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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

before memphis, ettore sottsass envisions a planet organized by moments of collective life

thomai tsimpou

architecture

'I don't agree with the idea of utopia': sir peter cook on optimism and the power of drawing

thomai tsimpou

design

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

matthew burgos

art

paola pivi imagines a living cosmos grown from lemon trees at perrotin paris exhibition

thomai tsimpou

design

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

matthew burgos

technology

power lines shaped as animal sculptures supply electricity across austria

matthew burgos

art

ema shin explores memory and care with monumental embroidered heart

kat barandy

architecture

pritzker prize awarded to chilean architect smiljan radić clarke

kat barandy

architecture

fondazione dries van noten to open in venice with 'the only true protest is beauty' exhibition

thomai tsimpou

design

towering cranes turn the grand palais into construction site for chanel FW26 runway

thomai tsimpou

design

3D printed street furniture recycles concrete and brick construction waste

Bentu Design readers

art

whitney biennial asks: what does 'american art' mean in 2026?

kat barandy

technology

modern audio player restores the physical form of music using disc-shaped cartridges

matthew burgos

design

a playful bauhaus nightlight that looks half asleep forms out of hand-cast concrete

Roger Reutiman readers

architecture

rotterdam's next landmark could be one of these radical proposals by MVRDV or heatherwick

kat barandy

art

designboom radar: exhibitions to see around the world this march

kat barandy

technology

futuristic masks by iga węglińska intensify different senses through restricted access

Iga Weglinska readers

design

fold watch tells time only through shadow and layered architectural dials

Nazar Şigaher readers

technology

wooden music cabinet by love hultén plays vertical vinyl and casette tapes in one device

matthew burgos

design

see what bialetti's iconic moka pot might look like through the lens of Hermès

kat barandy

architecture

snøhetta drops monumental mirrored bowl over gardened metro station in riyadh

kat barandy

design

nik bentel rethinks the lidl supermarket shopping cart to create wire-framed 'trolley bag'

kat barandy

technology

vintage film roll flips into miniature and functional digital camera

matthew burgos

architecture

MAD's lishui airport in china officially opens beneath bird-like white roof

thomai tsimpou

highlights

before memphis, ettore sottsass envisions a planet organized by moments of collective life

'I don't agree with the idea of utopia': sir peter cook on optimism and the power of drawing

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

paola pivi imagines a living cosmos grown from lemon trees at perrotin paris exhibition

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

power lines shaped as animal sculptures supply electricity across austria

ema shin explores memory and care with monumental embroidered heart

pritzker prize awarded to chilean architect smiljan radić clarke

fondazione dries van noten to open in venice with 'the only true protest is beauty' exhibition

towering cranes turn the grand palais into construction site for chanel FW26 runway

3D printed street furniture recycles concrete and brick construction waste

whitney biennial asks: what does 'american art' mean in 2026?

modern audio player restores the physical form of music using disc-shaped cartridges

a playful bauhaus nightlight that looks half asleep forms out of hand-cast concrete

rotterdam's next landmark could be one of these radical proposals by MVRDV or heatherwick

designboom radar: exhibitions to see around the world this march

futuristic masks by iga węglińska intensify different senses through restricted access

fold watch tells time only through shadow and layered architectural dials

wooden music cabinet by love hultén plays vertical vinyl and casette tapes in one device

see what bialetti's iconic moka pot might look like through the lens of Hermès

snøhetta drops monumental mirrored bowl over gardened metro station in riyadh

nik bentel rethinks the lidl supermarket shopping cart to create wire-framed 'trolley bag'

vintage film roll flips into miniature and functional digital camera

MAD's lishui airport in china officially opens beneath bird-like white roof

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

pedrali converts temporary wooden pavilion into permanent community hub

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

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

pedrali converts temporary wooden pavilion into permanent community hub

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

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

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