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.

Archipelago Triennale • Urban & Architecture

EDITOR’S NOTE • From a fifth-generation futon maker in Kobe to the presses that print these pages, this issue reflects on the pleasure of making — and why craft, repetition and human imperfection still matter in an age of optimisation.

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.

Light Touch • After two decades of illuminating interiors, Melbourne-based Volker Haug is still chasing the curiosity and wonder that first drew him to the medium at the age of ten.

Reimagining Realms • Tucked inside a leafy side street in Ho Chi Minh City, Gallery Medium blends vernacular charm with contemporary design, fostering a communal platform for Vietnam’s burgeoning creative scene to flourish.

In Its Element • In a forest-cloaked setting, Fisher & Paykel’s Nature—Ritual exhibition at Milan Design Week 2026 draws on New Zealand’s landscape to frame the kitchen as a lived, everyday space shaped by routine.

First Principles • Yasuharu Kuzaki treats a linen towel with the same seriousness he brings to a garment. From this conviction, Échapper was born.

A Sense of Harmony • Guided by the Balinese philosophy of Tri Hita Karana, Hendro Hadinata’s Karana collection with the American Hardwood Export Council embodies harmony between material, culture and craft.

Human Touch • At Aedi Design Bureau’s South Jakarta studio, rest and reflection are not viewed as disruptions, but essential practices that nurture the spaces and rituals anchoring their human-centred design process.

Sori Yanagi’s Steel Stacking Bowls

Lasting Impression • For more than two decades, illustrious designer Paola Navone has collaborated with Baxter to transform leather into a language of craft, experimentation and human connection, creating furniture that is as tactile and luxurious as it is timeless.

High Society • Jean-Louis Deniot blends French style with Asian flourishes in a distinctive fusion duplex for Henderson Land.

Style • Craft, construction and the culture of style

Soft Structure • This season favours breathable silhouettes and relaxed volume. Layers are light, versatile and designed to be worn alone or intuitively stacked throughout the day.

Beyond Tradition • Through experimental processes, colour play and sculptural dimension, Thai silk is taking on new relevance for an emerging generation of designers.

Wanderlust • Designer dispatches from the road

Soft Focus • Following an 18-month renovation, Park Hyatt Tokyo returns with a sensitive refresh by Jouin Manku, replacing much of the interior while preserving the spirit of the 1994 Tange–Morford original.

City Limits • Formerly known, and still lovingly referred to by locals, as Bombay, Mumbai is a city that lives vividly in the collective imagination. Immortalised in novels such as Shantaram, it began as a colonial outpost and grew into a metropolis of relentless, frenetic energy. Home to Bollywood and India’s financial pulse, Mumbai is a true multicultural melting pot, shaped by waves of migration from across the country. Countless languages, communities and traditions coexist here, nowhere more evident than in its extraordinary food scene. Approach Mumbai with curiosity and it...