Sophia Watson

Spacemen Sculpt A Picturesque Teahouse Restaurant With Metal Chain

Referencing the rolling hills of Icha Chateau brand’s own tea plantations, Spacemen created a sculptural destination for Shanghai’s discerning tea drinkers.

Projects

Can A Fixed Home Governed By Hyper-Minimalism Grow And Change?

A good home grows as we too, grow. Many think of this as an afterthought, and endeavour to extend and renovate their living format after-the-fact. But what if we designed our homes to evolve from the very beginning?

Products

IKEA’s Scandinavian Chic for Cats and Dogs

Have you ever felt like your cat or dog wasn’t just a pet, but a member of the family? It’s exactly that focus that led IKEA to make the comprehensive LURVIG pet product range.

Projects

Shine On, You Crazy Diamond! Prismverse Shanghai by XEX

When US skincare brand Dr.Jart+ commissioned Hong Kong designers XEX to create an interactive installation in Shanghai, they never could have imagined it would be this remarkable and outrageous.

Projects

Creating a Commercial-Social Hybrid Typology at WeWork Hong Kong

The 60,000-sq-m space designed by NC Design & Architecture unfolds over eight floors and aims to encourage social interaction rather than a place to simply come and work in isolation.

Happenings

The INDE.Awards Influencer: What Makes Them So Influential?

Say hello to your Shortlist for the Influencer 2017 – a collection of our industry’s most exceptional people, products, projects and ideas. But what is it exactly that makes them so influential?

Happenings

The INDE.Awards Social Space: What Even Is ‘Social Design’?

Say hello to your shortlist for The Social Space 2017 – celebrating design that imaginatively brings people together. These are impressive spaces where we interact and play. But what about these projects makes them ‘social’?

Happenings

NikeLab and H0nh1m Turn Vapour Into Sound

To celebrate the release of their new VaporMax technology, Nike teamed up with award-winning designer h0nh1m for The Vision-Airs project with their amazingly cool sound installation: VaporScape.

Insight

News Flash: IKEA is Cool

What used to be one of the design world’s most reviled institutions is now earning a reputation as an authentic design house, committed to investing in original talent. And their efforts at the recent Salone del Mobile 2017 were aimed at emphasising this new era for the brand and for design democracy.

Happenings

Linking Minds by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for the ‘A Matter of Perception’ Exhibit

Very often good ideas are generated by closed encounters and long lasting collaborations. The goal for Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s Linking Minds installation is to create an exhibition that lends itself to the creative process between two or more persons.