frida escobedo designs courtyard of light play for 2018 serpentine pavilion

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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.

technology

facial-recognition glasses are being tested by chinese police

juliana neira

technology

jaguar restarts production of classic D-type race car

martin hislop

design

the north face geodome 4 tent is a modern day camping masterpiece

tim spears

architecture

asif khan just created the darkest building on earth

zach andrews

art

alex chinneck ties 450-year-old column into a knot

juliana neira

architecture

rafael viñoly designs jewel-like residential tower for NY's waterline square

tim spears

technology

see last image of elon musk's spaceX starman before failing to reach asteroid belt as claimed

juliana neira

architecture

dieterdietz.org nestles a pair of houses in the rural swiss landscape

philip stevens

art

facebook on trial after censoring courbet's 'origin of the world' painting

juliana neira

architecture

lithuanian woodland island hosts micro home design competition

Vytautas readers

architecture

kimmel eshkolot architects articulates mount herzl memorial around funnel of stone bricks

philip stevens

architecture

enoura observatory by hiroshi sugimoto / odawara art foundation for architecture and garden design

philip stevens

design

johan kauppi launches the barn & fences at stockholm furniture fair 2018

Johan Kauppi readers

architecture

CEBRA designs summer house as an architectural russian babushka doll

tim spears

architecture

react architects integrates cycladic morphology into modern architecture on the paros island

YIORGOS SPIRIDONOS readers

design

atelier LAVIT's ATEM sofa uses stainless steel mesh highlighting transparency

juliana neira

design

balenciaga platform crocs now available for pre-order but SOLD OUT

kieron marchese

design

raf simons and east pack collaborate on 'blade runner'-inspired backpacks

kieron marchese

design

focuscap lets you beat distraction and annoying colleagues, by hannes grebin

Hannes Grebin readers

architecture

james brittain revisits moshe safdie's habitat 67 to capture what it's like to live there

Rob Fiehn readers

architecture

mecanoo's proposal for china merchants bank HQ is organized around a large public plaza

philip stevens

architecture

guntû is a luxury floating hotel that travels japan's inland sea

philip stevens

design

celebrating 1.5 MILLION instagram followers with our next star architect #takedesignboomover

kieron marchese

design

PH 5 lamp by poul henningsen for louis poulsen celebrates 60th anniversary with a movie

Thomas Bay readers

highlights

facial-recognition glasses are being tested by chinese police

jaguar restarts production of classic D-type race car

the north face geodome 4 tent is a modern day camping masterpiece

asif khan just created the darkest building on earth

alex chinneck ties 450-year-old column into a knot

rafael viñoly designs jewel-like residential tower for NY's waterline square

see last image of elon musk's spaceX starman before failing to reach asteroid belt as claimed

dieterdietz.org nestles a pair of houses in the rural swiss landscape

facebook on trial after censoring courbet's 'origin of the world' painting

lithuanian woodland island hosts micro home design competition

kimmel eshkolot architects articulates mount herzl memorial around funnel of stone bricks

enoura observatory by hiroshi sugimoto / odawara art foundation for architecture and garden design

johan kauppi launches the barn & fences at stockholm furniture fair 2018

CEBRA designs summer house as an architectural russian babushka doll

react architects integrates cycladic morphology into modern architecture on the paros island

atelier LAVIT's ATEM sofa uses stainless steel mesh highlighting transparency

balenciaga platform crocs now available for pre-order but SOLD OUT

raf simons and east pack collaborate on 'blade runner'-inspired backpacks

focuscap lets you beat distraction and annoying colleagues, by hannes grebin

james brittain revisits moshe safdie's habitat 67 to capture what it's like to live there

mecanoo's proposal for china merchants bank HQ is organized around a large public plaza

guntû is a luxury floating hotel that travels japan's inland sea

celebrating 1.5 MILLION instagram followers with our next star architect #takedesignboomover

PH 5 lamp by poul henningsen for louis poulsen celebrates 60th anniversary with a movie

how the spectacular set design of alejandro g. iñárritu's digger unveils a wild masterpiece

inside 'la voile', norman foster’s former waterfront home on the french riviera

380,000 LEGO flowers transform shanghai's concrete oil tank into botanical landscape

3D-printed brick phone brings back the art of simply answering calls

UFO-shaped futuro house brings radical 1960s vision of prefab living to the market

how the spectacular set design of alejandro g. iñárritu's digger unveils a wild masterpiece

inside 'la voile', norman foster’s former waterfront home on the french riviera

380,000 LEGO flowers transform shanghai's concrete oil tank into botanical landscape

3D-printed brick phone brings back the art of simply answering calls

UFO-shaped futuro house brings radical 1960s vision of prefab living to the market