Future Self
by rAndom International
// Installation / Lighting / Berlin
An interactive lighting installation is capable of capturing the shapes of people around it, then mirrors their forms in its …
// Installation / Lighting / Berlin
An interactive lighting installation is capable of capturing the shapes of people around it, then mirrors their forms in its …
At the River of Paradise stand in Via Tortona during Milan’s Salone last month, Cotto presented its new tiles collection, …
Projekt Dandelion has invaded the streets of Europe, as stickers of people carried by dandelions are plastered to public walls …
In Bentonville, Arkansas, a contemporary art museum is a stunning series of wood-and-glass pavilions nestled around two ponds.
// Company / Seating / Salone del Mobile 2012
French designer Patrick Norguet has created a modern interpretation of a traditional iron wire chair.
Earlier today, OMA officially completed the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing after eight years of construction.
// Lighting / Spain / Introducing... / Seating
Taking advantage of their shared knowledge – which comes from different approaches to art, design and architecture – …
// Exhibition / Italy
A 6000-sq-m gallery dedicated to design and contemporary architecture will open next month near Vicenza, Italy.
// Public Building / Spain
Instead of representing an economic downfall, a former slaughterhouse has been given new life as a cultural venue.
Bubblegum hues, bulging balloons and contrasting textures comprise the new Melissa shoe shop in Melbourne, Australia.
Ready for an adventure in Hungary? In this issue, we dive into Budapest’s design scene, taking in the city’s freshest interiors – like the Capsula store by Göske Project – and meeting its most promising young designers. Then in Amsterdam, we tour the cream of the new crop of hotels, including Piero Lissoni’s latest minimalist masterpiece and the funkiest of fashion hotels: Hotel The Exchange. Finally, we catch up with Philippe Starck, the …
We’re off to Georgia, where we uncover the new architectural program – plus a governmental mission – that has birthed the country’s biggest construction boom in centuries. In Norway and Tokyo, natural resources are given two very different architectural functions, while a Stuttgart library channels the Renaissance and a Chilean campus brings students and teachers together. In China, plagiarism is part of the modernization of architecture. …
Elephant #10 explores how visual artists are using new strategies and approaches in making art. Drawing is being transformed from ‘a means to an end’ to ‘an end in itself,’ as artists shift lines away from their sketchbooks and move them onto an epic scale. The notion of the heroic painter mutates into that of the dauntless draftsman (not exclusively male). Meanwhile, Stan Douglas revisits key turns in the history of photography, questioning the …