Mar 03, 2026made from expanded polystyrene, designer max lamb made 431 chairs for the show, arranged in uniform rows inside palazzo san fedele.
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Feb 23, 2026comprising two parts that snap together, the accessory brings colors to the clinical-looking canister, made from aluminum and polymer.
recycling (480)
Feb 27, 2026fiberglass is retained as primary material expression rather than decorative effect.
Feb 25, 2026a set full of installation built from the brand’s memories since 1978, the space works like a scene after a party, with items place across the floor.
biomaterials (44)
Mar 05, 2026designed by ludwig eder, the biomaterial comes with holes under it to map out exactly where the mycelium needs to grow.
Mar 04, 2026each flower is made using balloon twisting or sculpting, where long, thin modelling inflatable are folded and locked into shapes.
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Mar 03, 2026curved interior elements are visible from the street through the glass frontage.
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Feb 27, 2026simran boparai navigates a balance of extremes, where modern stone-clad volumes meet french neoclassical interiors and bastar teak craftsmanship.
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Mar 03, 2026during construction, builders temporarily relocated the site’s large boulders and later returned them to their original positions.
Mar 02, 2026the design incorporates elements that regulate exposure and enclosure.
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Mar 05, 2026designed by ludwig eder, the biomaterial comes with holes under it to map out exactly where the mycelium needs to grow.
Mar 01, 2026the design follows proportional rules derived from the golden section and the logarithmic spiral associated with the nautilus fossil.
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drawing on the historic technique of french beaded flowers, henri purnell hand-builds each stem, petal, and leaf through delicate wire looping.
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Mar 04, 2026each flower is made using balloon twisting or sculpting, where long, thin modelling inflatable are folded and locked into shapes.
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animals in art (215)
Feb 20, 2026this Hermès x bialetti moka pot concept imagines a sculpted orange horse lid and pairs it with detailed cups and horseshoe saucers.
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Feb 13, 2026'the rhinoceros in the room,' an inflatable installation by itamar gov, fills the nave of kunstmuseum magdeburg in germany.
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Mar 04, 2026plans have been approved for the £231 million renewal of london’s barbican centre by allies and morrison and asif khan studio.
Mar 04, 2026new images unveil the final vision for manresa wilds, as BIG and SCAPE reimagine a 1960s power plant as a civic hub within a 125-acre waterfront park.
museums and galleries (862)
Mar 04, 2026TAO's chenhu wetland art center is designed as an array of dispersed walls for a porous connection with the landscape.
Mar 04, 2026in lithuania, lahdelma & mahlamäki transforms the memory of a destroyed village into the clustered 'lost shtetl jewish museum'.
david chipperfield architects (113)
Jan 28, 2026the arena translates the elliptical geometry of milan’s ancient roman amphitheater into a contemporary civic building.
Jan 15, 2026david chipperfield's 'nobel center' will introduce a place for exhibitions, lectures, and workshops to the stockholm waterfront.
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architecture in greece (337)
Feb 24, 2026greece-based studio ARP builds its 'avlakia house' as a hybrid between architecture and topography, embedding the spaces into the slope.
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Feb 19, 2026k-studio expands its 'dexamenes seaside hotel' in greece with eight seaview terrace suites set above the original wine tanks.
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Dec 31, 2025as we wrap up 2025, these are the ten installations that capture the year’s evolving sensory and spatial imagination.
Dec 30, 2025from a game controller made of bacteria and yeast, to a sonic bench converting human touch into sound, we look back at some of our favourite design objects and materials applications of 2025.
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social impact (14)
Feb 23, 2026comprising two parts that snap together, the accessory brings colors to the clinical-looking canister, made from aluminum and polymer.
final call! enter the A’ design award and competition 2026 across all categories, from furniture to architecture, before the february 28 deadline.
materials (193)
Feb 20, 2026embedded with modified ink, the woven-like material forms snow when it touches the area surface.
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Feb 18, 2026the lightweight accessory features images of the filling both on the inside and outside, still wrapped within the transparent-looking material.
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