Former McLaren Designers Bring Supercar Thinking to Furniture

Design Milk 8/10 7:00A Will Sabel Courtney

Before Jo ã o Dias and Patrick Carton designed furniture, they were designing machines built to exceed 200 mph. The former McLaren Automotive designers worked on vehicles including the W1 hypercar and...

Dive Into ‘Pastel,’ Cj Hendry’s Million-Bead Installation at Salon 94 Design

Design Milk 8/7 6:06A Danine Alati

With tiny unicorns, rocking horses, shrimp, skulls, lips, and sneakers, Cj Hendry ’s newest exhibition is a mélange of roughly a million pastel beads that reference the artist s visual world. On view...

Tan France Brings His Eye for Layering to a Furniture Collection With Castlery

Design Milk 8/6 4:30A Design Milk Staff

The best-dressed homes rarely feel overdesigned. Instead, they evolve through thoughtful layering—timeless foundations punctuated by moments of personality. It’s the same philosophy Tan France has...

Ken Kelleher’s Colorful Characters Take Over a Botanical Garden

Design Milk 8/5 3:00A Bianca Weeko Martin

The sky fades into a pink sunset as Lido Pimienta, the Grammy-nominated Colombian Canadian singer-songwriter, belts over the sweeping accompaniment of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra . The air...

Adidas Refines the Art of 3D-Printed Footwear With the New Climacool

Design Milk 8/4 7:35A Dalene Rovenstine

Even when summer is in full swing, elevated streetwear stops for no temperature. If anyone understands that, it’s Adidas . In time for the hottest days of the year, Adidas has released the next...

Little Giant Designs Its Own Forest Studio Around Light, Quiet, and Exploration

Design Milk 8/4 6:48A Design Milk Staff

Set among cedar and Douglas fir trees on a peninsula outside Victoria, British Columbia, Little Giant ’s 967-square-foot studio serves as a workplace and a physical expression of its approach to...

A Toronto Penthouse Finds New Life by Celebrating Its 1980s Roots

Design Milk 8/3 7:05A Murrye Bernard

Rather than disguising its 1980s origins, this three-story Toronto penthouse embraces them. Designed by Dvira Interiors  for a creative couple in their 30s, the once-dated penthouse has been...

Marty Hotel Bordeaux Doubles as a Rotating Gallery for Local Artists

Design Milk 8/3 5:18A Adrian Madlener

Bordeaux is often regarded for its 18th-century limestone grandeur and UNESCO-listed classicism, as well as its role as the gateway to one of the world’s premier wine regions. A 10-minute walk from...

6 Sustainable Home Furnishings for Healthy Living

Design Milk 8/1 3:00A Design Milk Staff

For those of us striving to make our homes more sustainable, the magnitude of the task can often seem overwhelming. Unless you re able to live a fully off-grid lifestyle, it may feel like small design...

Jackery’s FridgeGuard Makes Backup Power Kitchen-Friendly

Design Milk 7/31 4:48A Adrian Madlener

Historically, residential backup power has been defined by bulky, industrial hardware—unwieldy generators and oversized batteries relegated to the utility room or basement out of aesthetic necessity....

This Sculptural Vase Reimagines the Bantu Knot in Glass

Design Milk 7/29 5:50A Sophie Sobol

Leslie Rivers didn’t set out to start her own modern African home decor and art brand. But when the founder and curator went looking for high-quality pieces available locally and came up short, she...

The Art of Layered Lighting: How Gemma Goldsmith Shapes a Home With Light

Design Milk 7/29 2:00A Design Milk Staff

Thoughtfully placed light can transform a space. It can soften architectural edges, draw attention to texture, create intimate corners within open floor plans, and subtly signal the transition from a...

Dostea Brings Thoughtful Industrial Design to the Chai Ritual

Design Milk 7/27 6:32A Hayley Arsenault

Chai keeps its own time. Milk climbs to a boil while tea and spices steep loose in the pot, and the strength shows itself in color, deepening shade by shade until the foam begins to rise. The...

Sharmistha Ray Turns Pickleball Courts Into a Playable Work of Public Art

Design Milk 7/22 9:03A Design Milk Staff

Public art is meant to be observed, but Sharmistha Ray ’s latest commission invites people to actually step into the composition. At Pittsburgh’s new Arts Landing civic space, the artist has...

Hotel Hubertus Completes Its Architectural Vision With a Spa Expansion

Design Milk 7/22 6:53A Adrian Madlener

For the past decade, Hotel Hubertus has made headlines for its bold, architecturally adventurous amenities. Now, the 75-key resort has turned its attention to the rest of its wellness spaces, applying...