catalog of living: taschen explores marc newson’s 40-year design journey in new book

catalog of living: taschen explores marc newson’s 40-year design journey in new book

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interviews

designboom interviews the world's top architects, artists, designers, curators, and innovators. discover our in-depth conversations delving into the minds and creative processes of the leading protagonists in the field, and don't miss our filmed video interviews from the early 2000s: treasures on tape from the designboom archives.

hydro displays world’s first industrial-scale aluminum products made of post-consumer scrap

eirini ilia

prada frames by formafantasma explores home beyond architecture at milan design week

myrto katsikopoulou

xsxl imagines seoul store as futuristic pink spacecraft with chromatic finishes & kinetic plants

interview - Hermès etches its signature braiding on latest tableware at milan design week

lea zeitoun

interview: naoto fukasawa handcarves tactile wooden furniture for milan design week

ravail khan

to make sense of color, google plays sound frequencies with changing neon lights in milan

matthew burgos

nendo translates daily phenomena into objects for 'whispers of nature' at milan design week

lea zeitoun

LAUFEN's 12-color archaeology traverses ancient ceramic cultures from egypt to china

eirini ilia

BLOND'S LABORATORY initiative revives tangible design narratives from historic artefacts

eirini ilia

explore NIKE A.I.R and its 13 new 3D printed sneakers made using AI, math and algorithms

matthew burgos

'we are carving our own space': transmoderna on bridging digital art and electronic music

ravail khan

JR’s new monumental rock installation ‘la nascita’ emerges in front of milan central station

matthew burgos

elmgreen & dragset on australian museum debut and joining NGV's permanent collection

myrto katsikopoulou

interview: takumi yamamoto conceptualizes personal eVTOL for 2050 with dassault systèmes

mariko mori on yuputira house, her coral-shaped studio in coastal japan

lea zeitoun

TRAME unveils generative interiors, blending algorithmic design and traditional craft

take a closer look into BMW i5 Flow NOSTOKANA's color-changing technology

interview: humberto campana opens solo exhibition 'on the road' at friedman benda

'we're just scratching the surface of what's possible' — in conversation with PLAYLAB

lea zeitoun

sougwen chung's 3D avatar conjures serpentine sculptures in virtual reality in GENESIS

ravail khan

pedrali exclusively opens up bergamo HQ office in park associati interview

eirini ilia

what if cities were built for cars? in kyle branchesi’s ‘the motorist won’, wider roads take over

matthew burgos

'architecture has to be incomplete': zhu pei's poetic imaginations at aedes berlin

christina petridou

riyadh's tuwaiq sculpture 2024 carves dimensions of movement in local granite

ravail khan

community stories

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unified by honeycomb geometry, maxon one’s brand identity unfolds through motion design

Casey readers

undulating plywood layers form stratum parametric public seating sculpture

mirrored acrylic skin dissolves cube pavilion into its surroundings in mexico

H. Espinoza readers

sardinian school wraps in perforated aluminum facade to enclose flexible agorà

leicho readers

from laboratory waste to art, discarded research prototypes transform into sculptural objects

Ruben Moutinho readers

tob.studio’s timber bike station in germany resembles stacked log pile

Tobias Ruppert readers

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events guide

designboom radar: exhibitions to see around the world this october

designboom's event guide is your go-to for discovering must-visit events in design, architecture, and art. it lists upcoming exhibitions, fairs, conferences, and workshops.

designboom radar: exhibitions to see around the world this october

Luciano Fabro: Abitare lo spazio. Inhabiting Space

Milan, Italy 08 Oct 2026 – 21 Feb 2027

DESIGNART Tokyo 2026

Tokyo, Japan 30 Oct – 08 Nov 2026

Nike: Form Follows Motion

New York City, USA 12 Sep 2026 – 07 Mar 2027

Gillie and Marc Schattner. The Superheroes of Wildlife

Baku, Azerbaijan 04 Feb 2026 – 01 Mar 2027

Venice Art Biennale 2026

Venice, Italy 09 May – 22 Nov 2026

Vitalità dell’architettura italiana 1946-2026

Rome, Italy 28 May – 15 Nov 2026

Water Works: In the Flow of Making

Tokyo, Japan 10 Sep – 29 Nov 2026

The Antwerp Six

Antwerp, Belgium 28 Mar 2026 – 17 Jan 2027

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competitions

The Architect’s Chair Stockholm Furniture Fair Edition $ 9,120.00 USD deadline: january 5th, 2027

2027 French Design Awards deadline: april 6th, 2027

Vancouver Tall Challenge $ 15,000.00 USD deadline: november 30th, 2026

The Quiet Tower $ 11,535.00 USD deadline: february 15th, 2027

grippin’ $ 3,000.00 USD deadline: april 30th, 2027

Portugal Long Table Restaurant $ 11,635.00 USD deadline: january 11th, 2027

International Furniture Design Competition Asahikawa [IFDA] deadline: december 11th, 2026

2026 TITAN Property Awards Season 2 deadline: november 5th, 2026

Marca Corona Award 2027 | Contest for artists and designers under 35 $ 1,675.00 USD deadline: january 11th, 2027

Wonder Global Design Awards 2026 Season 2 deadline: january 31st, 2027

The Architect’s Chair Stockholm Furniture Fair Edition $ 9,120.00 USD deadline: january 5th, 2027

2027 French Design Awards deadline: april 6th, 2027

Vancouver Tall Challenge $ 15,000.00 USD deadline: november 30th, 2026

The Quiet Tower $ 11,535.00 USD deadline: february 15th, 2027

grippin’ $ 3,000.00 USD deadline: april 30th, 2027

Portugal Long Table Restaurant $ 11,635.00 USD deadline: january 11th, 2027

International Furniture Design Competition Asahikawa [IFDA] deadline: december 11th, 2026

2026 TITAN Property Awards Season 2 deadline: november 5th, 2026

Marca Corona Award 2027 | Contest for artists and designers under 35 $ 1,675.00 USD deadline: january 11th, 2027

Wonder Global Design Awards 2026 Season 2 deadline: january 31st, 2027

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courses

Sustainable Architectural Design Program by My Archischool deadline: december 31st, 2026

Train Your Own Architectural AI-Model by My Archischool deadline: december 31st, 2026