Intent Made is an Indian furniture brand whose work is built around solid wood and the craft traditions that have developed around it, and the Garden in Woods collection, designed by Swetha Vegesana, is the most complete expression yet of the direction the brand has been moving in. The collection consists of center tables and side tables, all made from solid timber and featuring marquetry work on their surfaces that takes considerable time to appreciate, as the more you look,

Salone del Mobile. Milano returns in 2026 as one of the most anticipated events in the global design calendar, drawing designers, brands, architects, and industry professionals from across the world to Milan for a week that consistently sets the direction for where furniture and interior design are heading. The 2026 edition continues that tradition, with previews and launches arriving from some of the most established names in Italian and international design, each using the

At the ARAN Cucine Milan Flagship Store in Porta Nuova, during Fuorisalone 2026, designer Ulisse Narcisi showed a restyled version of Volare—one of the brand's most established kitchen designs and a model that has been part of the ARAN Cucine portfolio for a considerable number of years. The preview was part of Milano Design Week 2026, and for a kitchen that has gone through several evolutions already, this particular rethink feels like the most considered one yet. Narcisi, w

Black pottery has always carried a certain weight in the Indian craft landscape. Its surface is not decorative in the conventional sense. It absorbs light rather than reflecting it. It records touch. It reveals process. With its latest collection, Nimmit moves into this material territory, extending its existing work in textiles and object design into pottery. Founded by Manish Shah, Nimmit has so far been associated primarily with textile-based practices such as block printi

Set at the edge where Abidjan’s restless energy meets the stillness of the Ébrié Lagoon, Lagoon Villa feels both anchored and weightless. Designed by SAOTA, with interiors by Claude Missir, the home captures the quiet confidence of modernist architecture while responding instinctively to its tropical surroundings. It’s a structure that doesn’t so much sit on the landscape as breathe with it. The villa unfolds along the waterfront, every gesture shaped by the client’s wish to

Paramount House Hotel rises from an 80-year-old warehouse in Sydney’s Surry Hills, its brick shell now crowned by a delicate copper chevron screen that glimmers against the neighbouring art deco architecture of this former film precinct. The hotel is a story of artefact and ornament, of memory and reinvention, expressing the raw, honest fabric of the existing warehouse while capturing the spirit and excitement of the golden era of cinema. The project introduces 29 individuall