bomb cloud sculpture takes shape in soil, straw and water inside abandoned lisbon school
the sculpture turns a fleeting image into a lasting spatial presence.
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forget doomscrolling: meadow shrinks the smartphone down to only the most essential apps
meadow packs maps, music and messaging into a three-inch phone designed for leaving the smartphone behind.
planted roof connects concrete casa cieno by TAC to oaxacan coast
the residence’s rectangular volume frames a central courtyard around the pool.
studio panter&tourron on redefining the codes of luxury design
stefano panterotto and alexis tourron reveal how Swiss design, craftsmanship, and restraint shape their approach to high-end.
masks, spirits, and mythical figures carry peruvian heritage into WESR’s murals across europe
contemporary graphic language meets visual traditions from the peruvian andes.
elliptical classroom volumes and colorful louvers shape courtyard kindergarten in hanoi
a triangular courtyard anchors nghia do kindergarten’s elliptical volumes.
the runway tells you where to look: 10 fashion shows that rewrote the catwalk
spirals, mirrored rooms, moving floors, and gridded seating turn fashion presentation into an exercise in directing the gaze.
ribbed lime-green gateway and blue solar canopy reform municipal sports center in spain
the two interventions generate renewable energy, improve comfort, and establish a bold new presence within la unión’s mining landscape.
tim burton’s batman returns batmobile heads to auction for up to $7 million
screen-used batman returns batmobile by tim burton heads to julien’s auctions with a $5–7 million estimate.
alexandre arrechea grows a playable tree of basketball hoops in toronto
more than twenty playable basketball hoops extend from the branching red sculpture in toronto.
aluminum and bolted steel turn platform bed into architectural piece at paris design week
egyptian cotton bedding by brut studios dresses the architectural bed, designed by rik frans jansen.
autonomous robotic hand walks on its fingertips like the addams family’s thing
with no legs, wheels or robotic arm in sight, the 818-gram prototype has figured out how to get around on its own.
the flâneur and the birth of the modern urban spectator
long before smartphones turned streets into endless feeds, nineteenth-century paris produced a figure who made a practice of watching the city.
céleste boursier-mougenot brings his floating ceramic orchestra outdoors in athens
after paris and new york, the evolving sound installation arrives in athens, where water, porcelain, architecture, and the weather become part of the composition.
traditional emirati patterns and craft frame al maktoum archives’ interiors in dubai
traditional craft references extend from the archive collection into the working environment.
meet the bentley torcal: the marque’s first electric car asks what a bentley should sound like
bentley’s first fully electric car preserves its long proportions and tactile cabin while musicians rebuild the sound of its V8.
hundreds of feet of cable and steel reimagine rodin’s thinker for networked age
blue, gray, and white cables form the sculpture’s dominant palette.
scars left by bears ripple through these japanese cedar surfboards
asian black bears leave irregular grain across cedar that is shaped by hand and sealed beneath glossy urushi lacquer.
leaning timber frame anchors shrine office in japanese mountain valley
larch timber, stone footings, and corten steel shape the shrine office by sobokuya.
renée levi transforms hayward gallery facade in audemars piguet contemporary commission
the swiss artist turns industrial mesh and raw concrete into a temporary painting shaped by architecture, movement and the changing city.
when art gives you nothing to look at, absence becomes the spectacle
artists have used absence to shift attention from the artwork itself to the experience of seeing, hearing, and being there.
MPNYC turns former port warehouse into adaptable cultural space in piraeus
the architects trace the industrial past of the building while adapting it for exhibitions, workshops, meetings, and collaboration.
discarded road signs transform into monumental land art installation on sardinian shore
inspired by hokusai's great wave, the work turns objects once designed to regulate movement into physical pixels, creating an ephemeral image.
synesthesia translated into light across audrey wright’s musical body at the MET
a wearable field of LEDs translates a composer’s synesthetic color map across the violinist’s moving body.
lume traveler’s lightest caravan hides a pull-out kitchen in its aluminum shell
the compact aluminum trailer moves cooking outdoors to leave more of its interior free for sleeping and sitting.
diesel uses scaffolding to build temporary club where the audience becomes part of the show
at Milan Fashion Week 2026, Diesel stages Glenn Martens’ final show inside Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck’s club set with 200 performers.
curved mirrored steel walls multiply one tree into forest at infinite grove pavilion in shanghai
when on the move, different trees reshape the reflected landscape while the pavilion structure remains unchanged.
jenny holzer’s truisms and the power of the public screen
more than four decades after jenny holzer inserted her truisms into the commercial spectacle of times square, her work asks what language can do when the screen is everywhere.
seoul design award 2026 reveals top 10 finalists and launches public grand prize voting
global public voting for the seoul design award 2026 is now open to shape the final results.
peter zumthor’s expanded fondation beyeler opens to the public
the new wyss museum, ammann pavilion, and erlen torhaus extend the museum’s relationship with its landscape while opening the former private park to the public.
peter zumthor’s expanded fondation beyeler begins its gradual opening
the new wyss museum, ammann pavilion, and erlen torhaus extend the museum’s relationship with its landscape while opening the former private park to the public.
‘powerful designs keep asking questions’ next gen winner maria gil on craft and identity
maria gil reflects on moving from self-production to brand partnerships as she crafts furniture with emotional and cultural endurance.
oversized flowers, terrazzo, and pop references ornament zyva studio’s paris showroom
zyva studio turns the apartment of its founder, anthony authié, into a manifesto for neo-ornament.
new zealand’s world of wearableart designs art around the act of being watched
garments become moving stage objects as distance and spectators begin to shape their form.
apple opens 600-capacity music venue inside london’s battersea power station
the london space lets artists play a concert, record it, mix it and turn it into a global broadcast without leaving the building.
cast aluminum turns heart forms into sculptural furniture in LOVE collection
LOVE series sits between collectible furniture and contemporary sculpture.
MSCHF bends and twists LEXUS cars into surreal full-scale sculptures in new york
two vehicles are stretched into impossible geometries, translating squash-and-stretch animation into full-scale automotive sculpture.
optician’s shop turned art installation satirizes bio-tracking tech at uncanny shifts
ellinor aurora aasgaard and zayne armstrong's installation opens a world of medieval-ish gyms, exploding smartwatches, and a trip through our tech-enabled lives.
gaetano pesce foundation launches to preserve and continue the architect’s practice
the new nonprofit brings together pesce’s archive, scholarship, exhibitions, and authorized editions under a board of longtime collaborators and colleagues.
europe’s largest carbon capture facility sends CO₂ from the netherlands to norway
captured in the netherlands, shipped across borders and buried 2,600 meters below the seabed, carbon becomes a new kind of industrial cargo
persian-red voids carve into villa’s white brick volume in northern iran
brick forms the facade and adds a material connection to local architecture, while persian red brings a vivid accent to the villa’s recessed openings.
SOBO wraps paris listening restaurant in oak, vintage furniture, and acoustic panels
a paris restaurant turns into an intimate plant-based dining and listening space where interior architecture, acoustics, bespoke furniture and music come together.
blue spiral staircase anchors ERRE’s harbor-side workspace in valencia
erre completes the marina de empresas campus with a third waterfront building connecting talent, education and entrepreneurship.
‘we are probably looking for the tension’: formafantasma on designing the exhibition space
from the white cube to cardboard partitions, the design studio designers examine how architecture shapes what we see, how we move, and how artworks relate to one another.
nearly 1,000 wooden chimes turn le bruit du bois into an alpine instrument
for le festival des cabanes, a playable timber wall carries changing wooden tones through the mountains above lake annecy.
prada galleria unfolds across eight floors of fashion, art, history and pastry in milan
prada galleria brings retail, pradasphere, marchesi 1824 and fondazione prada together inside milan’s galleria vittorio emanuele ii.
motspråk cuts plywood painting apart and rebuilds it as chair
a painting on plywood is cut apart and reassembled as a chair, exploring the transition from artwork to functional object.
what does a guitar sound like in stone? bebeau builds one from 18 pieces of slate
the faceted slate instrument tests how far an acoustic guitar can stray from wood while preserving its familiar voice.
zuckoff uses bluetooth to let you know when smart glasses are nearby
ray-ban meta, oakley meta, and snap spectacles are among the devices the app can recognize.
patricia urquiola rewrites spa culture through effe’s bastion-inspired baluar collection
crafted from heat-treated linden wood, baluar collection integrates advanced thermal engineering with refined interior architecture.