unveiled at the 2026 matter and shape fair in paris between march 6th and 9th, the lighting design can be stacked together to form a wall or build a chair.
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ceramic art and design (248)
aacm – atelier architettura chinello morandi designs ekadea studio as a counterpoint to milan’s urban dynamism, using shadow and ritual as architectural tools.
studio RAP (7)
thousands of flowing lines create a sense of motion across the ceramic surface.
known for their sculptural 3D printed facades, studio RAP hosted designboom at their rotterdam workspace and shared insights into their creative process.
hotel architecture and design (759)
the project places circular guest suites along a dormant volcanic slope overlooking lakes, grassland, and sandy plains.
two opposing arcs that open toward the sea form the upper volume of the hotel, creating a sail-like silhouette.
interactive installation (543)
'playground' turns a vast 2,640-square-meter lawn into an interactive outdoor installation designed for a wedding celebration.
connections: +700
a cubic image body is constructed from 144 vertical glass strips.
architecture in dubai (67)
the interior balances playful accents with a more mature spatial tone.
connections: +1040
herzog & de meuron's residential and hotel tower 'janu dubai' will bring lush, tactile architecture to contrast dubai's glassy skyline.
JOOPITER (3)
the sale opens for global bidding from october 22nd to 31st, 2025, at JOOPITER's website.
japa valley tokyo is a temporary precinct, created to express the vision pharrell and nigo have built over more than two decades of collaboration.
tattoo art and design (38)
raw materials like steel, concrete, and polycarbonate, and linear LED lighting compose a flexible industrial environment.
placed mainly on the forehead, the wireless ink can decode brainwaves, which measure the strain and stress on the brain.
connections: +360
pharrell williams (31)
the DROPHAUS stages a vision of ‘timeless living,’ framing the core ideas of the collection around endurance, utility, and material experimentation.
the sale opens for global bidding from october 22nd to 31st, 2025, at JOOPITER's website.
peter marino (17)
the sale opens for global bidding from october 22nd to 31st, 2025, at JOOPITER's website.
take a first look at new interior images of peter marino's residential tower alongside the soon-to-be restored raleigh hotel.
marble and stone design (372)
gardens and sculptural elements interlace the beach club’s architecture with its coastal landscape.
the finish reveals different explorations in the execution of concrete, allowing textures and subtle variations to register across surfaces.
residential architecture and interiors (4775)
Water terraces, shaded retreats, and a continuous looped route create a calm yet dynamic environment.
inclined surfaces and sharp geometries echo the fractured formations of the surrounding canyonlands.
architecture in greece (339)
the project unfolds as an architectural narrative of transformation, where a futuristic object gradually reads as an ancient ruin within the landscape.
olen is a composition of three morphological units: a point, a line, and a plane.
connections: +5110
rammed earth architecture and design (67)
inclined surfaces and sharp geometries echo the fractured formations of the surrounding canyonlands.
solids and voids are distributed in response to the position of trees, replacing the conventional orthogonal grid with a more adaptive arrangement.
art basel paris/design miami.paris 2025 (8)
on view at design miami.paris 2025 until october 26th, the ‘resonating ping pong table, song no. 1 (2025)’ is reminiscent of a xylophone and sound bath in one.
the exhibition, debuting in paris during art basel, is centered on a groundbreaking textile that translates the artist’s ongoing series 'light and shadow inside me'.
designboom guides (20)
here’s what we know so far about the 2026 venice art biennale, shaped by the late curator koyo kouoh’s vision.
connections: 26
from art and design fairs, to public art activations and museum exhibitions, explore all the highlights taking place from december 2nd — 7th.
connections: +930
OODA (19)
eduardo souto de moura and OODA plan the fifty-story oricon tower from concrete, marble, and glass to define tirana’s western gateway.
OODA opts for a rotational design of the volumes forming fluid transitions between the street, square, and interiors.
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