kengo kuma renovates ‘ginzan onsen fujiya’, an 100-year-old hot spring hotel in japan

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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.

design

virgil abloh designs wearable cityscape jackets as part of louis vuitton men's FW 2021 show

nina azzarello

architecture

S-AR immerses 'casa cosmos' in the lush vegetation of mexico's oaxaca coast

sofia lekka angelopoulou

architecture

ensamble studio unearths new images of subterranean 'ca'n terra' in menorca

philip stevens

architecture

mf+arquitetos divides Q04L63 house in brazil equally between shared and private space

philip stevens

architecture

sou fujimoto's house of hungarian music takes shape as part of liget budapest project

philip stevens

architecture

venice’s historic caffè florian faces ruin due to the COVID-19 pandemic

juliana neira

design

paradisoterrestre unveils a re-edit of 'le témoin' seat by man ray

juliana neira

technology

dakar rally 2021: REBELLION and designboom took part in the endurance race with two buggies

tim spears

architecture

CCD turns luo xu's cloud-like land art into a unique dining experience in china

CCD readers

art

amber is an all-consuming art piece that highlights the dangers of plastic pollution

丁鹏 readers

technology

the SONDORS metacycle is an affordable, good looking electric motorbike

juliana neira

art

tony oursler retrospective opens at kaohsiung museum of fine arts in taiwan

sofia lekka angelopoulou

design

nissan envisions a work-from-anywhere caravan with a retractable office pod + rooftop deck

nina azzarello

architecture

DDconcept tops restaurant in vietnam with three-dimensional bamboo ceiling

sofia lekka angelopoulou

architecture

'the twins' by DELUTION are a pair of houses in indonesia with integrated vegetation

philip stevens

design

the moby X by bisimoto is a redesigned futuristic, all-electric porsche 935 moby dick

juliana neira

architecture

junya ishigami completes plaza of kanagawa institute of technology in japan

philip stevens

architecture

LOT-EK combines six shipping containers into family house in new york

sofia lekka angelopoulou

architecture

tommy rand completes family house in denmark with spiral plywood staircase

sofia lekka angelopoulou

art

'GIGER SORAYAMA' exhibition brings together the 'sexy robots' and surrealist sexual machines of two legendary artists

nina azzarello

art

tomáš libertíny sculpts beeswax version of the nefertiti bust together with 60.000 honeybees

sofia lekka angelopoulou

architecture

KATARSIS builds and burns bridge in russia as artistic symbol of change and upheaval

philip stevens

architecture

PARTISANS sculpts 'fold house' in ontario to embrace the contours of its hillside site

nina azzarello

technology

mink is a tiny teardrop camper offering a warm cocoon

juliana neira

highlights

virgil abloh designs wearable cityscape jackets as part of louis vuitton men's FW 2021 show

S-AR immerses 'casa cosmos' in the lush vegetation of mexico's oaxaca coast

ensamble studio unearths new images of subterranean 'ca'n terra' in menorca

mf+arquitetos divides Q04L63 house in brazil equally between shared and private space

sou fujimoto's house of hungarian music takes shape as part of liget budapest project

venice’s historic caffè florian faces ruin due to the COVID-19 pandemic

paradisoterrestre unveils a re-edit of 'le témoin' seat by man ray

dakar rally 2021: REBELLION and designboom took part in the endurance race with two buggies

CCD turns luo xu's cloud-like land art into a unique dining experience in china

amber is an all-consuming art piece that highlights the dangers of plastic pollution

the SONDORS metacycle is an affordable, good looking electric motorbike

tony oursler retrospective opens at kaohsiung museum of fine arts in taiwan

nissan envisions a work-from-anywhere caravan with a retractable office pod + rooftop deck

DDconcept tops restaurant in vietnam with three-dimensional bamboo ceiling

'the twins' by DELUTION are a pair of houses in indonesia with integrated vegetation

the moby X by bisimoto is a redesigned futuristic, all-electric porsche 935 moby dick

junya ishigami completes plaza of kanagawa institute of technology in japan

LOT-EK combines six shipping containers into family house in new york

tommy rand completes family house in denmark with spiral plywood staircase

'GIGER SORAYAMA' exhibition brings together the 'sexy robots' and surrealist sexual machines of two legendary artists

tomáš libertíny sculpts beeswax version of the nefertiti bust together with 60.000 honeybees

KATARSIS builds and burns bridge in russia as artistic symbol of change and upheaval

PARTISANS sculpts 'fold house' in ontario to embrace the contours of its hillside site

mink is a tiny teardrop camper offering a warm cocoon

what you'll see (in 3D) in the peter zumthor documentary by wim wenders

massimo dutti reincarnates 16th-century palace as rome flagship store

citroën revives the iconic 2 CV as a compact electric concept with a roll-up fabric roof

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

A' design award winners achieve real world impact through graphic design

what you'll see (in 3D) in the peter zumthor documentary by wim wenders

massimo dutti reincarnates 16th-century palace as rome flagship store

citroën revives the iconic 2 CV as a compact electric concept with a roll-up fabric roof

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

A' design award winners achieve real world impact through graphic design