Max Fraser

London

Editorial Director at Dezeen

Editorial Director of @dezeen Instagram: @maxfraserdesign

Articles

Dezeen, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard to explore water, wellness and wellbeing at Clerkenwell Design Week

3 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Amina Amber |Max Fraser

Dezeen, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard have partnered to host a series of talks exploring water, wellbeing and design during Clerkenwell Design Week, where Shaping Water Competition installation will be unveiled. Clerkenwell Design Week kicks off in London, UK, next week. Visitors will have the chance to experience Arthur Mamou-Mani's Harmonic Tides installation, which we revealed as the winner of the Shaping Water Competition earlier this week.
"The days of dressing up superfluous stuff and placing it amid vapid installations surely need to stop"

1 month ago | dezeen.com | Max Fraser

This year's Milan design week was a noisy assault on the mind that often felt light on substance and heavy on commercial opportunism, writes Max Fraser. For as long as I've been attending Milan design week, I've contended with two conflicting emotions: that which gets a buzz from the influx of creative novelty, and that which struggles with the unapologetic onslaught of new stuff. Usually I've managed to inhibit that latter feeling. This year I struggled.
Tariffs could have "brutal" impact on design industry

1 month ago | dezeen.com | Max Fraser

Design industry leaders fear slashed income and job losses amid volatile conditions caused by ongoing uncertainty about US import tariffs imposed by president Donald Trump. Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser reports from Milan design week. "I think everybody is sort of braced for trouble," British designer Jasper Morrison told Dezeen. "It's already been a tough time for a lot of companies in the business, so this on top is going to be very difficult.
Dropcity | Dezeen

1 month ago | dezeen.com | Jennifer Hahn |Max Fraser |Starr Charles |Dan Howarth

Pastel-toned, suicide-proofed chairs are among the penitentiary furniture revealed to the public as part of Prison Times, the debut exhibition curated by the Dropcity centre for architecture and design in Milan. More
"You can't have your roots in modernism forever" says SCP founder Sheridan Coakley

2 months ago | dezeen.com | Max Fraser

As British furniture brand SCP celebrates its 40th anniversary, its founder Sheridan Coakley reflects on the brand's journey over the past four decades. In the mid-1980s, when antique and reproduction furniture prevailed in the UK, entrepreneur Coakley tried his luck at selling modern designs. This year, Coakley is enjoying a moment of introspection, recalling humble beginnings and pivotal moments for SCP.
Dezeen launches Dezeen Dispatch at Stockholm Design Week

Jan 30, 2025 | dezeen.com | Max Fraser

Dezeen will launch Dezeen Dispatch, a print publication featuring our pick of the best events, exhibitions and hotspots during next week's Stockholm Design Week. Available to those visiting Sweden's capital city for the annual Stockholm Design Week (SDW), the 40-page, newspaper-style publication is the first of its kind to be published by Dezeen.
Ten design projects from a burgeoning generation of Japanese designers

Jan 9, 2025 | dezeen.com | Max Fraser

A slender-framed bamboo chair, electrolytically coloured steel furniture and tiles pigmented with micro-algae feature in this roundup of products exhibited at Designtide Tokyo. Designtide Tokyo, a platform for independent designers, returned to the Japanese capital last year after a 12 year hiatus "to give hints" as to what the design industry could be like in the coming years.
Designtide | Dezeen

Nov 26, 2024 | dezeen.com | Max Fraser |Matylda Krzykowski

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Designers "want to show their works in a public, physical scene" says Designtide Tokyo co-founder

Nov 25, 2024 | dezeen.com | Max Fraser

Designtide Tokyo is back after a 12-year hiatus. In this interview, exhibition co-founder Yuta Takeda explains the reasons for its revival. The event, which originally ran from 2005 to 2012, has been revived by Takeda and the original founder of Designtide, Tsuyoshi Matsuzawa, who believe there is a renewed desire to present work in a physical show.
Ten key designs from three decades of Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune

Nov 25, 2024 | msn.com | Max Fraser

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