Jul 18, 2026eight swings suspended beneath antique church bells transform the courtyard of frac normandie into a participatory soundscape.
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Céleste Boursier-Mougenot (6)
Jul 18, 2026
Jun 11, 2026in céleste boursier-mougenot's clinamen, bowls float and gently collide in three circular basins to produce microtonal chiming sounds.
labyrinth (6)
Jul 17, 2026from spiral jetty to plant mazes, labyrinths show us the pleasure of getting nowhere.
connections: 72
May 18, 2026the maze-like layout encourages exploration and improvisation.
connections: +680
knitting (24)
using standard industrial knitting machines, researchers develop programmable textiles that shift between stable three-dimensional forms.
Mar 22, 2025each piece can be fully unraveled and reused, embracing circularity.
connections: +1410
tomás saraceno (24)
Jul 17, 2026the exhibition traces nearly two decades of research into art, architecture, natural sciences, and traditional ecological knowledge.
connections: +1300
Nov 12, 2024john tain unravels a pursuit of indigenous solutions embedded in lahore’s historic spaces and daily rhythms to image sustainable futures.
achille castiglioni (7)
Jul 17, 2026revisiting munari’s xerografie originali and castiglioni's love for collecting glasses, foundation achille castiglioni's yearly exhibition shows the late designers' passion for play.
connections: +1130
Jan 06, 2022the wooden prototypes of this unpublished project were discovered by his children, giovanna and carlo castiglioni, in their father’s studio in milan.
connections: +920
jakob + macfarlane (17)
Jul 16, 2026timber layers of pallets create spaces for rest and observation, framing views toward the offshore islands.
Apr 30, 2026‘living with’ exhibition revisit integrates archival material within a contemporary curatorial layout.
michele de lucchi (8)
Jul 16, 2026a new four-year plan will organize milano triennale’s program around one guiding question each year.
connections: 61
victor kossakovsky's film 'architecton' reflects on the durability of ancient architecture and the consequences of modern construction.
milan triennale (53)
Sep 20, 2025luca cipelletti's 'gioco' at the triennale milano is a flexible installation with modular cork and pine furnishings for children's play.
Jun 21, 2025the research has already been applied to the 3D printed biostructures inside the canada pavilion at the venice architecture biennale 2025 as well as in dafne's skin at triennale milano.
grizzo studio (5)
Jul 16, 2026natural materials, designed to weather over time, blend the living areas with the surrounding vegetation.
Apr 16, 2026grizzo studio shapes 'casa lomadas' with folded concrete and landscape mounds outside buenos aires, argentina.
carsten holler (30)
Jul 16, 2026visitors are randomly assigned one of two parallel exhibitions as the belgian artist's installation at beijing's UCCA center for contemporary art turns uncertainty into the experience itself.
connections: +370
Apr 10, 2026speaking with designboom, carsten höller explores how sleep can be guided yet never controlled, as dreams echo across multiple minds.
urban soul project (8)
Jul 16, 2026urban soul project answers a fundamental question of how an environment can be designed to make the guest feel, understand, and remember.
connections: +780
Dec 09, 2025beginning at reception, the line traces and outlines architectural elements, merges with joinery, and concludes in a large-scale wall installation.
insects (44)
Jul 16, 2026presented at shanghai international flower show, pollinator machine scales visitors down to the perspective of a beetle, inviting them to experience the environment through the eyes of a pollinator.
Jul 12, 2026HYVE sends a self-driving beehive through the city, carrying pollination between fragmented green spaces.
connections: 44
car concept (409)
mathematical geometry informs the vehicle's proportions and appearance, conceived by wini camacho.
connections: +2340
Apr 19, 2026the concept trike was inspired by a vision of getting around airports more efficiently.
connections: +430
volkswagen (87)
Jul 15, 2026n+ builds an automotive-style safety system around two flat-white aluminum commuter frames.
connections: +730
Apr 28, 2025following the vehicles’ testing in late 2025, the driverless vans begin to operate on the ride-hailing platform starting in 2026.
connections: +280
museum boijmans van beuningen (5)
Jul 15, 2026the playful installation at depot boijmans van beuningen recreates an iconic 1962 artwork by the late dutch artist and comedian wim t. schippers.
Jun 19, 2018'this is also a show for all who think that contemporary art is shit. they should come and see this shit show. they will be satisfied.'
connections: 5
surf design (59)
Jul 15, 2026beerboard is a collaboration between surfboard shaper chris garrett, aka phantom surfboards, and brewing company gage roads brew co.
connections: 59
Jul 14, 2026father and daughter turn surfboard production waste into furniture and everyday objects
connections: +850
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