Blog - Design Bureau
  • Xylophones & Cellphones

    Xylophones & Cellphones

    Take a musical journey through the forest with a new ad for Docomo’s Touch Wood SH-08C cellphone

  • Design Takes Root
    Issue 04

    Design Takes Root

    An urban agriculture concept uses practical design to solve social problems

  • Q&A: Shwood Eyewear

    Q&A: Shwood Eyewear

    We speak with Eric Singer, founder of Shwood, about how a simple material revision can transform a classic design

  • Bureaucratics by Jan Banning
    Issue 04

    Bureaucratics by Jan Banning

    According to photographer Jan Banning, it was, initially, “the most horrible assignment” that he had ever received

  • Music as Muse
    Issue 04

    Music as Muse

    Wear your taste in music on your sleeve with Soundscreen Design’s true-fan-designed apparel and bags

  • Art Director Picks: Leather
    Issue 04

    Art Director Picks: Leather

    Design Bureau’s former Art Director, Bojan Radojcic, selects accessories in a mix of shapes and hides

  • Sustainable Schools
    Issue 04

    Sustainable Schools

    In these schools, the classrooms themselves educate students on how to live a green lifestyle

  • Concrete Soft Bathtub
    Issue 04

    Concrete Soft Bathtub

    This Italian-designed basin exudes oceanic elegance

  • Collaboration Fashion
    Issue 04

    Collaboration Fashion

    The sum is greater than the parts in these flashy mash-ups

  • Light, Place, and Time
    Issue 04

    Light, Place, and Time

    How architect David Coleman brings together these design principles inside a Pacific Northwest home in the woods

  • Design Icon: The French Press
    Issue 04

    Design Icon: The French Press

    Thanks to its innovative French design (or was it Italian?), this simple press pot has revolutionized coffee making

  • Flavor Paper
    Issue 04

    Flavor Paper

    Flavor Paper’s dazzling wallpaper muscles its way into the limelight

  • Woodsman Table
    Issue 04

    Woodsman Table

    Bringing fiction to the kitchen with a table inspired by Little Red Riding Hood

  • Todd Bracher
    Issue 04

    Todd Bracher

    The young, accomplished designer places a premium on simplicity and mystery in his lauded home furnishings

  • Kevin O’Callaghan’s Bizarro Art
    Issue 04

    Kevin O’Callaghan’s Bizarro Art

    Design veteran and SVA professor Kevin O’Callaghan on the art of creative conservation

  • Studio Tour: Grip Design
    Issue 04

    Studio Tour: Grip Design

    Lighthearted quirks inspire a hardworking group of creatives in Grip Design’s Chicago studio

  • Unscripted Style
    Issue 04

    Unscripted Style

    Actress, musician, and jewelry designer Krysten Ritter has mastered the contradiction of staying grounded while floating along

  • White-Hot Design
    Issue 04

    White-Hot Design

    Rhumbar’s stark colors and clever visual gestures redefine tropical décor