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
Current
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
TAJIMI CUSTOM TILES TOKYO 2020
Tajimi Custom Tiles, the new brand based in Tajimi, the historic center of the Japanese tile industry, creates custom-tailored tiles catering to architects and designers globally. On the occasion of […]
REN
In a time when cleanliness and hygiene are topical conversation, Ren is an exploration into the modern cleansing ritual. An exploration and re-imagining that begins with an act that we […]
Astep presents Pepa
Pepa Astep is proud to announce an especially friendly and novel product named Pepa, designed by Francesco Faccin. With a strong body of solid wood and powered by a technological […]
Studio Joris Poggioli
Joris Poggioli introduces its new collection ‘Enamorados’ For his new collection, entitled Enamorados, Joris Poggioli pursues his ambition to place humans at the centre of his creative process, by creating […]