stefan sagmeister and ekn transform global data into colorful sneakers and boots

highlights

HIGHLIGHTS rounds up what's hot on designboom, with a curated selection of must-read stories, exclusive features and interviews with creative visionaries that are topical, insightful, and attention-worthy.

architecture

zaha hadid's former london headquarters reopens as a public hub for architecture and art

Iñaki Laguardia

technology

google japan puts gboard on conveyor belts so the keys come to you

Iñaki Laguardia

art

red wound and black stitches turn bulldozer scar into land art by the krank in corfu

The Krank readers

design

valentino’s ‘antibiblioteca’ looks to unread books to rethink the value of clothes

thomai tsimpou

art

three monumental chandeliers recreate yves saint laurent’s historic paris ballroom at trocadéro

Iñaki Laguardia

design

bureau betak places geometric white runway within mist-filled landscape for dior

thomai tsimpou

design

illya goldman gubin embraces cardboard boxes, shaping them into stools for bottega veneta

thomai tsimpou

art

céleste boursier-mougenot brings his floating ceramic orchestra outdoors in athens

thomai tsimpou

art

renée levi brings fluorescent painting to hayward gallery’s brutalist facade

Iñaki Laguardia

design

in milan, diesel builds a temporary club where the audience becomes part of the show

Iñaki Laguardia

architecture

peter zumthor's expanded fondation beyeler opens to the public

thomai tsimpou

architecture

apple opens 600-capacity music venue inside london's battersea power station

Iñaki Laguardia

architecture

BIG builds a temporary city for shakira in madrid with reusable structures

Iñaki Laguardia

art

prada galleria unfolds across eight floors of fashion, art, history and pastry in milan

Iñaki Laguardia

architecture

frida escobedo studio to take MALBA underground with newly unveiled expansion

kat barandy

art

GUNIA and assouline assemble a visual history of ukrainian folk art in 'naïve my love'

thomai tsimpou

design

jeff koons inflates hublot’s classic fusion model into balloon dog watch

Iñaki Laguardia

design

NOT A HOTEL scales up the poké ball into fully inhabitable hotel in japan

Iñaki Laguardia

art

JR sends giant wave across vatican apostolic library facade with 'diluvium'

kat barandy

design

designboom.paris: a week of conversations, gatherings, and making in the marais

thomai tsimpou

design

what we learned: modes of habitation

Iñaki Laguardia

highlights

zaha hadid's former london headquarters reopens as a public hub for architecture and art

google japan puts gboard on conveyor belts so the keys come to you

red wound and black stitches turn bulldozer scar into land art by the krank in corfu

valentino’s ‘antibiblioteca’ looks to unread books to rethink the value of clothes

watch carsten höller turn art-world encounters into surreal games

design museum gent reopens with new wing built from locally made waste bricks

designboom radar: exhibitions to see around the world this october

three monumental chandeliers recreate yves saint laurent’s historic paris ballroom at trocadéro

bureau betak places geometric white runway within mist-filled landscape for dior

illya goldman gubin embraces cardboard boxes, shaping them into stools for bottega veneta

céleste boursier-mougenot brings his floating ceramic orchestra outdoors in athens

renée levi brings fluorescent painting to hayward gallery’s brutalist facade

in milan, diesel builds a temporary club where the audience becomes part of the show

peter zumthor's expanded fondation beyeler opens to the public

apple opens 600-capacity music venue inside london's battersea power station

BIG builds a temporary city for shakira in madrid with reusable structures

prada galleria unfolds across eight floors of fashion, art, history and pastry in milan

frida escobedo studio to take MALBA underground with newly unveiled expansion

GUNIA and assouline assemble a visual history of ukrainian folk art in 'naïve my love'

jeff koons inflates hublot’s classic fusion model into balloon dog watch

NOT A HOTEL scales up the poké ball into fully inhabitable hotel in japan

JR sends giant wave across vatican apostolic library facade with 'diluvium'

designboom.paris: a week of conversations, gatherings, and making in the marais

what we learned: modes of habitation

zaha hadid's former london headquarters reopens as a public hub for architecture and art

salagón stone and floating timber reshape historic rock-cut complex in la rioja, spain

pedrali converts temporary wooden pavilion into permanent community hub

robotically 3D printed earth bricks wrap multispecies habitat around olive tree

revisit le corbusier’s iconic ronchamp chapel through paul clemence’s lens

zaha hadid's former london headquarters reopens as a public hub for architecture and art

salagón stone and floating timber reshape historic rock-cut complex in la rioja, spain

pedrali converts temporary wooden pavilion into permanent community hub

robotically 3D printed earth bricks wrap multispecies habitat around olive tree

revisit le corbusier’s iconic ronchamp chapel through paul clemence’s lens