Travel notes, shell guides, and local life from the Andaman coast. Profiles of our artisans and the rhythm of beach life, refreshed with the bay every morning.
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A Danish lamp 3D-printed from restaurant shell waste just won Milan's SaloneSatellite Award 2026, and eggshell-and-nutshell furniture from Egypt's Shell Homage stole the same design week. Inside the year's most delightful home material: compostable, stone-tough, and glowing.
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A three-metre column built from wastewater seaweed and oyster-shell waste is anchoring NGV Melbourne's Plant Life exhibition — proof that dinner-plate leftovers can become real architecture.
One Thai master could cut just 30–35 pieces of shell a day, yet temple doors have glowed with mother-of-pearl constellations for centuries. UNESCO honoured the craft in 2023 — and now modern nacre veneer is bringing the shimmer home.
Searches for sandstone jumped 257%, chocolate brown is the designers' colour of the year, and white oak now rules the kitchen — the data says 2026 is the year our homes turned warm, tactile and organic. Here is how to bring the softness home.
The 'beachy' cliché is out for 2026 — but the shell itself is having its biggest design moment in decades. Inside the handmade shell panels, coquillage mirrors and warm-wood shift redefining coastal homes.
Designers are trading mass-produced beach trinkets for artisanal shell art, richer wood tones and hand-crafted texture in 2026 — a return to a centuries-old craft the French call coquillage, with four practical moves you can try at home.
Searches for seagrass wallpaper are up 94% and sandstone up 257% this year — and the woven textures the design world is newly loving are the ones Andaman coast communities have worked with for generations.
A week of light in Phuket Old Town did more than entertain. From Baba-Peranakan colour to old shophouse geometry, the event offered practical, heritage-rich ideas for anyone who loves thoughtful coastal style.
A recent Phuket showcase of 2026 royal fabric designs is doing more than celebrating textiles. With 50 local recipients, new knot and floral patterns, and a national push to modernise Thai cloth, it offers warm new ideas for how coastal homes can feel rooted, tactile, and beautifully local.
Inside Phuket’s restored 1907 Chartered Bank House, TCDC Phuket is opening a warm new design address where architecture, local brands, and neighborhood memory can all become inspiration for the way we style a home. The result feels less like a formal institution and more like a living guide to materials, display, and community-made beauty.
In Phuket, mother-of-pearl still reads less like nostalgia and more like quiet light. A craft shaped by shell, lacquer, and patient hands is surprisingly well suited to today’s calm coastal interiors.
From calmer material palettes to reclaimed shell surfaces, 2026 interiors are leaning toward objects with texture, memory, and craft. Thai mother-of-pearl tradition gives that shift a beautiful, practical depth.
The 2026 home decor wave is reaching for recycled surfaces, translucent shells, and tactile craftsmanship — exactly what Phang Nga and Phuket artisans have been making for generations.
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