The Trim House by KWK Promes Splits the Difference

Design Milk 4/7 5:30A Elizabeth Pagliacolo

When KWK Promes was invited to submit a concept for a house in Vilnius, Lithuania, the parameters might have sounded like an architect s dream: Here was a private client selecting a firm via...

The Settecento Chair by Leonardo Liendo Brings New Depth To Stability

Design Milk 4/7 3:00A Aria Lee

Stability – what a novel concept in this day and age. We search, create, and yearn for the balance of life to “just slow down a bit,” unwilling to admit that is in fact true of all moments in time,...

OUTSIDERS Investigates the Space Between Society and Solitude

Design Milk 4/3 4:00A Aria Lee

Modern humans like to think we have it all figured out—mostly, anyway. With the invention of the printing press, philosophers worried our thoughts would become mired among the pages, leaving us...

F5: Alex Lerian on Live Music, a Favorite Burrito Spot, Materials + More

Design Milk 4/3 3:00A Anna Zappia

Born and raised in New York City, Alex Lerian grew up around endless movement, which not only heightened his spatial awareness but also shaped his aesthetic appreciation. “I began to notice that I was...

Savannah’s Nimbly Converted Municipal Grand Hotel Nods to Both Tropical Modernist and Nordic Cues

Design Milk 3/30 5:00A Adrian Madlener

When one thinks of Savannah, they picture cobblestone streets enveloped in draping Spanish moss and lined with Antebellum-era, Georgian-style row houses. What they might not realize is that this...

Emberhaus’s Charcoal-Based Fire Oven Upgrades the Outdoor Kitchen

Design Milk 3/30 4:00A Adrian Madlener

The numbers are in from major home appliance and fixtures fair KBIS : it’s clear that homeowners—those with green space, patios, or rooftop terraces—are now looking to establish, expand, and fully...

RS Barcelona Fuses Simplicity and Substance in the Seu Bench by Studio A.P.O.

Design Milk 3/30 3:00A Aria Lee

The beauty in humanity s love for athletics is hard to quantify. The rivalry, the adrenaline, and the joy of play are all things fans travel across borders to witness, spending thousands for just one...

Holzrausch Extends a Wilhelminian-Era Frankfurt Penthouse

Design Milk 3/26 5:00A Leo Lei

Few design conditions are as layered as the inhabited palimpsest a historic building asked to absorb a contemporary life without surrendering what made it worth preserving in the first place....

Butter, Miso, + Mushrooms: Three Books Where Focus Meets Curiosity

Design Milk 3/26 3:00A TJ Girard

There’s a particular discipline in building an entire book around a single ingredient. It requires curiosity—and the confidence that one subject, examined closely enough, can hold a reader’s...

Powell’s Headquarters is a Showcase for the Firm and Local Makers

Design Milk 3/25 7:00A Anna Zappia

Corporate environments typically reference a brand aesthetic paired with contract furnishings to support staff as they perform their daily tasks. When architects envision their own spaces, they often...

These New Pieces From FRAMA Showcase the Softer Side of Metals

Design Milk 3/25 5:00A Aria Lee

There s something about the smell of the sea that calls to us. A briny froth caps the waves, signaling the turning of our world. The Tasca Table Large  from FRAMA is made to be used anywhere, even...

Artek and Heath Ceramics’ New Tile Tables Cleverly Cohere Clay with Wood

Design Milk 3/25 3:00A Adrian Madlener

“ As kindred spirits, the Artek and Heath Ceramics teams have once again come together to combine our respective crafts,” says Marianne Goebl, Artek Managing Director. “ Designed as a system, the Tile...

Satinine’s Oficina Milanese Balances Memory and Modernity, Rigor with Intimacy

Design Milk 3/24 5:00A Aria Lee

Smell is the sense most closely associated with memory, our olfactory systems nestled right next to the hippocampus. A whiff of cologne on a crowded subway car or an unmistakable trace of a beloved...

Kohler Brand KLAFS Debuts the World’s First Retractable Sauna

Design Milk 3/24 4:00A Adrian Madlener

Dynamically programmed bathhouses and saunas have cropped up across major metropolises. These alternative third spaces are far better for one’s health than the proverbial bar. People are drinking less...

Philippe Nigro’s JOSEPH Armchair for Wittmann Honors Josef Hoffmann Without Imitation

Design Milk 3/24 3:00A Joseph Sgambati III

Designing in the shadow of a master requires a particular kind of restraint and discipline––not deference so literal that it becomes mimicry, nor ambition so forceful that it erases lineage...