WORDPLAY Why Do All Millennial Companies Look and Sound the Same? Surface Media’s CEO on the branding trends du jour. Also, pineapples!
WORDPLAY Manhattan’s Starrett-Lehigh Building Is Covered in Fake Furniture Our CEO points to a problem that pervades real-estate projects around the world: originality.
WORDPLAY Why Designing Instagram Moments Equals Failure Surface Media’s CEO pleads with architects and developers to focus on building lasting...
Wordplay Why Many Artists Need Galleries Now More Than Ever Surface Media’s CEO on the vital role of representation—even in the age of Instagram.
Wordplay Airline Bookings Will Soon Be Like Airbnb and Uber Surface Media’s CEO on the future of air travel.
Wordplay Data-Driven Smart Toilets Will Be Here Sooner Than You Think Surface Media’s CEO on the next frontiers of surveillance.
Wordplay In the Age of Robots and Autonomous Assembly Lines, Is Craftsmanship Still a Thing? Surface Media’s CEO on why data is now a key material in all design.
Wordplay A.I. Is About to Erase the World As We Know It Surface Media’s CEO on the frictionless future.
Wordplay The Death of Retail As We Know It Is Upon Us Surface Media’s CEO on why brick-and-mortar shops need to dramatically rethink their ways—or...
Wordplay Transparency and Faking It Surface Media’s CEO offers his take on a current buzzword, idea, or trend.
Travel Essentials: Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort and Spa Surface Media’s CEO heads to a desert hideaway when he needs to recharge.
Wordplay The Robots Are Coming! Surface Media's CEO offers his take on a current buzzword, idea, or trend.
Wordplay What is Quality? Surface Media CEO Marc Lotenberg offers his take on a current buzzword, idea, or trend.
SURFACE 7 Symbol Home Fashions a Hi-Fi Listening Lounge Plus, an airy indoor-outdoor coffee shop in Tokyo, OpéraSport’s Copenhagen flagship, and more...
DESIGN DISPATCH Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez are Stepping Down from Proenza Schouler, and Other News Plus, a Birkenstock lawsuit takes a novel approach, and FEMA finds a staggering lack of disaster...
DESIGN DISPATCH The J. Paul Getty Trust Spearheads a $12 Million L.A. Arts Community Fire Relief Fund, and Other News Plus, one of Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian homes lists for $2.25 million, and Jameel Mohammed wins...
NEW & NOTABLE What’s New This Winter, From Our List Members Carl Hansen & Son revives two archival Kaare Klint furniture designs, an Abstract...
DESIGN From Paris, Edgar Jayet’s Contemporary Take on Centuries-Old Lighting As seen through the craftsmanship of eight refined fixtures designed in collaboration with the...