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Is the countryside the next frontier?

Insight

Is the countryside the next frontier?

Is the future being built in the countryside now? Samir Bantal and Rem Koolhaas lead an investigation into this fascinating “ignored realm” with the Countryside project.

Koichi Takada Architects’ sculptural and sympathetic apartment building

Projects

Koichi Takada Architects’ sculptural and sympathetic apartment building

Referencing both its pine tree namesake and the local surf culture, Koichi Takada Architect’s Norfolk is a nine level apartment on the Burleigh Heads waterfront in Australia.

Gwen Tan on the art of living in the tropics

Projects

Gwen Tan on the art of living in the tropics

Gwen Tan is an architect with an illustrious career, designing homes that not only make a statement in their manipulation of form, but also in the way they respond to the owners, “adapting and evolving” over time.

Curated garden or curated wild: Singapore

Insight

Curated garden or curated wild: Singapore

Singapore is geographically primed for natural complexity in its ecology, and could greatly benefit from the many offerings of rich ecosystems. But the island is primarily experienced as a preened garden. For our own good, is it time we embraced a messier urban wild?

Singapore Art Week 2022: 10 exciting events not to be missed

Happenings

Singapore Art Week 2022: 10 exciting events not to be missed

Unsure how to plan your Singapore Art Week adventure? Here’s an event highlights guide that won’t disappoint.

The Latest

All you need to know now from the world of design.

Is the countryside the next frontier?

Insight

Is the countryside the next frontier?

Is the future being built in the countryside now? Samir Bantal and Rem Koolhaas lead an investigation into this fascinating “ignored realm” with the Countryside project.

Koichi Takada Architects’ sculptural and sympathetic apartment building

Projects

Koichi Takada Architects’ sculptural and sympathetic apartment building

Referencing both its pine tree namesake and the local surf culture, Koichi Takada Architect’s Norfolk is a nine level apartment on the Burleigh Heads waterfront in Australia.

Gwen Tan on the art of living in the tropics

Projects

Gwen Tan on the art of living in the tropics

Gwen Tan is an architect with an illustrious career, designing homes that not only make a statement in their manipulation of form, but also in the way they respond to the owners, “adapting and evolving” over time.

Curated garden or curated wild: Singapore

Insight

Curated garden or curated wild: Singapore

Singapore is geographically primed for natural complexity in its ecology, and could greatly benefit from the many offerings of rich ecosystems. But the island is primarily experienced as a preened garden. For our own good, is it time we embraced a messier urban wild?

Singapore Art Week 2022: 10 exciting events not to be missed

Happenings

Singapore Art Week 2022: 10 exciting events not to be missed

Unsure how to plan your Singapore Art Week adventure? Here’s an event highlights guide that won’t disappoint.

Steve Leung Design Group transports diners from Hong Kong to Japan in God of Teppanyaki

Projects

Steve Leung Design Group transports diners from Hong Kong to Japan in God of Teppanyaki

Steve Leung Design Group curates an upscale ambience distinguished by Japanese design elements and thoughtful spatial plan that offers patrons utmost discretion.

Indesign Our Partners

The latest and greatest from our industry partners.

Centuries in the making: Gaggenau’s magnificent legacy

Centuries in the making: Gaggenau’s magnificent legacy

Embodying over three decades of design excellence, meticulous craftsmanship and technological prowess, Gaggenau appliances cultivate premium culinary culture and bring a sense of confident luxury into the kitchen space.

apaiser: The life and Sòl of the bathroom

apaiser: The life and Sòl of the bathroom

As the unparalleled focal-point for bathroom design, the quality of a freestanding bathtub can mean the difference between average and exceptional interiors. And with their range of sculptural, sustainable and luxurious baths, no one executes this better than apaiser.

Hidden waste separation system that every kitchen needs

Hidden waste separation system that every kitchen needs

Make the most of the sink cabinet with BLANCO’s waste separation systems for every type of installation.

Tan Wei Xiang combats isolation with his creation for Discovered

Tan Wei Xiang combats isolation with his creation for Discovered

Designer Tan Wei Xiang shares his creative journey in conceptualising his piece for Discovered, a platform created by Wallpaper* and American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) to support design’s next generation.

All Together Now

All Together Now

The uncomfortable realities of working from home are sinking in, says Penny Sloane from Siren Design, who sees connection as a key driver in bringing people back to the office – flexibly.

Happenings

The events and parties in your neighbourhood and beyond.

Singapore Art Week 2022: 10 exciting events not to be missed

Singapore Art Week 2022: 10 exciting events not to be missed

Unsure how to plan your Singapore Art Week adventure? Here’s an event highlights guide that won’t disappoint.

Artist Lucas Zanotto’s exhibition is sure to lift your MOODS

Artist Lucas Zanotto’s exhibition is sure to lift your MOODS

From CGI animation and blackbox projections to AR installations and life-size sculptures, Lucas Zanotto’s first solo exhibition brings kinetic characters to life.

Pantone Colour of the Year 2022 is Veri Peri

Pantone Colour of the Year 2022 is Veri Peri

The Pantone Colour of the Year for 2022 is looking, well, Very Peri.

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Our most read stories right now.

5 Minutes With… JJ Acuna

5 Minutes With… JJ Acuna

Hong Kong-based designer and consummate cosmopolitan, JJ Acuna of Bespoke Studio, muses on the changing face of hospitality and design across Asia Pacific.

The office of the future is one with residential sensibilities

The office of the future is one with residential sensibilities

A new workplace in an industrial building pays tribute to the past and the present through a formidable interior design by Quirk Studio.

What’s shaping residential and hospitality design in 2022?

What’s shaping residential and hospitality design in 2022?

SB Architects, renowned for creating award-winning hospitality, residential, and mixed-use design solutions tailored to the heritage and character of their location, has released insights into the biggest influences that informed design in 2021, and what trends will pick up even more momentum in 2022.

How The Work Project and Hassell change the flexible workplace sector

How The Work Project and Hassell change the flexible workplace sector

The Work Project and Hassell have enjoyed the benefit of working together since the co-working provider entered the Singapore market. How have their conversations about delivering spaces in an increasingly competitive flexible workplace sector evolved through the years? We hear from both of them in the light of The Work Project’s newly minted space at CapitaGreen.

A sustainable garment manufacturing plant that rehabilitates the poor wetland

A sustainable garment manufacturing plant that rehabilitates the poor wetland

A beautiful project has been designed and completed in Guilin, China by Ronald Lu & Partners and is both sympathetic to the landscape and conceived with sustainability at its heart.

Artist Lucas Zanotto’s exhibition is sure to lift your MOODS

Artist Lucas Zanotto’s exhibition is sure to lift your MOODS

From CGI animation and blackbox projections to AR installations and life-size sculptures, Lucas Zanotto’s first solo exhibition brings kinetic characters to life.

Yeahka office by JSPA Design boasts floating meeting rooms and staircases

Yeahka office by JSPA Design boasts floating meeting rooms and staircases

The newly refurbished Yeahka office conceived by JSPA Design features a stripped away aesthetic that emphasises transparency – fit for a company that specialises in payment.

Pantone Colour of the Year 2022 is Veri Peri

Pantone Colour of the Year 2022 is Veri Peri

The Pantone Colour of the Year for 2022 is looking, well, Very Peri.

The Indesign Collection

A searchable and comprehensive guide for specifying leading products and their suppliers

Remix Task Chair

Remix Task Chair

Zenith

EB 333 Oven

EB 333 Oven

Gaggenau

Ridge

Ridge

Zenith

Quiz and Zip Fabric

Quiz and Zip Fabric

Woven Image

While you were sleeping

The Internet never sleeps. Here are the stories you might have missed.

Architectus and Hecker Guthrie design Australia’s first Hyatt Centric

Architectus and Hecker Guthrie design Australia’s first Hyatt Centric

As the world’s most locked-down city begins once more to welcome the prospect of visitors, Australia’s first Hyatt Centric has opened its doors.

The University of Sydney gets a contemporary addition

The University of Sydney gets a contemporary addition

Blur and blend: the conventional boundaries between academia and practice are thoughtfully broken down in the University of Sydney’s Susan Wakil Health Building.

HÅG Capisco Puls: An office chair for the future

HÅG Capisco Puls: An office chair for the future

With its saddle seat and superior sustainability credentials, Capisco Puls by HÅG taps in to our collective intention to work flexibly, and live consciously.

How four people are making sustainable change

How four people are making sustainable change

There’s no time like now to celebrate the nation’s best advocates and aficionados of sustainable design. We take a look at the winners of the Sustainability Awards 2021 – and everything they’re doing to champion change in the industry.

INDE.Awards cap off the year with a party!

INDE.Awards cap off the year with a party!

The crème de la crème of the architecture and design community came together in-person to celebrate the INDE.Awards. Relive all the best moments here.

Poul Henningsen’s iconic PH 2/2 Question Mark makes a reintroduction for a limited time at Louis Poulsen

Poul Henningsen’s iconic PH 2/2 Question Mark makes a reintroduction for a limited time at Louis Poulsen

A culmination of Poul Henningsen’s studies of light and its effect on well-being, the PH 2/2 Question Mark exemplifies the ingenuity and craftsmanship of the Danish ‘master of soft light.’

Wilkhahn and the INDE.Awards award Penelope Forlano

Wilkhahn and the INDE.Awards award Penelope Forlano

An intimate celebration for the 2021 Luminary with Wilkhahn and winner Penelope Forlano from Forlano Design

One Holland Village embraces a long-term art programme

One Holland Village embraces a long-term art programme

Far East Organization-led consortium unveils the next phase of One Holland Village with the launch of a multimillion-dollar art programme. The programme kick-starts with an open call for participation in the public art furniture design competition.