Design the Future: Enhance the World

Read the Editor’s Letter from our upcoming September/October edition and look for the issue on newsstands in the first week of September.

In our annual roundup of exciting talents in the design industry, we present a roster of up-and-comers making waves on the global stage.

A dated Lake Tahoe cabin is updated with a monochromatic palette.

Though the couple was initially hesitant to purchase the home, its potential was too hard to ignore.

At the decades-old tile company in Aromas, California, everything is made to order and produced meticulously by hand.

This mountain retreat’s design is Appalachian by way of Japan.

The Denver residence where the MLB catcher and his family enjoy the off-season comfortably straddles two eras.

The eco-friendly structures—each measuring under 120 square feet—embody the Hawaiian concept of Aloha ’Āina.

A partially prefabricated vacation home rises on a rugged Australian peninsula.

The Studio Libeskind cofounder shares insights on building a successful practice and talks about the studio’s latest project, the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa.

Wrapped in zinc, aluminum, and glass, a gleaming cantilevered residence appears to float in the foothills at the edge of Silicon Valley.

A black-and-white palette and state-of-the-art kitchen bring an 1880s apartment in Sweden into the 21st century.

A family finds a place for everything as they grow their cramped Mill Valley home.

The secluded, shou sugi ban getaway with a grand cantilever channels Mies van der Rohe for a family.

The conversion of a derelict building into a recording studio, venue, and artists’ hostel tracks the rebirth of a New Haven neighborhood.

A strategic renovation maximizes a 720-square-foot unit in a 1960s building in Argentina’s capital.

Andreas Kokkino persuades his mom to toss all her old furniture and start fresh.