10 Unforgettable Surface Moments
Our outgoing editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, fondly recalls some of his most life-changing...
Helen Mirren Gets Teary-Eyed for the Loewe Craft Prize
The Dame—and our editor-in-chief—found the works of this year’s 30 finalists at the London...
How Juventus Put On This Year’s Best Milan Design Week Exhibition
PlusDesign Gallery organized a deep dive into joints, from prototypes to mass-produced products,...
Jasper Morrison Believes Technology Is Turning Us Into “Little Limp Puddles”
The British designer talks reused plastic, the Internet of Things, knockoffs, and more at this...
Konstantin Grcic Designs His First Sunshade
Spanish brand Kettal enters the realm of “micro-architecture” with the help of the German...
Google Suggests the Future of Hardware and Technology Is “Softwear”
An intimate presentation at Milan Design Week seeks to promote the idea of home technology as...
Announcing Surface’s May/June 2018 Cover: Bjarke Ingels
How the Danish architect has built an extensive empire—and a risk-taker reputation—in...
Our Editor-in-Chief’s Guide to Actually Enjoying Milan Design Week
This year’s top places to stay, eat, drink, and shop—along with the galleries to visit and...
Top 10 Picks: Armory Show 2018
Our editors choose their favorite works at this year's fair, from a Katie Stout lamp at R & Company
R/GA’s Bob Greenberg Curates an Exquisite Exhibition
The just-opened show at New York’s Cooper Hewitt explores the communications honcho’s obsession
Michael Chow Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Mr. Chow
A raucous Chinese New Year celebration at the legend’s downtown L.A. art studio ensued as he rang
John Pawson, Barbara Bestor, and 7 Other Top Design Minds Celebrate Achille Castiglioni
To honor the 100th year of the Italian legend’s birth, we asked a few of the world’s best...
Sir David Adjaye Is Spying on You
Not literally, but he did just design a museum to explore sleuthing and the culture that surrounds...
Airline Bookings Will Soon Be Like Airbnb and Uber
Surface Media’s CEO on the future of air travel.
Brad Cloepfil Hung Out With Old English Ladies to Design Eleven Madison Park’s New Tableware
The ceramics galleries at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum are like a decorative-arts dream...
Surface Media Announces Our Latest Initiatives
A letter from our editor-in-chief on growth across the company’s various platforms.
Why Dries Van Noten’s Runway Shows Are the Absolute Best
Journalist Tim Blanks and FIT Museum director Valerie Steele tell us what sets the Antwerp-based...
11 Things to See at the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Our selection of the standout installations from Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee’s exhibition...
Dror Benshetrit Wants Everyone to Experience What It’s Like on the Moon
The designer believes that by gaining a broader, cosmic perspective, our world will shift...
Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste Gets Weird in Tokyo
The mix of calm and craziness in Japan’s bustling capital enthralls the singer-songwriter.
Has Tracy J. Fullerton Created the Year’s Most Unexpected Video Game?
With her latest undertaking, Walden, A Game, the designer and educator turns inward—and...
Matías Duarte’s Material World
First he brought design to Google.
Now, the visionary is subtly shaping our lives.
A.I. Is About to Erase the World As We Know It
Surface Media’s CEO on the frictionless future.
Everyone Is a Californian Now
A London Design Museum exhibition makes the case that the innovations of the Golden State are a...
Eero Saarinen’s Bell Labs Comes Back to Life
Architect Alexander Gorlin quietly transforms the landmark complex in New Jersey.
Antonio Citterio Thinks Your Bottled Water Is the Worst
The legendary Italian designer wants to make the world a better place, one sustainable design at a...
Best of NeoCon 2017
Our selection of this year’s breakthrough releases from the annual design showcase at Chicago’s
Ian Schrager’s Massive Appeal
In partnership with Marriott, the hotel guru propels his largest undertaking forward.
Inside Milan’s Most Sumptuous Entryways
An eccentric new book from Taschen
showcases a captivating selection of the
Italian...
Renzo Piano’s Beacon of Hope
Victoria Newhouse’s new book about the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens...
Xavier Lust’s Twisted Metal
A New York exhibition proves the Brussels-based designer has carved out a niche with his...
Fort Standard Gets Down to Business
With its latest collection, the design firm toes the line between small design shop and big...
Best of Sight Unseen Offsite 2017 Design Fair
Our editors’ 12 favorite things they spotted at this year’s edition of the independent...
Nanimarquina Makes Some of the World’s Most Innovative Rugs
Over the past three decades, Spanish rug brand Nanimarquina has embraced the unknown to become an...
Salon 94 and Maccarone Present “Midtown” at Lever House
An exhibition blurring the lines of art and design provokes questions related to how we determine...
Best of TEFAF New York Spring 2017
Our editors’ 10 favorite things at the groundbreaking fair’s debut spring edition in New York.
Transform and Function
The boundary-pushing works of Peter Shire come to the MOCA Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles.
Angie Kim’s Cultural Capital
An investment program aims to shake up traditional funding models in the arts.
The Design World’s Most Influential Person (You’ve Probably Never Heard Of)
Rossana Orlandi’s Milan space is a bastion of groundbreaking contemporary design.
Jackson Soul at the Anvil Hotel
Brooklyn-based design firm Studio Tack brings its narrative approach to a Wyoming ski town.