Industrial designers Hank Beyer and Alex Sizemore have made prototype computers from unconventional materials such as ice and honey to explore how people value emotional connection versus usability.Called For the Rest of Us, Beyer and Sizemore made the...

Buying a home requires you to juggle a lot of different tasks at once — tracking down financial documents for your lender, clicking through new listings regularly, scheduling virtual or in-person showings, and reviewing complicated legal documents...

After the past year of restricted travel and more time spent “vacationing” at home, gardeners are more  convinced than ever about the importance of making their outdoor spaces extensions of their home. The style and location of...

Andrew and Anna Swain bought an old weatherboard Queenslander in Brunswick Heads (about 15 minutes north of Byron Bay) three years ago, with plans to build a new house in the backyard.  The couple and their children...

Children who grow vegetables, eat vegetables. Here’s our advice on how to start a kid’s vegetable garden—at home or at school—plus, a list of great garden plants. Gardens offer children the chance to get involved in growing food –...

Once a former factory building near Viktoriapark in Berlin, this loft apartment was transformed with the addition of a structure built in the middle of the open space. Neulant van Exel designed and built The Living Cube...

New York- and Italy-based design studio LATOxLATO is, without a doubt, 100% proud of their Italian-made brand. Founded by married couple Virginia Valentini and Francesco Breganze de Capnist, LATOxLATO celebrates the art and architecture of their native...

Though not the fastest growing regional centre in the country, New Plymouth is certainly up-and-coming. Dare I say that this once industrial hub is becoming hip? The town centre is full of trendy accommodation and food and...

Two years after tech giant Amazon ended its search for a second headquarters site and settled on Arlington, Virginia (after plans for a Queens offshoot fell through), more information on the second phase of its new campus,...

I’ve decided that I’m going to go ahead and finish my living room before jumping into the much more extensive hallway and home gym projects. The living room is so close to being finished that it’s ridiculous...