Mar 19, 2026movable walls enable flexible configurations within the art center.
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architecture in china (2068)
Mar 19, 2026
Mar 17, 2026physical remains of industry become a testing ground for how architecture can extend memory and generate new forms of experience.
restaurant and café design (946)
Mar 18, 2026wallmakers transforms shipping containers into climate-responsive 'petti restaurant' through earth insulation and passive cooling.
Mar 14, 2026ravioli and farfalle motifs appear as subtle furniture details.
connections: +1370
interiors (35)
Mar 19, 2026movable walls enable flexible configurations within the art center.
Mar 13, 2026burl wood, velvet, and patterned textiles define the store’s interior language.
smartphone design (271)
Jan 11, 2026a modular device built around a physical keyboard, the case introduces a full QWERTY typing tool that attaches magnetically.
connections: +490
Dec 03, 2025a multipurpose accessory, the embedded gadget is powered by AI and can also record audios and translate them into texts on its own.
google (148)
familiar arcade formats are recomposed through AI-generated logic.
Nov 05, 2025named project suncatcher, the research project is unveiled to meet the demands of AI use on earth.
vans (9)
Dec 16, 2025part of the ongoing series OTW, the accessories are designed by artist sterling ruby through his studio S.R. STUDIO. LA. CA for the footwear brand vans.
connections: +540
Aug 20, 2025using a two-part system, the closed outer shell forms a structure around the inner mule, so users can wear the inside without the outer shell.
connections: +670
shoe design (349)
Feb 21, 2026the construction supports maintenance, disassembly, and material recovery.
Oct 19, 2025kibardin design's egg box sneakers conceptual project examines how waste can be reinterpreted into new forms.
fashion design phenomena (311)
Mar 19, 2026the coat operates as wearable architecture, proposing survival as something carried directly on the body.
Mar 13, 2026burl wood, velvet, and patterned textiles define the store’s interior language.
public art (749)
at OCT-LOFT’s 2026 ‘super new year’, a kinetic installation turns public space into a shared game of motion.
Mar 16, 2026'I believe in fantasy and fun and imagination': the artist on activating public spaces, participation and gathering as an act of optimism.
pink (45)
Mar 04, 2026the 180-square-meter space combines record retail, vinyl listening zones, a photo studio and community infrastructure.
Mar 02, 2026gradient pink mirrors line the preserved brick perimeter.
plastic art and design (119)
Mar 06, 2026hand-assembled into the canvas, hundreds of these materials become the base for screen-printed and painted portraits of cultural figures.
connections: +800
Mar 03, 2026made from expanded polystyrene, designer max lamb made 431 chairs for the show, arranged in uniform rows inside palazzo san fedele.
temporary pavilions (581)
Mar 16, 2026the project uses recycled sails and participatory embroidery to turn a public square into a space for imagining a new urban future.
Mar 12, 2026drawing on the tradition of the architectural folly, the pavilion reimagines the historic garden typology as a contemporary gathering space.
inflatable structures (164)
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.
Feb 13, 2026'the rhinoceros in the room,' an inflatable installation by itamar gov, fills the nave of kunstmuseum magdeburg in germany.
connections: +580
interactive installation (549)
Mar 19, 2026at thaddaeus ropac paris marais, ariana papademetropoulos presents glass slipper, her first solo exhibition in france.
connections: +750
Mar 19, 2026the London-based artist's work reimagines how communities can form in the present, not as fixed ideals but as lived, audible encounters.
sculpture (526)
Mar 20, 2026material interactions a series of kinetic objects that explore the role of materials as active components within design systems.
connections: +780
Mar 19, 2026the London-based artist's work reimagines how communities can form in the present, not as fixed ideals but as lived, audible encounters.
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