'flat out' turns car culture into a graphic space, with every seam, shadow and tire tread pulled into the artist's black-and-white linework.
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petersen automotive museum (9)
aston martin’s legacy can be explored up close at petersen museum’s new exhibit, featuring a james bond-era DB5 and a 1979 bulldog wedge car.
window displays (27)
ultra-thin katsuobushi is released into open air, then collected onto a circular platform.
modular display installations designed by flat12x frame the collectible golf accessories.
connections: +1260
town and concrete (16)
the immersive installation uses repetition, color, and light to turn a simple cube into a sensory environment that continuously changes with movement and viewpoint.
interlocking tubular stars in mirroring silver skin shift with the movement of clouds and sunlight.
architecture in singapore (138)
curved geometries establish a continuous spatial flow within the pierre hermé paris flagship store.
MVRDV’s facade for 'irwell hill residences' in singapore employs modular construction to create shifting depth and pockets of greenery.
mushroom mycelium (55)
combining fungal growth with plant-based fibers, the project examines how these two organic materials can interlock to form a structural and light-filtering material for product design.
designed by ludwig eder, the biomaterial comes with holes under it to map out exactly where the mycelium needs to grow.
alvaro siza (36)
the porto show exhibits models of the guggenheim bilbao, LUMA arles, the vitra design museum, and other projects that defined the pritzker-prize winning architect's career
connections: +570
the photographer captures the concrete extension as a study in balance, showing how the architecture highlights history without overshadowing it.
lazerian (10)
each suspended element incorporates reclaimed murano glass droplets from the original chandeliers, embedding historical material directly into the new composition.
hundreds of acoustic and electric guitars, donated by manchester residents. form the skin of the sculpture by lazerian.
airport architecture and design (142)
the airport by MAD spans 2,267 hectares and features a 12,000-square-meter terminal under its feather-like roof.
a central spine organizes the terminal and its piers, reducing transfer times while acting as a spatial anchor.
connections: +550
zupagrafika (7)
CIRK pairs photography and architectural history with five press-out paper models that recreate the sculptural circus buildings built across the former USSR.
connections: +520
this volume captures the monolithic charm and quiet endurance of modernist and brutalist architecture across ten cities.
bigert & bergström (6)
bigert & bergström turns reflective geometry into a public bathing space on a once-contaminated riverside site.
connections: +340
bigert & bergström's broken greenhouse / embodied climate futures addresses the human role in shaping climate outcomes.
saunas (104)
architecture, wellness culture, and slow living converge in a visual survey of contemporary sauna design.
connections: +360
the prefabricated timber structures follow a curved footprint and open to the mountains through uninterrupted 180-degree glazing.
we+ (18)
in an interview with designboom, we+ explains explains how making becomes a way of learning through materials.
connections: +470
powdered micro-algae are blended with naturally derived resins to develop an original material, which is then used to fabricate physical design objects.
connections: 61
louis vuitton (93)
a monumental water installation brings an artificial shoreline on the runway, linking the latest menswear collection to surf culture and the brand’s environmental commitments.
louis vuitton scales pierre legrain’s graphic bookbinding language into a monumental courtyard intervention at palazzo serbelloni.
connections: +440
pharrell williams (32)
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.
SpY (32)
fifteen rings shift vertically through space within a choreographed system of movement, light, and sound.
halos large-scale kinetic installation is conceived as a constellation of light, reflections, and movement.
architecture in slovenia (40)
geoplan's hotič educational complex brings together education, recreation, and civic life, redefining the village school as a shared social center.
connections: +820
the site-specific public artwork produces a sequence of changing visual perspectives.
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