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Mikael Axelsson’s bright blue stool for IKEA PS 2026 is an unusually clear example of what the collection means by playful functionality. Made from solid birch, the compact seat can be set to three heights—41, 45, and 49 centimeters—through...

IKEA revived its experimental PS line in 2026 with forty-four products developed by twelve designers under an unusually open brief. The collection, the tenth edition of IKEA PS since the program began in 1995, centers on “playful functionality”: furniture...

Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort emerged from Milan Design Week 2026 with a sharp criticism: luxury money and spectacle, she argued, were overwhelming the quieter forms of experimentation that once made the city’s design week feel culturally unpredictable. Her complaint...

High-pressure laminate is often asked to perform an impossible visual trick: provide the appearance of natural timber while delivering the consistency, durability, and maintenance advantages of an engineered surface. PoliLam’s Nature’s Capsule collection approaches that task by treating specific...

Vollebak’s Sonic Jacket is closer to a wearable prototype than a conventional piece of outerwear. Developed with special-effects company FBFX, the garment incorporates 180 small speakers facing inward across the torso, arms, and hood, creating a field of sound...

New York’s 2026 design week unfolded through galleries, showrooms, fairs, and temporary installations rather than a single defining venue, and its product launches reflected the city’s appetite for pluralism. New furniture and lighting moved between sculptural statement pieces, adaptable...

Jasper Morrison built his reputation through an unusually disciplined relationship with industrial production: chairs, tables, handles, glassware, and everyday objects refined through long collaborations with manufacturers. In 2026, however, he observed a younger London design culture moving in a...

The most radical part of On’s LightSpray footwear is difficult to appreciate from a finished product photograph. Instead of cutting, stitching, and gluing a conventional textile upper from multiple pieces, the Swiss brand uses a robotic arm to spray...

“Frame in Frame: Swiss Design in Motion,” presented during NYCxDesign 2026, treats an archive of experimental films as spatial material rather than something to be passively screened. More than two hundred works made in connection with the Film +...

The inaugural Global Design Forum Istanbul arrived in May 2026 at a moment when design culture is negotiating two opposing accelerations. Artificial intelligence can generate images and proposals faster than ever, while climate, material scarcity, and cultural preservation are...