The purportedly unique and local feel of coffee shops has instead been homogenized into a singular, palatable aesthetic.
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Choosing a new colour scheme is a psychological issue, not just an aesthetic one. Here’s what the evidence shows.
Fast furniture is a burden on our waste systems.
The swing from maximalism to minimalism is shocking.
‘Wabi’ and ‘sabi’ are Japanese words with long histories, but they are rarely used together in the way Western designers have come to use the term.
More is more in #cluttercore, the new interior trend championed by the young maximalists of TikTok.
Australia’s love and rediscovery of terrazzo floors form the foundation for a new exhibition.
The Electoral Commission says there are “reasonable grounds to suspect an offence or offences may have occurred”.
House plants enrich our domestic lives in ways we often fail to notice. But lockdown may have changed all that.
With space at a premium, robotic furniture can transform a room in seconds. How will this affect our sense of belonging and feeling at home, when everything can change with a voice command?
Many homes are already smart – but they’re about to get much smarter.
Practical advice from an expert about lighting, decoration and furnishings.
Using mirrors, lighting and certain types of furniture can add the illusion of space to your otherwise tiny apartment.
Studies show that people’s environments influence their mood. The same is true of homeless shelters, which can either help or hurt residents’ psychological well-being — and, possibly, their futures.
The company has made the world flat (packed).
Research shows that bringing nature indoors, in the form of movement created by light, wind and water, makes occupants calmer and more productive. It also could promote interest in sustainable design.
Yellow-gold, swagged curtains have appeared in the Oval Office. But if Donald Trump wants to emulate the Sun King, he would be advised to look to contemporary artists and designers for inspiration.
Whatever guise they take, nightclubs offer places to experiment with new music, technology and architectural innovation.
For me, one of the most exciting features of Superman’s comic strip adventures would occur when he travelled into the Fourth Dimension to visit his parents Lara and Jor-El on their planet Krypton. He would…
Open plan offices attract the highest levels of worker dissatisfaction, with cramped quarters, lack of privacy and noise topping the list of gripes, a large study has found. An open plan workplace, in…
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