Slow design is a movement in which interiors, including everything from architecture to kitchen items, are made thoughtfully and responsibly, not mass-produced. The idea is to design spaces and pieces ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Entrepreneurs, it’s time to join the slow design movement and build brands that are ...

Simply put, lean is the practice of creating more value with fewer resources. The concept is inspired by the Japanese management theory from Toyota, where lean concepts are designed to improve and ...

The term "biophilia" understandably conjures images of buildings engulfed by vegetation and integrated into natural landscapes. In modern architectural discourse, the concept has come to be associated ...

One of the most memorable art-fair exhibits of the past five years didn't feature any gazillion-dollar paintings by Gerhard Richter or Instagram-baiting mirrored blobs by Anish Kapoor. Instead, the ...

The rise of the environmental movement in the 1960s and 1970s brought a growing public awareness of environmental damage caused by chemical pesticides such as DDT, as well as mounting outrage at ...