During Business of Design Week 2021 we had the chance to sit down with Ikko Yokoyama, lead curator of design and architecture at M+, Hong Kong’s new museum of visual culture. Here Yokoyama talks about the curation process and the museum’s role in representing Asian artists and designers

Through her recently launched project Victoria Tang Studio, the Hong Kong-based multidisciplinary creative pays homage to Chinese art and craft with modern collaborations that reinvent the idea of ‘Made in China’

The Sydney-based designer and maker explores the possibilities of metal and aerated concrete through her striking sculptures and experiments

The theme of ‘chance’ inspired this year’s DESIGNART, Tokyo’s annual design and art festival, with more than 80 events across in neighbourhoods across the capital. We round up our highlights of the inspiring roll call of emerging talent

Designed by IXI Design, the new offices of a Shanghai-based gaming company make room for both productivity and relaxation. Here, founder Mac Huang and designer Evan Ding tell us more about the project and process

Four of Australia’s most esteemed designers have created furniture and lighting ranges for Cult Design’s in-house brand, nau

Design gallery FREE-MAN and multidisciplinary practice studiojos have launched a range of striking spherical furniture and lighting in natural materials inspired by ancient Greece

Involving a string of high-profile creative directors, craftspeople and new generation artists, new festival Go for Kogei offers a contemporary take on Japan’s heritage of craft in the modern world. We explore its landmark design exhibition, and speak with participating designer Kenya Hara about his thoughts on modern craft

New Delhi-based furniture designer Gunjan Gupta marries Indian craft with contemporary furniture design

New Delhi-based designer Nikhil Paul’s timeless lighting collection explores traditional craft and new technologies

In this story from the Design Anthology print archive, we visit Latitude 22N in their Hong Kong ceramics workshop and artist studio

Australian design brand Dowel Jones and Buenos Aires-based Ries have paired up to create Volta, a collection of tubular-framed furniture with contrasting autumnal upholstery

At this year’s edition of Bangkok Design Week, Design PLANT’s exhibition, curated by Decha Archjananun of THINKK Studio, showcased a series of sustainable, nature-inspired pieces by a crop of emerging talents

Known for their Japandi style, Copenhagen-based design duo OEO Studio has seamlessly infused minimalism and warmth into Danish cycling brand Pas Normal Studios’ new Taipei clubhouse, which marks the brand’s very first flagship store in Asia

One of few design events to be held in 2021 thus far, Design Shanghai recently returned for its eighth edition. Here, our editor-in-chief rounds up her highlights from the exhibitions stellar line-up

In issue 11, we got to know then start-up brand ZaoZuo, a furniture producer intent on changing perceptions of ‘Made in China’

Following Paul Rand’s notion that design is a brand’s silent ambassador, design advisor and columnist Cyril Zammit explores what makes Taiwan a design-led nation

In designing the new Ho Chi Minh factory of streetwear manufacturer UnAvailable, multidisciplinary studio The Lab Saigon drew inspiration from the process of stitching. We speak with creative director Tuan Le to find out how this translates into the various spaces and functions

How can design transcend borders in a time without travel? Tash Miles and Manami Ray discuss their upcoming talk ‘Designing Change Through Cross-Cultural Collaboration’ at Melbourne Design Week 2021

From exhibitions and screenings to talks and tours, our editor-in-chief rounds up her pick of events coming up during Melbourne Design Week 2021