Nature: Technology’s Neverland
The relationship between nature and technology has always been polarized to the max – it’s an either or scenario that thinkers from both camps have tried to fuse.
Countryside, The Future – Rem Koolhaas’ Rural Sublime
"Omissions and simplification help us to understand..."
Cultural Calendar
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DOWNTOWN DESIGN 2020
This year, the Middle East’s leading design fair will present a hybrid programme across virtual and onsite activations
Current
ADA \ CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY
SPECIALIZED IN THE WORK OF EMERGING ARTISTS ACROSS AFRICA AND ITS DIASPORA, TO OPEN IN ACCRA, GHANA
Past
Nomad X Phillips
NOMAD partners with Phillips auction house to present a virtual destination for private sales of art and design, with a selection inspired by Palais Bulles, a masterpiece of organic architecture […]
Current
Alessandro Mendini and Andrea Sala, “Lucido, ancora più lucido”
Schiavo Zoppelli Gallery Milan, in collaboration with Galleria Luisa Delle Piane
Current
Serial Eaters
Design is Capital
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Design designer(s)
Design is Capital
Long Reads
Spatial Graphic Design
The new Studio Thonik
Design agency thonik has reinvented itself. The development of a studio on the Wibautstraat in Amsterdam marks thonik’s first foray into three-dimensional design. The building is an eye catcher, manifesto, […]
Guillaume Désanges on art and racism in France
Guillaume Désanges is an independent curator and notably in charge of La Verrière, the exhibition space for contemporary art attached to Fondation d'entreprise Hermès in Brussels.
Guillaume has a reputation for putting on complex and difficult exhibitions packed with meaning and signification. In 2019 he started a series of cycles at the exhibition space, each one […]
VIRGIL ABLOH – Pinking Virgil: The B-side
Crass and commercial or millenial and revolutionizing?
Some call him crass and commercial, others see him more as the millennial Karl Lagerfeld, but whatever your viewpoint, Virgil Abloh has managed to revolutionize streetwear borrowing tactics and an […]
Research & Realities
Printing Microalgae
How sustainable is the colour dye in your top? Where did it come from and how long will its hue last in the wash before inevitably fading? We pick out colours for their shades and aesthetics, but it seems rare that we choose colours based on their pigment origins.
TotoMoxtle
Corn is one of the top three most-grown plants in the world, however its main purpose is not to supply food for people but to be used to make biofuels, […]
This is Copper
There is a problem within sustainable fuel industries whereby the main two factors that tend to effect change within them is either economic incentive or public perception. The difficulty is […]
Productivity
Roll Chair — Sancal
ROLL by MUT, 2020 Industrial “trompe l’oeil” What does Roll suggest you? Do you know what it’s for? Perhaps Roll chair’s complex simplicity may mislead you at first, as well […]
Bee Home — Space10
SPACE10 open-sources bee homes IKEA’s research and design lab SPACE10 has teamed up with Bakken & Bæck and designer Tanita Klein to launch an open source Bee Home. Bees are […]
Igman Mini — Zanat
ZANAT, Bosnian brand specialized in the production of wooden furnishing components and in carving art (declared UNESCO Heritage), presents IGMAN Mini by Harri Koskinen. The latest creation for the Igman […]
Faraway Pool — Zucchetti Kos
Zucchetti. Water Values. Since its inception, Zucchetti has enhanced the value of water by designing its paths with care and mastery. Since its iconic first collaboration with Studio Nizzoli, Zucchetti […]