Articles by Kelly Beamon

Bright colors and textures enhance wayfinding and aesthetics in school-friendly flooring.

These items respond to trends in flexible learning environments, outdoor classrooms, and active design.

The new interactive exhibit by British artist Esmeralda “Es” Devlin is housed in a concrete disk-shaped volume outside of the Thomas Heatherwick–designed museum in Cape Town.

Versatile luminaires bring a glow—and some surprising new features—to commercial spaces.

Modularity, one-hand control, and balance support invite everyone to use these furnishings and fittings.

Terrazzo is enjoying new popularity and inspiring sustainable high-tech alternatives.

The top designs came from India-based JDAP Design-Architecture-Planning and Germany-based firms Ingehoven Architects and Agnes Morguet Innenarchitektur & Design.

A firm makes over a popular, mid-century McDonald's in Chicago by designing a glass cube to reflect the new way its customers shop.

New components for the busiest rooms in the house can be reconfigured and personalized on demand.

A London firm designs unique classroom kitchens for grade schoolers.