Monumental Wonders” exhibition at Alcova. (Courtesy Solid Nature)

Alcova 2022 Presents Designs That Look Inward, Outward, and Beyond

A WaterRower machine on a white background.

The Analog, MoMA-Approved Rowing Machine Giving Us a Full-Body Workout

“Signals” exhibition at Galerie Kreo

For Designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, the Cone Is “Perfect Geometry”

Black and natural wooden bowls on small, built-in platforms that raise them off the table.

Industrial Facility’s Pared-Down Home Accessories Are Happy to Be Handled

Glen Adamson in a dark jacket and shirt, smiling at the camera.

Glenn Adamson’s New Book Explains How Skilled Makers Made America

Two wooden boxes, one with a clear top and one with a wooden top.

These Wood Boxes Hold Centuries of Japanese Culture and Craftsmanship

María Elena Pombo stacking bricks for an exhibition.

How Artist and Designer María Elena Pombo Is Sowing Seeds for Change

A Goshi towel in a yellow package.

Ditch Your Loofah for This Exfoliating Shower Towel From Japan

A textile in bright streaks of gold, blue, and red.

These Radical Textiles Grew Out of Focused, Open-Minded Attention

Sagmeister 123’s Progress Shirt and Opinion Coat. (Courtesy Sagmeister 123)

With His First Clothing Line, Stefan Sagmeister Visualizes Positive Global Trends

Bulbous white sculptures with various forms extending from them in a gallery.

Julian Watts Heeds the Call of the Wild

A blue printed textile hung with aluminum wire in an art gallery.

In Wisconsin, an Exhibition of Analog Art Shaped by Digital Themes

Courtesy Emeco

Jasper Morrison’s Latest Seats for Emeco Radiate a Warm, Tactile Presence

An old sweater darned with purple thread.

With Darning, Celia Pym Brings the Stories of Clothes to Life

Someone presenting a gift wrapped in a red polka-dot tenegui.

The Art of Gift Wrapping, Japanese-Style

A wooden panda.

Bjarke Ingels’s Miniature Wooden Panda for Architectmade

One of Alvaro Catalán de Ocón’s Plastic Rivers rugs. (Courtesy Alvaro Catalán de Ocón)

Home Furnishings That Rethink the Future of Plastic Bottles

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec’s Shaku chair for Koyori. (Photo: Hiroshi Iwasaki)

With Jasper Morrison at Its Creative Helm, Japanese Furniture Company Koyori Makes Splendid Seats

A waving Ghanan pakurigo basket.

Goodee’s Ethically Made Objects Make a Positive Impact on People and the Planet

Walden meditation cushion and mat

A Brooklyn Wellness Brand That Harnesses the Power of Good Design

A white ceramic lamp on a wood table.

An Elegantly Imperfect Table Lamp, Translated From Cardboard to Clay

Plush, knitted lights in multiple colors with a hand squeezing them.

These Knitted Kinetic Lights Take Playtime Seriously

Three stools in white, blue, and brown.

Japanese Designer Naoto Fukasawa’s New Stool Collection Raises the Bar of Sustainability

Two hands with purple nails holding a beaker filled with purple liquid.

These Dyes Made by Bacteria Could Transform the Fashion Industry