Rewriting the Rules: Anduba Wallcoverings Sets the Standard for Design Equity

Inspired by the public storytelling of Diego Rivera’s murals, Flavia Pereira founded Anduba to bring indigenous art into everyday spaces while challenging long-standing industry norms. The wallcovering company ensures its artists retain full copyright and earn royalties well above the standard rate. Appropriately dubbed The Brave Ones, the first collection features work by indigenous artists from Brazil, Mexico, and the United States and explores themes of interconnectivity and cultural continuity. Produced sustainably and made to order, the line reflects a deeper commitment—not just to environmental responsibility, but also to equity, transparency, and community impact. Anduba is proving that design can be both beautiful and radically fair.

6 Outdoor Products that Play Hard and Work Even Harder

The demand for more outdoor spaces is a natural progression of the green design movement. Biophilia was already expected in many commercial interiors, and then the pandemic activated a craving for more fresh air. Any old furniture won’t do. Performance and style set the table for an extraordinary outdoor experience. Here, we present outstanding seating and tables from six brands: Tupelo, Soho Home, Andreu World, Room & Board, Lebello, and Tribù.

6 Outdoor Accessories That Say "Let’s Go Outside"

People are drawn to working and relaxing outdoors because it satisfies a deep biological and psychological need to connect with nature. As more commercial spaces offer outdoor amenities (the ultimate in biophilia), outdoor products must keep pace. Here, we present six cutting-edge and personality-driven accessories from Most Modest, Brown Jordan, Renson, Studio Vondom, Paloform, and Tuuci.

From Surf Break to Studio: How Cerno Channels Laguna Beach Into Lighting

Founded by childhood friends Nick Sheridan, Bret Englander, and Dan Wacholder, Cerno is more than a lighting company—it’s a reflection of their Laguna Beach roots. Conceived on a slow surf day, the brand is grounded in the trio's relationship with nature and love for their California hometown. Every stage of production is kept under one roof at the brand's Aliso Viejo workshop, where craftsmanship and collaboration drive innovation. This way, the team creates cohesive, intentional pieces that celebrate materiality and process. Hear about their shared passion for artistry, deep understanding of light’s impact on space, and how it results in thoughtfully engineered fixtures that embody both community and coastal influence.

Enter the Quiet Zone: Meet Canopy by KFI Studios and Gensler

Canopy, a freestanding workstation by KFI Studios in collaboration with Gensler, rethinks open-office productivity with a compact, design-forward solution. Its fully upholstered hood—engineered with textiles and multidensity foam—reduces ambient noise, limits visual distractions, and creates a focused zone without isolating users from their team. Addressing widespread challenges around acoustics and privacy, Canopy supports diverse workplace needs, including neurodivergent and hearing-impaired users. With adjustable height, integrated lighting, and built-in power, it delivers comfort, control, and calm within a refined footprint.

The Ultimate Office Lure? Allsteel’s Sleek, Productive Jetty:Mod Furniture

Since work can happen anywhere, the environment itself must be the lure. Dr. Lauren Gant with HNI Workplace Furnishings emphasizes that the office thrives on fostering socialization, mentorship, and innovation, which requires intentional considerations. Allsteel answers with the modular Jetty:Mod collection. Supported by the Work Geometry concept, this flexible furniture allows for intentional setups, creating pockets for both focus and collaboration. Jetty:Mod respects where and how people want to work, making the physical workspace a visual communication of trust that supports individual goals.

Strike a Pose: 5 Pendants That Deserve a Close-Up

Commercial interiors can express more interesting lighting plans by incorporating pendants in the earliest stages. These decorative focal elements go beyond eye candy to divide space into functional zones, create private conversation areas and even help retailers focus consumer attention on specific products. These five brands—Lodes, Ingo Maurer, Arteriors, RAD Furniture, Shailesh Rajput Studio—are at the forefront of what’s hot in pendant lighting. Each fixture expresses a different mood through its unique style and materiality.

Peter Marino Spins Watercolors of Italian Painter Tiepolo into New Rubelli Silk Line

Peter Marino continues his Venetian love affair with Rococo, a new capsule collection for Rubelli inspired by its namesake style of painting and watercolor drawings by 18th-century painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. The line of nine reversible silks, woven at Rubelli’s Como mill, transforms fragments of Tiepolo’s work into abstract, free-flowing compositions threaded with gold and silver. The classic artform reimagined through Marino’s unmistakably modern lens results in something playful, luminous, and just downright beautiful.

5 Small Tables With Even Smaller Carbon Footprints

This international selection of eco-friendly tables from Loope, Knoll, Haworth, KFI Studios, and Andreu World represents the vision of designers from Poland, Denmark, Finland, Spain, as well as the United States. These products offer smaller proportions for office lobbies, cafes, hotel lounges, and other intimate commercial spaces, while also introducing sustainable features such as FSC-certified wood, biodegradable components, and recycled and recyclable content, bringing a truly circular design to the table.

No Fuss, No Muss: How the Zenith Retractable Screen from Corradi USA Protects Our Coveted Outdoor Spaces

Outdoor space is no longer optional—it’s expected. The Zenith Retractable Screen from Corradi USA accommodates openings up to 23 feet wide while resisting winds up to 75 mph and offering sun, heat, glare, and bug control without interrupting sightlines. With automated zoning capabilities and a sleek, zip-guided system, Zenith helps designers create flexible, comfortable environments that blur the line between indoors and out. And no swatting required!

A Chair Designed to Disappear: PEEL by PROWL Studio

What if furniture were designed for its death as thoughtfully as its birth? With the PEEL chair, PROWL Studio does exactly that, working backward from the end of its life to eliminate waste at every stage. Developed with M4 Factory and finished using hemp bioleather by Studio Veratate, the stacking chair replaces plastics that take centuries to break down with a hemp-based bioplastic that decomposes in about six months. By mimicking how hemp is harvested and reused, the project challenges the fast-furniture cycle, suggesting the most responsible product might be the one designed not to stay forever.

To Protect & Serve: 6 Wonderful Wallcovering Looks

While vinyl continues to be an industry player due to its durability and cost efficiency, wood and other bio-based options are steadily eroding its dominance, as owners target LEED credits and lower embodied carbon. Crafted from materials such as recycled sneaker cork, cellulose composite, and postconsumer PET, these six new wallcoverings from Submaterial, Carnegie, Wall/Pepper, Casalgrande Padana, Wolf-Gordon, and Turf offer benefits beyond interior wall protection, including acoustics, green cred, and a range of unique artistic expressions for interiors.

Enjoy the Quiet With Sabin’s New Lighting System

A pendant that not only illuminates but also absorbs sound? Now that’s some double-duty design. That’s Layer, a new fixture by Sabin. Regardless of whether designers specify Layer for its powerful acoustic properties or lighting options, the system’s simple geometric shapes can take on any design mood—playful, elegant, minimalist—or disappear quietly into the background. The collection has an NRC rating of 0.85 or higher, ensuring superior sound absorption capabilities to reduce noise and echoes in large or open-plan areas. Layer comes in four, customizable shapes—Disc, Obround, Triangle, and Rectangle—which are made from post-consumer, recycled PET felt. The result is a targeted, aesthetic, and effective acoustic treatment so end users get the sound absorption they crave.

Sit, Stay, Work: Central Bark Redefines Inclusive Office Design

More than a simple pet bed, this "shelter" unit by DARRAN integrates seamlessly with professional workstations to foster a truly inclusive environment. Designed by Chrissy Fehan and Maison Fee, Central Bark is a groundbreaking office furniture solution specifically crafted for service animals. Featuring sound-dampening, PFAS-free upholstery, locally sourced materials, warm lighting, and expandable beds to accommodate various breeds, Central Bark was crafted with sustainability in mind. By prioritizing the needs of neurodivergent individuals and those requiring physical assistance, Central Bark proves that high-end aesthetics and functional accessibility can "sit and stay" together.

Colombian Furniture Maker Fango Takes on Deforestation

Can you believe this furniture collection isn’t made from trees? Designed by Medellín-based Fango Design Studio, the Ibuju collection reimagines furniture through an environmentally conscious lens. Crafted from yaré, a rapidly renewable Amazonian vine harvested without cutting down trees, the collection includes a table, bench, and stool woven by Colombian artisans. Created by Fango founder Francisco Jaramillo, Ibuju highlights the responsibility designers share in using local resources thoughtfully and sustainably.

5 Smart & Beautiful New Window Treatments

Whether they help dim a conference room for a presentation or stop streetlights from disturbing guests in hotel rooms, window treatments play a pivotal role in creating comfortable interior spaces. These five shading systems—from beautiful drapery made of natural materials (including aloe!) to whisper-quiet motorized drives—can work alone or as part of larger automated systems to create better indoor environments while lowering operational costs.

From Fishing Nets to Recycled Fibers: Aquafil’s Bespoke Collection

The Bespoke Collection from Aquafil Group turns trash from landfills, waterways, and oceans into beautiful fibers reminiscent of wool, silk, and natural fibers. It's also 100% recycled, 100% recyclable, and infinitely regenerable. Available in three finishes—ECONYL ReLana (inspired by wool), ECONYL ReSeta (recalls silk), and ECONYL Terra (an alternative to natural fiber)—Bespoke delivers the durability, performance, and benefits of regenerated nylon.

Isn’t it Iconic? B+N Builds on a Classic

Conventional wisdom says it’s best not to mess with something iconic. But B+N Industries does it anyway. The brand is evolving its popular Iconic Panels wall-cladding line with two new collections: Architects and Hypernature. Where the Architects Collection draws inspiration from the built world with patterns named Eero, Frank, Norman, and Zah, Hypernature turns to nature by reimagining familiar organic forms into bold, textured wall reliefs that feel both recognizable and fresh.

5 Sustainable Stars in Resilient & Hardwood Flooring

Whether they are reclaimed, renewable, or recycled, sustainable floors are now the expectation—not the exception—for today’s commercial interiors. Here are five wood, resilient, and engineered wood floors from Mohawk, HempWood, Pioneer Millworks, Parador, and Patcraft that can help occupants, installers, and designers meet their green goals, while breathing a bit easier in the process.