Design Anthology, Asia Pacific Edition

Design Anthology, Asia Edition is a luxury interiors, design, art and architecture magazine, with a strong focus on Asia and it's burgeoning creative scene. Aimed at a sophisticated, well-travelled audience, we aim to provide a reading experience that will transport and inspire you.

EDITOR’S NOTE

Design Anthology, Asia Pacific Edition

OUR WORLD

Dossier • The figures and forces defining design today

Take Note • The biannual briefing from Design Anthology’s editors on what to see, where to go and what to bring home — from objects and spaces to openings and books.

Open Plan • In Shanghai’s ever-changing dining scene, some design studios are moving away from choreographed experiences to favour open spaces that invite exchange and let everyday food culture hold the floor.

Light Industry • Robert Cheng chose an industrial unit off Henderson Road over a shophouse, then built a studio where Brewin Design Office’s designers work among objects and in sight of one another.

Mitutoyo’s Vernier Calipers

Open Book • Attached to design studio Nous Nous and separated by frosted glass, Two Two is an art and design bookshop that serves as both a reference library for the practice and a living room for the creative community.

Soft Grain • Cosentino’s latest Dekton collections and the upcoming launch of its ĒCLOS brand explore how the qualities of wood, stone and other natural materials can be reinterpreted as durable architectural surfaces.

The Long Game • Gabriel Tan reflects on his move from Singapore to Porto, his collections for B&B Italia and ClassiCon, and the value of persistence and taking the long route.

Luxury Reframed • At W Residences Marina View — Singapore, the line between hotel and home is deliberately softened.

Soft Monument • Drawing on works by Frank Lloyd Wright and Jørn Utzon, Melbourne architect James Reid has created a monumental yet intimate home, centred on a sculptural kitchen designed around Fisher & Paykel appliances.

Style • Craft, construction and the culture of style

Constructed Memory • Through oxidised metals, distressed textiles and exposed construction, Manila-based Construction Layers embraces the marks left by time.

Time Worn • Heritage Kyoto textile producer Hosoo is continuing its creative journey with the launch of Hosoo Men and a flagship retail space.

Fold & Form • A wardrobe of subtle contrasts — crisp pleats meet fluid fabrics, and playful patterns and texture bring a little unpredictability to otherwise timeless pieces.

Wanderlust • Designer dispatches from the road

Urban Tastes

Between the Tides • On Romblon’s Puro Island, Unna pares island hospitality back to its essentials, favouring vernacular architecture, local materials and the simple pleasures of living by the sea.

Checking In • Our pick of the latest design-forward lodgings from around the world

Vernissage • Perspectives shaping the art world

Imperfect Beauty • The subjects of Yanyun Chen’s work are often delicate. From charcoal botanical still life pieces to welded steel and woven rattan, the Singaporean artist works across materials to examine the tensions and friction within inherited traditions and social narratives.

Material Inheritance • A paper factory in Fengyuan that’s been winding down since the 1980s. Half-burnt incense pulled from temple urns in Taipei. Dennis Lin’s recent work gathers what’s left of these and asks what carries forward.

Home • Documenting the domestic realm

FRAMED BY NATURE

NIGHT BEACH

SEA UNSEEN

HOME GROWN

EXTRUDED FROM EARTH

Architectonics • Surveying the built environment

Living Memory • In...