The Comm Sheet

The Splash Lab Elevates Commercial Restrooms With Lumashelf

Handwashing, but make it design-forward. The Splash Lab’s new Lumashelf blends Danish-inspired style, smart engineering, and a soft glow for the ultimate modern restroom upgrade.

Fab 5: Clodagh

Single-moniker design icon Clodagh reflects on her 50 years in the A&D industry and shares thoughtful insights on creativity, joy, and designing with purpose.

Hightower Reimagines Privacy in the Open Office With Tulipan

Is it a phone booth—or a work pod? It’s neither… and both. It's Tulipan, a semi-private pod for one that offers a quiet spot for focused work or a moment of solitude in a busy open-plan office.

5 Design-Forward Acoustic Solutions That Actually Look Good

Why must acoustic solutions be an eyesore? Well, now thanks to innovative products—like those from Felt Right, Turf, Fräsch!, Unika Vaev, and Wolf Gordon—they don't have to be.

Zaha Hadid’s Romeo Roma Hotel Redefines Roman Grandeur

Futuristic style meets Renaissance details and original Italian artifacts at the Romeo Roma, a masterpiece designed over 12 years by the late Zaha Hadid and her team at ZHA.

The Unlikely Origin Story of ekoa Surfacing Material

Innovative and eco-friendly, ekoa is a flax-driven composite material, and this carbon-negative renewable resource is the next big surfacing material for interiors.

Peek Inside Isabel Ladd’s Playful Spin on Workplace Design

Isabel Ladd brings her signature mix of splashy color, bold design, and whimsy to a Lexington, Kentucky, ad agency, and the resulting space feels anything but corporate.

Craft, Cuisine, and Culture Unite at Houston’s ChòpnBlọk

Chef Ope Amosu collaborated with Gin Design Group to realize his vision for a brick-and-mortar location of ChòpnBlọk, his Houston-based fast-casual spin on West African cuisine, which tells a cultural narrative through design.

Classroom Design Changes Boost Student Comfort and Choice

Lately, updates in technology and flexible spaces have entered the classroom. Sarah Knize of Ratcliff Architects shares strategies for designing for neurodiversity at the Charles Armstrong School, a primary school serving students with dyslexia.

Catch It Before It’s Gone: Yinka Ilori’s Dynamic Pop-Up in NYC

Multidisciplinary artist Yinka Ilori's signature style of bold colors and retro forms is on view in dynamic pop-up experience at Bloomingdale’s NYC flagship—only until Oct. 31.

Introducing the Work Pod—the Chic Answer to Office Chaos

With return-to-office in full swing, the once-cozy home office has been swapped for a bustling workplace environment. Cue the rise of the work pod, the hottest quasi-new furniture fix.

A Landmark Reimagined by Marmol Radziner

Marmol Radziner approached designing the Lever Club at New York's iconic Lever club both reverence and restraint. Design partner Ron Radziner shares how the firm created a seamless dialogue between past and present.

Streetwear Meets the Strip: BAPE Pops Up at Wynn

New York-based retail design firm Studio Lourdes leaned all the way in when designing a pop-up for cult Japanese streetwear label A Bathing Ape (BAPE) at Wynn Las Vegas.

Fab 5: Rayman Boozer

Apartment 48 founder Rayman Boozer brings a joyful, layered approach to his interior designs, blending global influences with a modern, playful sensibility. Here, the A-list designer answers our Fab 5 questions.

Suchi Reddy: Art and Empathy

Suchi Reddy takes on heavy topics apropos of the times with her two latest installations: the immersive and sculptural Turbulence 2025 at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the tactile Bias and Belonging at Colgate University.

Why Neurodiverse Designs Benefit Us All

Commercial interiors are evolving with inclusivity at the core. Strategies that support neurodiverse needs often boost focus and comfort for everyone. Two HLW designers go on record to discuss how and why these methods work.

Eco-Chic and a Total Knockout: Meet Valencia

A sexy stool designed by Patricia Urquiola for Andreu World, Valencia melds eye-catching design with technological innovation and sustainability.

Blending Comfort and Focus

Ike Baker Velten, along with Ken Fulk and his team of designers, converted a turn-of-the-century loft building into the ideal hybrid work experience for a San Francisco global tech investment firm.

Verter Turroni’s Matua Blurs Art and Functionality

Part sculpture, part seat—Imperfettolab's Matua, designed by artist Verter Turroni, translates bold artistic vision into everyday function.