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Office Design
The Future of Work Might Look Like This

Five architecture and design firms envision post-pandemic professional landscapes.
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Executive
The Many Sides of Arne Sorenson

The Marriott International CEO has passed away at 62 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Here, a look back at our interview with the hotel executive from 2016.
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Travel
Innovative Culinary Space Opens in Tokyo

New York bodega meets Japanese izakaya at Burnside.
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High Design
A Dispensary Goes High End in Downtown Toronto

Meet the most polished dispensary in Canada.

Design Dispatch
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DESIGN
Naoto Fukasawa’s Latest Chair Dials Into Our Unconscious Behavior
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The Industry’s Most Coveted Plaster Artisans Just Opened an Art Gallery
DESIGN DISPATCH
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Designer of the Day: Thelma West

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Design Dose
Design Dose by Surface

Our new, shoppable platform that highlights unique, covetable, and must-have pieces of design. Think of it as our official stamp of approval on your next need-to-have item.
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MVRDV Is Breathing New Life Into a Former Communist Pyramid
DESIGN DISPATCH
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Sondra Perry Illuminates Times Square With Her Own Flesh
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Designer of the Day: Jonathan Trayte
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    Richard Rogers Bids Adieu With a Floating Gallery

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    A former brand strategist turned travel aficionado, Derrick Goss has lately turned his discerning eye to fashion by devising a sleek capsule of stackable menswear centered around the ethos of navigating the world meaningfully. The result is an adaptive capsule pared down to the most essential elements—these are stylish, all-terrain pieces that work just as well on the beaches of Tulum as they do in the nightclubs of Tokyo.

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    Why Gaming Is The Furniture Industry’s Next Booming Market

    Game participation in the U.S. is at an all time high— in terms of participation, time and spend—with four of every five consumers having played a video game in the six months leading up to August 2020. The number of consumers playing video games has increased 6 points to 79%, with total gaming time increasing 26%, and total spend increasing 33%.

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    Designer of the Day: Thelma West

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