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3daysofdesign promises a collective recalibration from ‘more’ to ‘meaningful’

3daysofdesign promises a collective recalibration from ‘more’ to ‘meaningful’

After Milan Design Week’s ‘festival of consumption’, 3daysofdesign offers a much-needed reset, an opportunity to ‘make the world a better place’ and perhaps even a soft-launch of the future.

On Milan: The good, the bad and the trendy from Salone del Mobile 2026

On Milan: The good, the bad and the trendy from Salone del Mobile 2026

Salone del Mobile and the wider Milan Design Week again provided plenty of food for thought this year. Here, we reflect on some design ‘trends’ as well as taking a more critical view of the annual gathering.

Apartments on show during Milan Design Week

Apartments on show during Milan Design Week

From Muuto’s softly lived-in Brera apartment to Artemest’s palazzo-scale grandeur and Studiopepe’s introspective project apartment, these Milan Design Week interiors use the home as a stage for design, feeling and identity.

A force for good

A force for good

MillerKnoll releases the 2025 Better World Report showcasing how design can drive meaningful change through measurable progress across social, environmental and governance initiatives

The neuroaesthetics of Muuto’s designs

The neuroaesthetics of Muuto’s designs

Whilst in Australia with Living Edge, Muuto CEO, Anders Cleeman, spoke on the five principles that shape Muuto’s neuroaesthetic approach to product design, and creating humanistic spaces.

Exhibitions and installations galore from Milan

Exhibitions and installations galore from Milan

Milan Design Week amounts to so much more than product launches, so here are a few installation and exhibition highlights that we stumbled across in 2025.

Highlights from ORGATEC 2024

Highlights from ORGATEC 2024

The reimagined format of ORGATEC for 2024 has reinvigorated the world’s leading trade fair for workplace design, resulting in the most successful edition to date. Read on to discover highlights and new trends from ORGATEC 2024.

Scandinavia to Singapore: Muuto joins XTRA

Scandinavia to Singapore: Muuto joins XTRA

By adding Muuto to its roster as Singapore’s only retailer, XTRA not only celebrates the enduring appeal of Scandinavian design – it heralds a whole new perspective on its universally appealing legacy.

The latest ‘Whole Of Lifecycle Furniture’ initiatives: In review

The latest ‘Whole Of Lifecycle Furniture’ initiatives: In review

In Australia alone, 6.4 per cent of all waste generated comes from furniture and furnishings. In this article, we review today’s most impactful Whole Of Lifecycle Furniture practices.

Thomas Bentzen shares his designs and visions at Orgatec

Thomas Bentzen shares his designs and visions at Orgatec

Thomas Bentzen presents a friendly and warm character, thoughtful in his responses, intuitive and just a little nostalgic in his approach to furniture solutions for modern working modes. Alice Blackwood meets Thomas at the Muuto stand, at Orgatec.

To know the future you must create it, Thomas Bentzen at Orgatec

To know the future you must create it, Thomas Bentzen at Orgatec

Thomas Bentzen presents a friendly and warm character, thoughtful in his responses, intuitive and just a little nostalgic in his approach to furniture solutions for modern working modes. Alice Blackwood meets Thomas at the Muuto stand, at Orgatec.

3 stand designs that stopped us in our tracks at Orgatec 2022

3 stand designs that stopped us in our tracks at Orgatec 2022

We’ve just arrived back from the Orgatec fair where the world of workplace was on show. Here are three inspiring brands whose product showcases invited us to experience and learn.