China’s New Coastal Installation Looks Like It Belongs in Space
Not every art installation earns the right to exist in a landscape. Most feel like intrusions, objects dropped into nature rather than grown from it….
The Open-Source Printer With No Ink Locks Now Has a Prototype
Nearly a year after Open Tools first introduced the idea, the Paris-based startup has released its first video of a working prototype of the Open…
The Fortune Teller Just Got an AI Upgrade and It Knows Too Much
Remember the movie Big? Tom Hanks, the carnival Zoltar machine, a kid who just wanted to grow up overnight. That film had a way of…
Burying Your House Sounds Extreme. HiberTec Makes It Make Sense.
The first time I saw footage of a neighborhood completely leveled by wildfire, nothing left but chimneys and twisted metal, I had the same thought…
Merrell Just Made Hiking Shoes That Look Like They’re Alive
The shoes that make you look twice usually have a story behind them. The Merrell x P.A.M. (Perks and Mini) collaboration is that kind of…
Korean Studio Just Designed a Pencil That Looks Like an Idea
If you’ve ever sat down with a blank notebook and a good pencil and felt your brain finally slow down enough to actually think, you…
LEGO Icons Hubble Space Telescope: A Build for Space Lovers
Those of a certain generation grew up in an era where space travel and discoveries were fascinating topics. A lot of young boys and girls…
Sicily’s New Concrete Church Is Quietly Rewriting Sacred Design
When you think of a church in Sicily, your mind probably goes somewhere ancient. Mosaic floors, Byzantine domes, the kind of gold that took centuries…
Anoma’s A1 Prehistoric Is Proof That Scars Can Be Art
I’ve been staring at this watch for a while now, trying to figure out exactly what it is about it that makes me want to…
Colombia’s Most Important New Building Isn’t in Bogotá
Most cultural centers get built as cultural centers. They show up polished and purposeful, eventually becoming the kinds of places that exist for people who…
A Turnip on Top: London’s Most Unexpected Design Win
Most architecture competitions produce something sleek, serious, and slightly self-important. The Veggery is none of those things, and that’s precisely why it deserves your attention….
The Tent That Packs Down to One Bag, Bed Included
The camping tent hasn’t had a genuine rethink in decades. You still buy poles, you still wrestle with fiberglass or aluminum sleeves in the dark,…