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critical futures: how superflux draws upon speculative designs to transform our present

founded in london by anab jain and jon ardern, the studio turns to hypothetical worlds to build a collective future based on actionable methods. The post critical futures: how superflux draws upon speculative designs to transform our present appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. ...

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critical futures: how superflux draws upon speculative designs to transform our present

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walk through the fantastical world of david hockney's immersive opera stage designs

all these sets are built from the same spirit of colors and perspectives that run through the artist’s paintings, allowing the actors to perform within his artworks. The post walk through the fantastical world of david hockney's immersive opera stage designs appeared first on designboom | architecture ...

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walk through the fantastical world of david hockney's immersive opera stage designs

design milk

Kelly Wearstler Harnesses Traditional Indian Crafts in Contemporary Designs

Developed with Mumbai-based collectible design gallery æqu?, the Lahar and Tarang collections translate age-old techniques and motifs into limited edition, minimalist furnishings.

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Kelly Wearstler Harnesses Traditional Indian Crafts in Contemporary Designs

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Carlo Ratti designs digitally fabricated structure "to bring new intelligence to reinforced concrete"

Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has revealed plans for a cultural centre dedicated to cement company Buzzi, which will feature a digitally fabricated reinforced concrete truss. Set to be built in Casale Monferrato, Italy, the Buzzi Heritage Cultural Center will comprise a bridge-like structure ...

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Carlo Ratti designs digitally fabricated structure "to bring new intelligence to reinforced concrete"

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SOM designs stepped glazed towers for Kazakhstan's new city

Global architecture studio SOM has designed a pair of stepped, wedge-shaped towers to be a landmark for the new city of Alatau in south-eastern Kazakhstan. Planned just outside the city of Almaty, the Alatau Iconic Complex and Gateway District will comprise a 272-metre-tall skyscraper accommodating ...

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SOM designs stepped glazed towers for Kazakhstan's new city

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Five weird and wonderful seating designs from Collectible Brussels 2026

The latest edition of the Collectible fair in Brussels saw designers explore seating with a difference, presenting daybeds made from beeswax and metal, inverted sofas and a gigantic inflatable seat. The Collectible fair, which focuses on collectible design and is held in Brussels and New York every ...

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Five weird and wonderful seating designs from Collectible Brussels 2026

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LMA designs Jewish history museum as "dreamscape" of village destroyed in Holocaust

A cluster of white gabled volumes that represent a village demolished during the Holocaust make up The Lost Shtetl Jewish Museum, completed by Finnish architecture studio Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects in Lithuania. Located in Šeduva, the museum is named after a shtetl – a Yiddish word for small ...

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LMA designs Jewish history museum as "dreamscape" of village destroyed in Holocaust

Designboom

elevate the all-new nissan MICRA global design competition reveals the finalists

nissan, in collaboration with designboom, announces 11 finalists of elevate all-new nissan MICRA: an international design competition. The post elevate the all-new nissan MICRA global design competition reveals the finalists appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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elevate the all-new nissan MICRA global design competition reveals the finalists

Behance

Stockholm Design Lab: 1998?2025

Stockholm Design Lab 1998"2025 is the second monograph over the studio's 27 years; a carefully curated 456-page book published by Victionary, Hong Kong, a global leader in design publishing with the Thames & Hudson distribution network reaching from the Asia-Pacific region to Europe and the Americas. Spanning ...

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Stockholm Design Lab: 1998?2025

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Miami tattoo parlour by Chimera Design facilitates "quiet ritual"

This tattoo parlour and art space in Miami's Little River has been designed by US-based studio Chimera Design to reference sand dunes and Bedouin tents. Lebanese-Indonesian artist Natashia El-Badewi commissioned Chimera Design to create a space that would help to reframe tattooing as "a ceremonial practice ...

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Miami tattoo parlour by Chimera Design facilitates "quiet ritual"

creativebloq

"Design by committee kills ideas": 5 questions with Xavier Sheriff

StudioXAG's co-founder discusses the value of physical disruption and the danger of playing it safe.

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"Design by committee kills ideas": 5 questions with Xavier Sheriff

printmag

Flow and Overflow: Base Design’s Holistic Vision for Kanal

Base Design has created a holistic, multisensory brand identity for Brussels’ forthcoming Kanal cultural center, building a flexible “360°” system designed to reflect the institution’s hybrid structure, civic mission, and evolving role as a new model for public cultural space in Europe. The ...

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Flow and Overflow: Base Design’s Holistic Vision for Kanal

Behance

Illustrations for the board game "Kumato"

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Illustrations for the board game "Kumato"

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Paper-thin playable Tetris game forms cover of GamePop magazine

Red Bull's GamePop magazine has developed a "first-of-its-kind" cover with a built-in display and controllers, allowing readers to play a game of Tetris on its paper surface. The GamePop GP-1 Playable Magazine System was developed as a limited edition dust cover for the latest edition of the magazine, ...

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Paper-thin playable Tetris game forms cover of GamePop magazine

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Check out the concept art for stunning Unreal Engine 5 horror game Ritual Tides

Ritual Tides is an indie horror game with AAA visuals.

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Check out the concept art for stunning Unreal Engine 5 horror game Ritual Tides

Designboom

open-air museum reshapes remembrance through reclaimed materials and oral history

physical remains of industry become a testing ground for how architecture can extend memory and generate new forms of experience. The post open-air museum reshapes remembrance through reclaimed materials and oral history appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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open-air museum reshapes remembrance through reclaimed materials and oral history

printmag

The Daily Heller: Don’t Turn Your Back on History

Trump, Mussolini, ego and architecture. The post The Daily Heller: Don’t Turn Your Back on History appeared first on PRINT Magazine.

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The Daily Heller: Don’t Turn Your Back on History

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two intersecting volumes of black concrete carve mavra house into the mexican landscape

the volumes maintain a direct relationship with the ground. The post two intersecting volumes of black concrete carve mavra house into the mexican landscape appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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two intersecting volumes of black concrete carve mavra house into the mexican landscape

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Ravi Handa Architect "mirrors the discovery" of woodland walks in Quebec house

Canadian studio Ravi Handa Architect has completed a cedar-clad house that fits into its wooded setting on the shores of a lake in Quebec. Known as Maison du Lac Perdu, the 1,694-square-foot (157-square-metre) house was informed conceptually and physically by the four-acre site in Wentworth-Nord in ...

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Ravi Handa Architect "mirrors the discovery" of woodland walks in Quebec house

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Made In-House. Made By You. Made to Win.

If you’ve created something you’re proud of, whether it represents your organization or yourself, the In-house and self-promotion design categories in this year's PRINT Awards are for you. The post Made In-House. Made By You. Made to Win. appeared first on PRINT Magazine.

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Made In-House. Made By You. Made to Win.

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vernacular bridge craftsmanship informs micro-museum set within bamboo grove in china

an elevated timber path creates a new vantage point to observe the adjacent historic bridge. The post vernacular bridge craftsmanship informs micro-museum set within bamboo grove in china appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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vernacular bridge craftsmanship informs micro-museum set within bamboo grove in china