Each week, we highlight a selection of global design headlines, from standout projects to innovative product launches and industry moments. Celebrating craftsmanship, creativity and contemporary design, we explore this week’s highlights from USM x Armando Cabral, Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert for HYBRID FUTURES, Hommey, Sophie Dries, Cosentino and Loro Piana.
USM x Armando Cabral Return to Lisbon with NKYINKYIM
A homecoming as much as a design showcase, the second collaboration between the Swiss modular furniture pioneer and Guinea-Bissau born, Lisbon-raised designer debuts at MAAT Central, named after the Adinkra symbol for transformation and growth.
Their Majesties King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark Open HYBRID FUTURES, Co-Curated by Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert
The debut solo exhibition from Danish-Australian duo Rhoda Ting and Mikkel Bojesen explores the boundaries between the natural world and the synthetic across living installations, microbes, soft robotics and industrial materials. Courtesy of the artists and Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney.
Hommey’s New Scandinavian-Inspired Collection, Shot at Heatherhill Beach House by Norm Architects
The Australian lifestyle brand’s new bedroom, bathroom and living range was captured entirely on location at the Heatherhill Beach House on Denmark’s coastline, photographed by Finn Peper.
Sophie Dries Opens Quartz Café in Paris’ 7th Arrondissement
Conceived as a meeting place for the design community, the architect and designer’s first specialty coffee shop is a study in materiality—Corten steel floors, bronze welds and a water system remineralized through quartz.
ĒCLOS by Cosentino
A new landscape of surface design, crafted layer by layer with up to 90% recycled content and zero crystalline silica, engineered for beauty, depth and meaning in interior spaces.
Loro Piana Arrives in Australia
Step inside the Italian luxury house’s first Sydney boutique, where a handmade terracotta façade gives way to an interior finished in silk, raffia and cashmere.