The materials shaping architecture today are no longer being chosen only for how they look or how easily they replicate at scale. They are being reconsidered for what they cost the planet, and that reconsideration is producing some of the most serious building being done anywhere in the world right now.

Marca Corona has been making ceramic surfaces in the Sassuolo district longer than any other company in the area, and the Calcecreta collection draws on that depth of material knowledge to do something that requires genuine craft confidence, recreating the imperfect, time-worn surfaces of lime, earth, and clay in porcelain stoneware with enough textural conviction that the result reads as something remembered rather than manufactured. The collection achieves that quality thro

Pininfarina and InkPoster walked into Milan Design Week with something that the interiors and technology worlds had not seen before, a colored ePaper art poster in A1 format extending to over one meter wide, presented inside the Reflex showroom as the largest of its kind ever made, and the conversation it started at the fair has less to do with screens and displays and considerably more to do with what wall art is allowed to be in a contemporary architectural interior. The di

Scavolini's new Stilo system, designed by Spalvieri & Del Ciotto, arrives as a whole-home proposition that moves from kitchen to living area to bathroom within a single coherent design language, built around the understanding that the contemporary home no longer organizes itself around fixed, single-purpose rooms but around spaces that shift function across the day and need furnishings that can move with them. The kitchen sits at the center of the Stilo proposal and is treate

Lotus Arts de Vivre has long understood that the most compelling objects in a room are the ones that carry a life of their own, and its animal stool collection makes that case through woven rattan, hand-stitched cowhide leather, iron reinforcement, and metal detailing in a series of pieces where the stool as a form is simply the starting point for something considerably more layered. The Woven Rattan Elephant Stool is the most immediately tactile of the four, handcrafted in w

In an exclusive conversation with Shweta for Design Diary International, Celia Sawyer speaks about designing for objects in motion, the discipline behind the glamour, and why true luxury has nothing to do with noise. She left school at fifteen in Bournemouth with almost no qualifications and a certainty that she was not going to spend her life being told what she could not do. She worked as a dental nurse. She tried modelling, briefly and by her own admission unsuccessfully.

As summer arrives, Anemos has put together a curated selection of designer fans that work as both cooling solutions and interior objects. The edit spans ceiling, pedestal, wall-mounted, and bladeless formats, each engineered for silent performance and energy efficiency while carrying a finish and form that hold their own in a considered interior. Three pieces lead the summer selection. The Uluru Gold is a ceiling fan with a gold body and warm brown blades, powered by a BLDC m

Ease of installation and long-term performance are two demands that often pull against each other in interior hardware. A system that installs quickly tends to compromise somewhere on precision or durability, and a system engineered for flawless long-term operation often demands more from the installer upfront. Häfele's MatrixBox Premium+ Drawer System is designed to address both without trading one off against the other. The most immediate change in the MatrixBox Premium+ is

Duka has introduced a stainless steel-look finish for the multi-S 4000, one of the most established shower enclosures in the brand's range. The finish is characterized by a brushed surface that adds a warm, sophisticated quality to the profiles without altering the series' fundamental design language. The multi-S 4000 has always been built around a clean, well-balanced aesthetic where the details do the work. The ergonomically recessed handle, the magnetic strip integrated in

Kelly Wearstler has made her first foray into piano design with Timbra, a collaboration with British atelier Edelweiss, a studio that has long produced custom pieces for her interior projects. Handcrafted in Cambridge, England, Timbra is constructed from layered birchwood veneer, its contours and curves drawn from the movement of sound waves. The exterior is sculpted and rimless, developed using a digital CAD model and produced with CNC machinery. Beneath the surface, the pia

knIndustrie's design approach sits at the intersection of material experimentation and table culture, and the latest work by Lara Caffi for the brand makes that position concrete across three distinct objects: Magic Objects, Sparky, and Rubin. Magic Objects is a candlestick crafted in concrete and available in three colors: yellow, taupe, and brown. The form references the silhouette of antique silver candlesticks but translates it into a contemporary material with a minimal

Sattva is a 1,800-square-foot high-rise residence in Mumbai designed by Vidhi Duggad Bhagat of The Blue Wall Studio, where the design brief was shaped entirely by what the apartment looks out onto: sweeping 360-degree views of the city skyline meeting the sea. The decision made early in the project was to build the interiors around that condition rather than in spite of it. Every material choice, every furniture selection and every spatial decision works toward the same end:

That Design Studio, led by principal designer Piyusha Upadhyay, has completed Seré Resort in Vagator, Goa, a 30,000-square-foot hospitality project that marks the studio's first built work. For a debut, the scale and ambition are considerable, and the images make clear that the execution has kept pace with both. Vagator is a specific kind of Goa. Less commercial than Calangute or Baga, more considered in its pace, it attracts a traveller who is looking for something quieter w

Italian furniture brand Bross has spent over four decades building its practice around natural materials, and its current collection is the clearest expression yet of what that commitment produces when it is paired with designers who have a specific and individual relationship to the materials they are working with. The collection brings together marble and stone, wood and cork across dining tables, coffee tables, chairs, armchairs, and modular accessories, each piece develop

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,

In Delhi, a 9,500-square-foot residence designed by Disha Subramaniam, founder and principal of her eponymous studio, takes a deliberate position against the kind of interior that reads as assembled in one sitting. The brief was clear from the outset: the house had to feel layered, its character built as though accumulated through years of inhabitation rather than delivered complete by a single design intervention. That intent shapes every room, every material choice, and eve

In Banjara Hills, a short walk from KBR National Park, TEVA Architects has completed Jolly Bros & Co, a 3,000-square-foot café that takes the Irani joints of mid-century Mumbai as its direct reference point. The project started with research. Principal architect Vamsi Ballepu and the client team travelled to Mumbai and spent time in establishments including Café Mondegar, Leopold Café, Britannia & Co., Café Universal and Jimmy Boy before a single design decision was made. 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

Falmec has introduced updated versions of its Virgola under-cabinet cooker hood, presenting the Virgola Touch Comfort and Virgola No-Drop Comfort models. The new versions focus on acoustic performance and vapour management while retaining the compact integrated format designed for concealed kitchen installation. The Virgola Comfort models incorporate a soundproof chamber within the hood structure. This chamber is lined with noise-absorbing material positioned around the motor

Häfele has expanded its interior fittings portfolio with the introduction of the Classic and Design Series aluminium door profiles, developed for use in wardrobes and cabinet systems. The new profiles extend the company’s existing range of structural framing solutions, offering additional material finishes and surface treatments suited to residential interiors. Aluminium profiles have become widely used in wardrobe and cabinet construction due to their dimensional stability a