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Shifting daily routines, remote work, and changing social habits are reshaping how we experience interior architecture. Traditional boundaries across homes, hotels, hospitals, offices and schools are dissolving to support multifaceted lives. Whether a compact apartment floor plan shifts to accommodate working from home, or a public destination merges dining with quiet retreat, spaces are being asked to accommodate different uses, experiences, and ways of interacting.

As Cheryl Durst, CEO of the International Interior Design Association and an iF DESIGN AWARD juror, notes, designers are moving away from traditional labels to focus on how people actually occupy space. Eight 2026 iF DESIGN AWARD-winning projects across Italy, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, China, and Brazil showcase this shift through reconfigurable interiors, hybrid public hubs, and interactive objects.

IF DESIGN AWARD 2026 RECIPIENTS CHAMPION USER-LED ENVIRONMENTS

Recognized by the iF DESIGN AWARD 2026, designers such as DAIKYO, Yuko Nagayama and Associates, Yule Space, JFR Studio, Anna Maya, and Martinelli Luce with HABITS share a core spatial ethos: architecture should not dictate human behavior. Instead of expecting people to fit into fixed architectural layouts, these designers build space around individual behavior. Their work positions human experience, emotional well-being, and adaptability at the very center of the design process, letting users adjust their environments as daily needs change.

DYNAMIC FLOOR PLANS, IMMERSIVE RETREATS, AND RESPONSIVE OBJECTS

The Grammoluce lamp, created by Martinelli Luce in collaboration with HABITS, turns lighting control into an intuitive, physical tactile experience. Instead of relying on digital switches or conventional dimmers, users adjust illumination by placing weighted objects directly onto the lamp’s elastic membrane. Adding weight stretches the surface and increases light output, turning an invisible atmospheric adjustment into a visible, tactile dialogue between the object and the person using it.

In the Forest Book Loft, Taiwanese studio Yule Space blurs the lines between retail, hospitality, and residential retreats. Uniting a bookstore, a restaurant, and guest lodging inside a restrained, exposed-concrete frame, the design uses expansive glazed openings to pull the surrounding landscape straight into the interior. Literature, local gastronomy, and nature come together in a singular spatial narrative that constantly shifts with daylight and changing seasons, showing how multi-programmatic spaces can create deeper connections to place.

The Saerodowon Pop-up & Dining space reimagines brand experience by transforming the mythical Korean paradise of Mureungdowon into a physical escape. Designed for sugar-free soju brand Saero, the interior uses layered, mountain-like exterior silhouettes and quiet wooden pavilion structures to guide visitors on a sequential journey. As guests move deeper into the space, the intense rhythm of the city fades away, leaving behind an atmosphere tailored for quiet exploration, eating, drinking, and togetherness where architecture itself sets the emotional stage.

The Relation Wall, developed by DAIKYO in collaboration with Yuko Nagayama and Associates alongside further team members of the Relation Wall Project, addresses the limitations of the classic Japanese open-plan ‘LDK’ (living, dining, kitchen) model. Recognizing that open spaces can lack privacy as life evolves, the studio designed a movable partition system engineered with high-performance sound insulation and variable translucency. By adjusting these panels, occupants can effortlessly switch between wide-open communal spaces and quiet, acoustically isolated sanctuaries, allowing the architecture to continuously mirror changing family dynamics.

With HyperTank, JFR Studio takes spatial storytelling into total immersion, demonstrating how physical interiors can merge with digital environments. The entertainment and education complex is designed as a futuristic cosmic voyage where visitors pass through boarding concourses, interactive transit chambers, and personal hibernation pods. High-resolution LED screens, dynamic soundscapes, and tailored lighting simulate cosmic phenomena like solar flares and nebulae, proving that modern interiors can serve as active narrative journeys rather than passive containers.

Addressing the changing role of the office, JAM BASE at Grand Green Osaka redefines the workplace around unscripted human encounters. Bringing together a diverse mix of entities — from corporations and startups to government agencies, educational institutions, and artists — the hub’s coworking and communal areas are specifically designed to spark interaction among different fields. Guided by three core principles — Midori (nature), Yohaku (open space), and Gocha-Gocha (lively mixing) — the architecture uses overlapping pathways to turn physical density into a continuous catalyst for unexpected collaboration.

On an object scale, the Samba Shelving Unit by Brazilian architect Anna Maya brings dynamic movement directly into everyday furniture. Built from modular circular components that can be added, shifted, or completely reassembled, the shelving system mirrors the fluid, improvisational rhythm of Brazilian samba. By rejecting a static final form, the design invites the owner to become an active collaborator in shaping their own interior landscape as storage needs evolve over time.

The Modular Home by Studio Doruk Bicer flips the conventional rulebook of micro-living by proving that small footprints do not require static sacrifices. Enclosed within just 49 square meters, its reconfigurable modules move and adjust to serve shifting daily routines. Integrated smart technology enables the architecture to extend, letting a single footprint transition between living, working, and resting areas. Instead of forcing residents to compromise their habits to fit a rigid plan, the room transforms around human activity.

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award: iF DESIGN AWARD 2026 | @ifdesign

featured projects & designers: Modular Home by Studio Doruk Bicer | @dorukbicer; Relation Wall by  Yuko Nagayama and Associates | @yna_tokyo alongside further team members of the Relation Wall Project; Forest Book Loft by Yule Space | @yulespace; Saerodowon Pop-up & Dining by OOB Company | @obbc.kr; HyperTank by JFR Studio | @jfr_design_china; JAM BASE by surDL  and Nikken Sekkei Ltd  | @nikkenseikkei_global; Samba Shelving Unit by Maya Arquitetura | @annamaya_arquitectura; Grammoluce by Martinelli Luce | @martinelli_luce in collaboration with HABITS | @habits_design

lisa kostyra I designboom (226)

sep 09, 2026