Every month, Diisyn will post a design challenge related to the way we live today. Our goal is to host a lively and interesting conversation about how we design for a changing world. We invite you to post your thoughts, ideas, designs and projects that directly relate to the design challenge. In the interest [...]

There are times when you feel that an architect or designer is just waiting for a certain client, collaboration, or project to allow him or her suddenly to burst forth into our collective imagination with a creation of stunning audacity, beauty, or both. Brent Kendle of Kendle Design Collaborative (KDC) is one of those architects. [...]

In an adult world, there are few places specifically designed to fit the way children perceive space, let alone space that comes alive through their experience. We’re not talking about a fantasy space, but a real place dedicated to nurturing children so that they grow into individuals who are able to navigate the world confidently [...]

In a technological age, he embraced Old World skills with strong hands toughened by a lifetime of work. He was a fine painter, a master wood carver, and one of the nation’s foremost stained-glass designers. He could sculpt and draw haunting portraits, and he was considered a pioneer in the use of graphic art in [...]

Part One (continued next issue) Valerie Pasquiou has a sophisticated, and at times avant garde, take on contemporary design that is propelling her to international importance. Despite her reputation as “designer to the stars,” Pasquiou dislikes the perfect, high-style, “showroom” look that is the mainstay of interior design magazines. She says she finds that approach [...]