Pineapple Magazine

Designers Changyong Park and Patternity discuss urban greenery in Airbnb's new quarterly travel magazine

To elevate their home-rental business to another platform, today Airbnb introduced their first print publication, playfully entitled Pineapple. With contributions from conventional writers and hosts, the glossy magazine aims to take on the traditional travel publication format with a distinct voice covering a wide range of topics—culture, art, food and style alongside neighborhood guides, insider tips and local community coverage. The first issue sets its …

Form Us With Love for IKEA

The Stockholm design studio creates the durable and cutting-edge "Janinge" range for the Swedish powerhouse

Stockholm’s Form Us With Love—while being one of the most established of design companies in the Scandinavian design landscape—is still very young compared to its peers, being founded in 2005. Yet its reputation as one of the most reliably creative and investigative studios belies its tender age, as Janinge, a new collaboration with IKEA shows. “IKEA asked us to design something specific enough for a …

Smart Booo Wireless Light Dimmer

The pebble-sized switch reimagines the way we interact with household lighting

As the internet of things as a concept continues to materialize, more and more smart products for the home are introduced. Some are born out of necessity, while others seem to simply exist for fun and to push the space further. The Smart Booo lands in both categories. Shaped like a pebble and about the size of your palm, the playful device from Dutch design …