Design

PROS: Thoughtful Portugal-inspired design Award-winning rotating Ostand system Fully MagSafe-compatible Secure textured side detailing CONS: Portugal and football connection may not resonate with everyone Expressive color palette and graphics are too bold for minimalist tastes Higher price point compared to other cases RATINGS: AESTHETICS ERGONOMICS PERFORMANCE SUSTAINABILITY / REPAIRABILITY VALUE FOR MONEY EDITOR’S QUOTE: The

Architectural thinking is steadily shifting away from oversized, underused spaces toward a more intentional design philosophy. Luxury is now defined by the quality of spatial flow, thoughtful proportions, and the authenticity of materials, rather than by sheer scale. By eliminating the unnecessary, a deeper relationship emerges between the built environment and its natural context. This

Upholstery has been done the same way for centuries. Foam gets glued, tacked, or stapled onto a frame, and that’s more or less the end of the story. It’s functional, it’s reliable, and it’s almost never questioned. London-based Raw-Edges Design Studio decided it was worth questioning. Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay, the duo behind Raw-Edges,

If you’ve ever watched the pleating process behind ISSEY MIYAKE’s iconic garments, you already know it’s one of the most satisfying things in fashion. The fabric goes in, it comes out textured and alive, and for decades, that has been the whole story. Satoshi Kondo, one of the design directors at MIYAKE DESIGN STUDIO, chose

In modern times, where digital convenience dominates listening habits, the persistence of ultra-high-end analog engineering feels almost rebellious. The TechDAS Air Force IV turntable leans fully into that defiance, emerging not merely as a playback device but as a precision instrument designed to push vinyl reproduction beyond its traditional limits. At the core of the

The name says two. The building delivers three. Tucked behind a 1912 home in Fairfax, California, Two-Fold Studio is the latest project from San Francisco-based practice ONO, founded in 2020 by Max Obata and Tyler Noblin, and it might be one of the most quietly considered small structures the firm has produced yet. The client,

It hasn’t even been 24 hours since I reported on the new Sprinter 144 AWD–based, highly versatile Vanspeed Album camper van, and already another high-quality Volkswagen camper van is knocking at the door. This one is being transformed in the workshops of Dutch converter Tonke and is aptly called the Basecamp, which should be with us