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designboom shop drop: limited release of playful culinary designs
kitchen with a twist brings together a collection of whimsical yet highly functional items that inject visual storytelling, clever geometry, and humor onto the countertop.
3D printed concrete sculptures blend classical fragments with sci-fi forms at frieze sculpture
three sculptures by matyáš chochola combine digital modeling, robotic fabrication, and handwork.
renée levi brings fluorescent painting to hayward gallery’s brutalist facade
the swiss artist turns industrial mesh and raw concrete into a temporary painting for audemars piguet contemporary, shaped by architecture, movement and the changing city.
when exhibitions become formats, what happens to the experience of art?
a new generation of exhibitions is adapting the museum to the way we already consume media, raising questions about what happens to the artwork along the way.
color-shifting light sculpture suspends above orchestra at walt disney concert hall
rope-like LED tubing produces the installation’s changing illumination in synchronization with the performance.
LOEWE’s paris runway occupies an ethereal arena by casper mueller kneer
guests watch the SS27 collection from above and across a circular runway built from white scaffold and sheer fabric.
what holds a book together? a closer look at contemporary bookbinding
from exposed stitching to sculptural endbands, a new generation of artists is transforming bookbinding from an invisible craft into a visible language of design.
color-shifting light sculpture suspends above orchestra at walt disney concert hall
rope-like LED tubing produces the installation’s changing illumination in synchronization with the performance.
LANG's los angeles flagship layers fragments of hong kong into a former warehouse
a mix of fashion, exhibitions, and gathering, the space uses everyday references and tactile materials to create a place for cultural exchange.
synesthesia translated into light across audrey wright’s musical body at the MET
a wearable field of LEDs translates a composer’s synesthetic color map across the violinist’s moving body.
luminous globes extend from branched metal tree installation in pakistan
while the branching pattern has an organic appearance, its composition is based on precise pentagonal geometry.
watch carsten höller turn art-world encounters into surreal games
the world's largest instant camera follows the belgian artist across europe as artists and friends submit themselves to his games in the polaroid foundation's new documentary.
LEGO unveils collectible polaroid instant camera set made of 516 bricks
capturing nostalgia: LEGO Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Camera LEGO embarks on a nostalgic journey with its latest creation – a replica brick model of the »
carsten höller's latest exhibition in beijing has two versions, but you'll only see one
visitors 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.
carsten höller on the 'most powerful architect' and collective experience at MIT museum
speaking with designboom, carsten höller explores how sleep can be guided yet never controlled, as dreams echo across multiple minds.
generative code patterns trace across MM collective’s ceramic flower vases
mm collective is a dialogue between graphic and product design, unfolding through three ceramic vases inspired by the peony, lily, and tulip.
attention-seeking AI robot becomes a mobile vase for a single orchid
batten and kamp's embodied AI vase, beauty seeker seeker, interrogates the 21st-century attention economy.
we watched marina abramović die seven times in a shadowy cisterne beneath copenhagen
inside a damp underground reservoir, viewers follow operatic deaths from screen to screen, accompanied by a soprano's haunting voice.
acute art's VR exhibition hyperrealities opens at artscience museum, singapore
virtual reality fans get to drench themselves into olufar eliasson's rainbow showers, save marina abramović from drowning or immerse into their bodies in anish kapoor's artwork
charlotte perriand's built-in interiors survive inside 1960 paris tower
the preserved rooms show how furniture, structure and everyday life were brought together within an early french residential high-rise.
saint laurent revives four unseen furniture pieces by charlotte perriand at milan design week
the exhibition gathers the french architect and designer's works created between 1943 and 1967.
so cute! louvre-lens exhibition unpacks the art of happiness from ancient times until today
through more than 300 works, from ancient cats to rebellious soft toys and the history of pink and glitter, the show examines art's ability to bring us joy and comfort.
selldorf architects and STUDIOS architecture win competition to transform the louvre
the project introduces new public entrances, landscaped moats, and underground galleries that reconnect the louvre’s historic eastern facade with the city of paris.
analog sound installation by YONT studio captures road trip nostalgia inside berlin’s KaDeWe
namilia and telekom electronic beats present an immersive soundscape designed by YONT studio, inviting visitors to slow down and listen.
casa kiki revives a 1930s california-style home around a pink turret in mexico city
the renovation creates a more continuous sequence of spaces and a clearer relationship between the different functions of the house, where bright pink interiors provide a distinct visual identity.
so cute! louvre-lens exhibition unpacks the art of happiness from ancient times until today
through more than 300 works, from ancient cats to rebellious soft toys and the history of pink and glitter, the show examines art's ability to bring us joy and comfort.
naoshima new museum of art by tadao ando opens in japan with major asian survey
'from the origin to the future' features works by leading asian artists and collectives, including takashi murakami, do ho suh, and cai guo-qiang.
jeff koons inflates hublot’s classic fusion model into balloon dog watch
jeff koons’ balloon dog moves from monumental sculpture to a 42 mm object for the wrist.
lexon x jeff koons reimagine the balloon dog in a limited chromatic series
for the new chromatic series, the artist and brand take their balloon dog collaboration into even more playful territory.
so cute! louvre-lens exhibition unpacks the art of happiness from ancient times until today
through more than 300 works, from ancient cats to rebellious soft toys and the history of pink and glitter, the show examines art's ability to bring us joy and comfort.
before memphis, ettore sottsass envisions a planet organized by moments of collective life
'il pianeta come festival' imagined earth as a continuous field of human events, structured by temporary gatherings.
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Vancouver Tall Challenge $ 15,000.00 USD deadline: november 30th, 2026 2026 TITAN Property Awards Season 2 deadline: november 5th, 2026 2027 French Design Awards deadline: april 6th, 2027 Buildner’s Unbuilt Award 2026 $ 115,875.00 USD deadline: october 20th, 2026 The Quiet Tower $ 11,535.00 USD deadline: february 15th, 2027 L A M P International Lighting Design Competition deadline: october 31st, 2026 grippin’ $ 3,000.00 USD deadline: april 30th, 2027 Portugal Long Table Restaurant $ 11,635.00 USD deadline: january 11th, 2027 The Architect’s Chair Stockholm Furniture Fair Edition $ 9,120.00 USD deadline: january 5th, 2027 Re:Form - New Life for Old Spaces Edition #3 $ 11,618.00 USD deadline: october 12th, 2026 all competitions
Vancouver Tall Challenge $ 15,000.00 USD deadline: november 30th, 2026 
2026 TITAN Property Awards Season 2 deadline: november 5th, 2026 
2027 French Design Awards deadline: april 6th, 2027 
Buildner’s Unbuilt Award 2026 $ 115,875.00 USD deadline: october 20th, 2026 
The Quiet Tower $ 11,535.00 USD deadline: february 15th, 2027 
L A M P International Lighting Design Competition deadline: october 31st, 2026 
grippin’ $ 3,000.00 USD deadline: april 30th, 2027 
Portugal Long Table Restaurant $ 11,635.00 USD deadline: january 11th, 2027 
The Architect’s Chair Stockholm Furniture Fair Edition $ 9,120.00 USD deadline: january 5th, 2027 
Re:Form - New Life for Old Spaces Edition #3 $ 11,618.00 USD deadline: october 12th, 2026 
