Mar 22, 2026the star-shaped timber components reinterpret traditional mortise-tenon joinery.
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interactive installation (551)
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Mar 21, 2026a lattice of hand-formed papercrete branches form a porous, tree-like spatial structure.
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.
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ENESS (16)
Feb 12, 2026the team draws from the Japanese concept of iwagumi, a tradition of composed rock arrangements.
Dec 31, 2025as we wrap up 2025, these are the ten installations that capture the year’s evolving sensory and spatial imagination.
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.
light installation art (205)
Mar 17, 2026the installation positions media as a permanent architectural layer within the arena.
Mar 03, 2026ripple-like distortions prevent stable reflections within the enclosure.
sound art (113)
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.
Mar 11, 2026the device triggers sounds using small magnetic pieces called beats that users place physically onto a wooden grid.
speaker design (220)
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.
Mar 06, 2026the transparent housing highlights the speaker’s internal structure.
vinyl (36)
Jan 27, 2026wow atelier draws conceptual references from kubrick’s architectural language and controlled compositions.
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Sep 09, 2025each pocket-sized record holds up to four minutes of music per side, which is ideal for singles or special releases.
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nintendo (19)
Aug 12, 2025the design allows all internal components to be seen from the outside, especially the glistening transparent circuit board.
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Jul 27, 2025GamiFries is a 3D printed accessory that allows users to mount a mcdonald’s fries box directly onto the console.
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personal technology (208)
Mar 19, 2026named the clock, the pocket watch-shaped device features no hands, but a system called the light hour.
Mar 17, 2026partly designed from nostalgia, the device comes with studs that double as a media control knob and a wireless charger for an apple watch or airpods.
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public toilets (48)
Aug 12, 2025a transformation of a public toilet facility that adapts to seasonal changes in the landscape.
Jul 31, 2025lifted by pillars, 'the cloud on trees' appears to hover just above the forest floor, while 'the window in valley' is sunk and carved between two sloping hillsides.
renovation and restoration architecture and design (1169)
Mar 20, 2026the intervention reorganizes the building into a flexible exhibition space where restored elements by carlo scarpa meet new spatial strategies.
Mar 18, 2026the artist's rebuild foundation advances a vision of urban utopia by reworking disused buildings into artistic community spaces.
daniel valle architects (8)
Aug 12, 2025a transformation of a public toilet facility that adapts to seasonal changes in the landscape.
Jun 16, 2022The complex volumetry of the building is the result of the strict application of the shadow-related code.
architecture in korea (479)
Feb 20, 2026varying pipe diameters generate a layered and inhabitable spatial composition.
Feb 14, 2026the aged condition of the house is treated as a material archive.
residential architecture and interiors (4782)
quebec-based designer teedah hammer sources colorful post-modern furniture and wood reclaimed from a bowling alley.
Mar 18, 2026conceived as a cave dwelling, the building is divided into three subterranean units.
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brick architecture (421)
Mar 08, 2026mineral pigments and recycled materials generate a color palette derived from urban village architecture.
Mar 06, 2026salvaged oak and sun-baked brick define the material palette of the interiors.
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