Design Anthology was founded in 2014 as a print magazine dedicated to Asia’s burgeoning design sector. Today, more than a decade on, Design Anthology is a modern multi-platform media brand dedicated to documenting creative culture across Asia Pacific and beyond.

This issue is rooted in the idea of permanence. Edited across multiple cities by editors-in-chief Simone Schultz and Jeremy Smart, it explores design for an uncertain world, with homes, spaces and objects built from concrete, steel and stone, yet shaped with care and a sense of softness. We explore what it means to build with both weight and warmth, from Tadao Ando’s new Naoshima museum to grounded residences in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Perth, and a special section on Indonesia’s cr