Design Anthology, Asia Edition, Issue 38

Introducing issue 38, our 10-year anniversary issue. In this issue, we spend a day with David Caon, meet Vikram Goyal, take a tour of A Place Where in Kuala Lumpur and sit down with The Naive Side. We explore the future of textile design, sit down with Jerome Lorico and visit Soil Setoda in Japan. We also visit Shinta Mani Mustang in Nepal, explore the world of lacquer and tour homes in Singapore, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula. Finally, we get to know Bijoy Jain, visit BAR Studio’s new home and remember the life and work of the late Eko Prawoto.

Openings
New openings and initiatives in Shenzhen and Porto

Products
New collections and collaborations

Books
Upcoming and new books on design, art, interiors and architecture from the world’s best publishers

A Day in the Life
We spend the day with Sydney-based industrial designer David Caon

Profile
New Delhi-based designer Vikram Goyal taps into artisanal wisdom to create works of art that straddle furniture design and sculpture

Creative Compound, Kuala Lumpur
A Place Where began as a ‘creative campus’ and has evolved into a new kind of lifestyle centre for the creative community

Profile
Soowon Chae and Seok-Hyeon Yoon met as students at Design Academy Eindhoven and founded their studio The Naive Side just last year

Textiles
New textiles are being created from materials as varied and unlikely as car seat belts, hospital garments and tea