Doreme Lets The Fashion’s Backstage Materials Take Centre Stage
At first glance, Doreme does not immediately announce what it is inspired by. There is no oversized spool of thread or literal sewing machine turned…
Biophilic Library Let the Trees Decide Exactly Where the Walls Go
Architecture is often defined by what is added to a site. The new library by Spanish studio Typsa Arquitectura in Luanda, Angola, is equally compelling…
This AI-Powered Nature Guide Is Designed to Reduce Children’s Screen Time
Most technology designed for children asks them to look down. Quest asks them to look around. At first, the idea of using artificial intelligence to…
Nevi Brings a Little Playfulness to the Serious Desk Lamp
There is something oddly comforting about an object that can lose its balance and find its way back. Nevi takes that small, almost childlike pleasure…
The Lamp That Gives Material Memory a Home
There are objects designed to illuminate a room, and then there are objects that quietly change the way a room feels. Otsuchi, a table light…
MVRDV’s Bihailou Turns a Commercial Complex Into a Vertical Neighborhood
In Shenzhen’s Shatoujiao neighborhood, MVRDV turns a cultural and commercial complex into a colorful three-dimensional village where architecture, public life and local identity overlap. At…
Where Sculptural Balconies Meet Mediterranean Light and Coastal Living
Along the Athenian Riviera, balconies are not simply architectural accessories. They are extensions of domestic life—places for shade, conversation, sea air, and long afternoons under…
These Contemporary Chairs Turn Sustainability and Stillness Into Design
A chair can be a surprisingly effective storytelling device. Give it a different material, soften a familiar silhouette, or borrow a gesture from somewhere unexpected,…
A Cultural Facility Turns Gwangyang’s Steel Heritage Into a Sunlit Cultural Landscape
Park1538 Gwangyang turns the industrial identity of Gwangyang into a public cultural experience. Located within the former greenhouse site of POSCO’s Gwangyang Steelworks, the project…
FIG Living’s Dented Chrome Vases Make Imperfection the Feature
Most vases are designed around the flowers they hold. Their job is simple: contain water, support a few stems, and quietly disappear into the background…
The Echo Chair Makes 3D Printing Feel Refined
ZHA has collaborated with Spanish design brand Nagami to create the Echo Chair, a 3D-printed seat made from recycled plastic waste. Formerly known as Zaha…
This Glowing Jello Table Lamp Balances Softness and Structure
There is something inherently temporary about jello. It trembles, folds, and gives way under the slightest pressure. Balloon sculptures behave much the same way, holding…
BIG Wraps Dymak’s Headquarters in Solar-Powered Timber
BIG’s new headquarters for Danish material supplier Dymak turns environmental performance into architecture. Rather than treating sustainability as a technical layer hidden within the building,…
A Bell-Powered Playground for Collective Listening
French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot is widely known for uncovering the musical potential of objects and materials that were never intended to function as instruments. Rather…
Peckham House Balances Brutalism, Warmth, and Garden Living
Designing your own home gives you a kind of freedom most architects rarely get. There is no outside client shaping the brief, no fixed set…
Swan-shaped Pavilion Turns A Forest Retreat Into Biophilic Beauty
Pavilions are often designed as architectural statements, structures intended to stand apart from their surroundings and immediately capture attention. The Swan Pavilion proposes a different…