Design
Ethereal 3D-printed pergola debuts at Venice Architecture Biennale
At the Venice Architecture Biennale, artist Bruno Juričić unveiled Cloud Pergola, an impressive 3D-printed structure for the Croatian Pavilion.
Frida Escobedo’s Serpentine Pavilion is a subtle exploration of time and space
With lattice walls made of dark cement roof tiles, the structure seems almost hermetic from a distance. Once inside, the clever use of light, water, and angles reveals a dynamic architectural experience.
Rent this black-clad off-grid cabin for your next holiday
This off-grid cabin set on a gorgeous site near Queenstown, New Zealand, comes highly recommended: It was awarded the country’s best small home in 2016, among other accolades.
Zaha Hadid Architects designs a swooping hat
The hat was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects’ director Patrik Shumacher for a "hat party" fundraising event for the nonprofit Friends of the High Line.
Luxembourg skatepark design nods to 17th-century fortress nearby
This new skatepark in Luxembourg is designed as a reinterpretation of the Vauban Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Massimo Vignelli’s unused maps for the D.C. Metro are amazing
Like his work for the NYC subway, these graphical gems rely on abstract shapes and bold colors to create a sense of direction.
Q&A: Alexandra Lange on ‘The Design of Childhood’
From wooden blocks to city blocks, Lange’s new book explains why child-focused design is actually for everyone.
Clever new font is inspired by brick masonry
Stack harkens back to the industrial age when many visual identities were built out of vertically-stacked masonry that created lettering on chimneys.
Is Kanye West’s first architecture project an affordable concrete prefab?
New images posted by a Kanye West collaborator teases a prefab concrete affordable housing concept.
New Microsoft HoloLens app can guide the blind through complex buildings
Using its real-time mapping capabilities, the headset can create a complex interior map of a campus building. Its speaker, which has a surround sound quality, acts as a dynamic audio guide,
Assembling these objects is as easy as zipping a zipper
Swiss researchers recently showed off Zippables, a series of plush objects assembled by zipping up a single, extra-long zipper.
All the NYCxDesign 2018 highlights you should know
Here are the designs, installations, and trends that stood out over a month of festivities.
MIT engineers open futuristic restaurant featuring robotic chefs
The system of seven robotic chefs can prepare a meal in less than three minutes.
Finally, a Brutalist soap
Tetra Soaps look like mini versions of Tetrapods, the massive interlocking concrete barriers that sit along coastlines to prevent coastal erosion.
This gorgeous pop-up restaurant is completely waste-free
At Zero Waste Bistro, everything from the walls to the table can be reused or recycled.
The garden gnome gets a Brutalist makeover
There has been no such thing as a tasteful garden gnome—until now.
‘Netflix of furniture’ Kamarq debuts amid claims of copied designs
Industry watchers say pieces in the brand’s first U.S. collection are strikingly similar to a 2015 furniture series by designer Ana Kraš.
New coliving startup renovates historic homes for millennial nomads
To be young, semi-employed, and armed with frequent flyer miles is more than a lifestyle—it’s an aesthetic.
What to expect from NYCxDesign 2018
From furniture launches to a massive new mural, here’s what to look out for this New York Design Week.
MIT researchers have developed programmable water droplets
The future of interfaces is here, and it’s very wet.
Truck Surf Hotel is an expandable roving retreat for wave chasers
The Truck Surf Hotel is a roving surfing retreat built out of a renovated Mercedes Actros truck that rides around Portugal and Morocco in search of the best waves.
15 beautiful museum furniture collections around the world
From period rooms to hand-carved chairs, we’ve rounded up the best furniture on display.
Taking the American diner on the road
How a Milan Design Week exhibition explored the global relevance of the American diner.
At Milan Design Week this year, nostalgia was in
From reissues of scene-stealing executive desks from ’60s-era Bond films to revivals of mid-century classics by Danish and Italian masters, nostalgia was the theme this year at Milan Design Week.
These Japanese micro kitchens come brilliantly disguised
Each design is concealed in an armoire, cabinet, or desk that opens or folds out into a small but effective kitchen.
Recapping Milan Design Week 2018: The good, the bad, and the palazzo
Looking back at Salone del Mobile 2018 in a year of record attendance.
These mini vintage campers make adorable birdhouses
The designers crafted the avian architecture based on photographs from when they owned a 1974 Scotty camper.
The future of design is tactile, aromatic, and euphonious
As a new exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt demonstrates, designing for senses beyond sight is more inclusive and more fun.
At Salone del Mobile 2018, the tech world stages a takeover
From Google’s big debut to a renewed focus on 3D printing, tech was everywhere at Milan Design Week.
You can stay in this underwater hotel for $50,000 a night
The aquarium-meets-luxury-hotel room, called Muraka, is opening at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island resort later this year.
Catch a whiff of polluted cities in these geodesic domes
In Pollution Pods, artist Michael Pinksy recreated the atmospheres of five cities and encapsulated them in transparent pods in the courtyard of London’s Somerset House.
Final OMA-designed Fondazione Prada tower in Milan opens to the public
The nine-story white tower completes OMA’s vision for the Fondazione Prada complex.
Medmen, a new high-design cannabis dispensary, opens in NYC
MedMen describes itself as the "Apple Store of cannabis," and it’s easy to see why.
Eero Saarinen Tulip chair replica shows potential of sustainable ‘wood-like’ material
Ekoa is a composite material made by combining flax linen fiber with bio-resin from industrial waste.
Making design criticism matter: A chat with Allison Arieff
The design critic’s work will be honored by AIGA this week.
East Fork, maker of modern ceramics, introduces irresistible color line
For its latest collection, the company is launching two new glazes: Utah, a warm terra cotta hue, and Taro, an earthy lilac.
Mesmerizing kinetic sculpture looks like a tree reflected in water
The latest work from Plebeian Design and Hypersonic hangs upside-down from an atrium ceiling and rotates slowly like a mobile.
You have to pay this lamp to turn it on
Dina is a new lamp that requires you deposit a coin every time you want to turn it on.