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 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...
Bar A High-Concept Bar Arrives in Frankfurt Art Installation? Cocktail den? Private Kitchen? Bonechina defies classification.
Wordplay Transparency and Faking It Surface Media’s CEO offers his take on a current buzzword, idea, or trend.
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.
DESIGN DISPATCH Los Angeles Gets a Balloon Museum, and Other News Plus, Las Vegas bids farewell to the Tropicana, and Salone del Mobile expands to China.
DESIGN DISPATCH A$AP Rocky, Lewis Hamilton, and Pharrell Williams Will Co-Chair the Met Gala, and Other News Plus, Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower encounters another roadblock, and Kim Jones organizes a...
DESIGN DISPATCH Harlem’s Studio Museum Announces an Opening Date for its New Building, and Other News Plus, Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower encounters another roadblock, and Kim Jones organizes a...
SURFACE 7 In Los Angeles, Olivia Cognet Crafts a Ceramic Fantasia Plus, a rugged escape rises from Kyoto’s bamboo forests, Block Shop’s snail-shaped brass...
DESIGN DISPATCH Kim Jones Steps Down From Fendi, and Other News Plus, Phoebe Philo expands her label to the Asia-Pacific market, and revenue falls at Ikea.