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 latest design news from Armadillo, Lo & Co, Robin Boyd Foundation, Craft x Tech, Vipp and Dries Van Noten.
Photography by Michael Pham
Robin Boyd Foundation Opens Its Spring Sunset Cocktails Season
Boyd House II, the modernist family home Robin Boyd designed in 1957, opens after hours for a series of evening events through October, with 60s-inspired cocktails curated with Sigrid de Castella and jazz from Boyd’s own record collection.
Photography courtesy of Dries Van Noten
Fondazione Dries Van Noten Publishes “The Only True Protest is Beauty”
The foundation’s first editorial project documents and expands its inaugural Venice presentation at Palazzo Pisani Moretta, with essays by Glenn Adamson, Alexander Fury and Ezra Babski exploring the porous boundaries between craft, art and design. Designed by Sebastiano Girardi Studio, published by Marsilio Arte, €75.
Photography courtesy of Vipp
Vipp Opens a Collected Copenhagen Apartment
Above its flagship store, Vipp unveils a 130sqm home where furniture, kitchens and art from Swiss/Danish gallery von Bartha are woven together as one continually evolving interior, rather than a fixed showroom display.
Photography courtesy of Armadillo
Armadillo Unveils Venezia, Its First Pure Silk Rug Collection
Hand-knotted in uninterrupted fields of jewel-toned colour, Venezia takes its name from Venice, where reflections shift across canals and faded frescoes, shot on location across multiple Italian sites.
Photography courtesy of Lo & Co
Lo & Co Introduces Dark Emperador, a New Marble Finish in Paris
A deep chocolate-brown base threaded with gold and white veining brings warmth and drama to Lo & Co’s marble edit, finished with a honed surface and available across the Arc, Dot and Hubble silhouettes.
Photography courtsy of Craft x Tech
Craft x Tech: David Caon Collaborates With Mino Yaki Artisans
Part of a wider project pairing artisans from Japan’s Tokai region with internationally acclaimed designers, Australian designer David Caon builds Fushi, a console and lamp from identical modular ceramic forms using the centuries-old Mino Yaki technique. On display at the V&A, London.