I recently came across a comment by Mark Wilson, Global Design Editor at Fast Company, who said, “most rebrands tend to be either completely cringe or vastly underwhelming.” It made me wonder: has design lost its edge? Are we stuck in a cycle of safe, uninspired work?…

When designers are less informed they tend to be less experimental and repeat a formula that works well: a solution that will satisfy clients, but isn’t groundbreaking. Isn’t our job to constantly push the frontier of creativity? To deliver solutions that challenge norms and make a real impact?…

Bell Works, the setting of the hit serial for Apple TV+, is now a tourist attraction, drawing fans to the architectural wonder…

As women continue to shape the creative industry on their own terms, many are questioning whether the term 'female founder' still serves a purpose. So, we spoke to creative women to understand how they feel about the label in 2025 …

“The trend isn’t just being instigated by companies and designers,” Salvage Lab founder Charlotte Sunnen says. “It has become very clear that there is a strong desire coming from customers to change their habits and to consume in a different way. People have become far more aware and interested in knowing where their products come from and where they will go next…

Design touches nearly every aspect of our daily lives, from the furniture we sit on to the websites we browse and the clothes we wear. It is a field celebrated for its creativity, innovation, and cultural influence. Yet for many designers, particularly those who choose the path of self-employment, the dream of building a successful, independent design practice can be elusive…

ÉCAL design graduates Aurélie Mathieu and Charlotte Sunnen, a duo known as Grande, share an aim to remove traditional constraints typically associated with rigid materials by developing projects that demonstrate the opportunities possible in the oldest of resources: stone…

The gorgeous, angular furniture designs of Grande Edition pull off a neat trick — looking sleek and light while having the weight and permanence associated with natural stone. To achieve this, Charlotte Sunnen and Aurélie Mathieu, the duo behind Grande, work with a French marble carver using a method in which smaller strips of marble are sandwiched together…

Furniture in natural stone has had a long tradition in the history of design. In this field, the designer collective Grande is opening up new paths. Its collection of furniture and objects in stone originated in the desire to make a meaningful use of the left-over materials to be found in natural stone works…