Longtime readers of this column no doubt are familiar with my penchant for juxtaposing the old and new and even sometimes mixing styles. However, in doing that, the basic tenets of design must always ...

Detroit may be the Motor City but Detroit Metal City may be just as apt. The birthplace of Henry Ford’s assembly line and the automobile, our industrial roots run deep. Factories didn’t just churn out ...

Building furniture or shelving generally requires some specialized tools, and joinery or welding skills. However if you like an industrial look to your furniture, you can construct simple pieces using ...

Anyone who has spent time on a shop floor knows this: small aches can quickly turn into big problems when the workplace isn’t designed with people in mind. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are ...

While pursuing a degree in architecture, Justin Real had an epiphany. “When it was getting close to time to graduation, I realized how much I hated it,” he said. “I was just going to be stuck working ...

Undergraduate and graduate industrial design students from Pratt Institute, who participated in an intensive, year-long collaboration with Herman Miller to design furniture that promotes physical and ...

Criss-crossing wire rods form the back and seat of this stripped-back metal chair, which was designed by Beijing studio People's Industrial Design Office as an "exercise in efficiency". People's ...

London studio Industrial Facility has designed a desk for focused solo working in open-plan spaces, intended to meet the new demands of the office post-pandemic. The desk is designed to provide visual ...