221 Camera Obscuras Fill Pneuhaus’ Immersive, Inflatable, Image-Capturing Installation
"Compound Camera 3" is the latest work by Pneuhaus, the studio known for its large-scale, architectural inflatable installations.
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Psychedelic Paintings by Rafael Silveira Explore a World of ‘Visual Synonymies’
Silveira juxtaposes objects and organisms in unlikely scenarios to challenge how we perceive the world around us.
A’ Design Award Winners Achieve Real World Impact Through Graphic Design
Explore the 2026 a’ design award winners highlighting innovation and purposeful design across global creative disciplines.
Symmetry Meets the Sacred in Shuling Guo’s Dreamy, Diffused Paintings
In Shuling Guo's dreamlike works, "different visual traditions converge as a way of exploring devotion and ritual."
Jonathan Knight’s Meditative Series ‘Exhale’ Invites Us to Slow Down and Practice Noticing
Knight conceived of 'Exhale' as a way to explore the nuances of color and "the emotional experience of looking."
Tim Walker Traces Five Decades of Queer Activism Through Portraiture in ‘Fairyland’
From pioneering activists and healthcare workers to drag performers and musicians, 250 portraits trace how queer communities have shaped british cultural life through resistance.
Woo Jin Joo Conjures Mythic Tales from Uncanny Sculptures of Fiber and Found Objects
Stumbling upon a battered end table or lost mitten is an opportunity for magic in artist Woo Jin Joo’s mind.
Pre-Columbian Archaeology Meets Science Fiction in Max Lehman’s Quirky Sculptures
Max Lehman delves into a kind of future past inspired by science fiction, where modern tech and prehistoric visual culture merge.
In Chicago, Teamlab Expands Our Perceptions Through Boundary-Breaking Installations
TeamLab consists of hundreds of collaborators who tap into the provocative intersection of art, science, and technology.
Wild Hijinx and Hilarious Happenstance Reign in the 2026 Comedy Wildlife Awards
The competition welcomed its largest ever number of entries—more than 10,000—from photographers in 112 countries.
Designboom Shop Drop: Back to the Desk with Creative Workspace Essentials
The designboom shop drop curates several functional, characterful objects crafted for the modern work desk.
Color-Shifting Light Sculpture Suspends Above Orchestra at Walt Disney Concert Hall
Rope-like LED tubing produces the installation’s changing illumination in synchronization with the performance.
Gaia Alari’s Lilting Animations Are Drawn Frame by Frame
Gaia Alari's works are defined by a distinct, effervescent visual language.
Future-Proof Design Relies on a Chain of Sustainable Decisions
Explore how the iF design award integrates environmental impact to establish a new global benchmark for sustainable design.
'How a Practice Evolves over 30 Years': Es Devlin at the Design Museum Is Both Intimate and Sweeping
Es Devlin: Other Worlds is on view at the Design Museum featuring a reproduction of the multidisciplinary designer.
A Workforce of Creatures Chugs Along in Kate Renshaw-Lewis’ Hand-Drawn Film “Busy Bodies”
Animator Kate Renshaw-Lewis' "Busy Bodies" is a short film inspired by Rube-Goldberg sequences and factory labor.
A Giant Gold Coil by Plastique Fantastique Created a Loopy Portal on the High Line
The brainchild of artists Marco Canevacci and Yena Young of Plastique Fantastique, "auroBOROS" spent a week wedged beneath a raised building.
Roca Introduces In-Wash® Vorea Smart Toilet with Advanced Hygiene and Personalization Features
Roca’s in-wash® vorea merges advanced hygiene engineering with custom smart toilet functionality for contemporary bathrooms.
Red Moons and Lightning Illuminate Sarah Lee’s Uncanny Landscapes
Delicate waves, mysterious fissures, and diffused lightning set some of the scenes in Sarah Lee’s dreamy landscape paintings.
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot Brings His Floating Ceramic Orchestra Outdoors in Athens
Allowing an outdoor environment to introduce variables that previous presentations could largely control the title of the work refers to the Epicurean concept of the clinamen.
Discarded Road Signs Transform into Monumental Land Art Installation on Sardinian Shore
Inspired by hokusai's great wave, the work turns objects once designed to regulate movement into physical pixels, creating an ephemeral image.
Woodland Creatures Inhabit an Imaginary World in Kanako Abe’s Intricate Paper Cuts
Paper artist Kanako Abe imagines dreamlike scenes reminiscent of childhood narratives and folk tales.
Seoul Design Award 2026 Reveals Top 10 Finalists and Launches Public Grand Prize Voting
Selected from over 1,200 international entries, the seoul design award 2026 top 10 finalists present global solutions for sustainable living.
Gaetano Pesce Foundation Launches to Preserve and Continue the Architect’s Practice
The new nonprofit brings together pesce’s archive, scholarship, exhibitions, and authorized editions under a board of longtime collaborators and colleagues.
The Best Advent Calendars of 2026 for Design Lovers
Although the hustle and bustle of the holidays can get overwhelming, there’s something centering about the ritual of an advent calendar.
Across Two Exhibitions, Jaume Plensa’s Monumental Sculptures Unite Scale and Material
'Beyond Silence' marks Jaume Plensa's tenth solo exhibition with GRAY, coinciding with 'Remote, Serene, Ethereal' opening next week.
‘Minimalism Feels Cold When Empty of Narrative’: How Aarke Shapes Its Brand Identity
Aarke creative director malin gäfvert explores how design-led thinking turns kitchen utilities into desirable countertop artifacts.
The Largest Roman Mosaic Ever Excavated Opens to the Public
The "Great Mosaic" sits within the recently opened Museum of the Baths of Trajan on the Oppian Hill in central Rome.
Three-Axis Joint Connects Raw Tree Branches Without Screws for Self-Building Structures
Presented at paris design week 2026, the system moves beyond construction experiments as its screw-free joint takes shape as a chair, table, and lamp built from raw branches.
Lasvit Imprints Bohemian Meadows into Custom Lighting Fixture for Napa Valley Home
Designed by mária čulenová, lasvit’s herbarium lighting sculpture translates bohemian glassmaking into a modular lighting concept.
In ‘Ascent,’ Debra Baxter Explores the Power in Vulnerability, Mysticism, and Time
Baxter uses materials derived from the earth that are explicitly solid, evoking an intimate tension between vulnerability and strength.
Say Hello to PÉPET, a Pear-Shaped, Palm-Size Paper Pal
Originally designed by Masae Nagao, the colorful characters ruffle when stroked and fit in the palm of your hand.
What We Learned: Modes of Habitation
The spaces we inhabit reveal themselves as active participants in everyday life, shaping how we move, work, rest, and meet others.
Sara Anstis’ Soft Pastels Summon Mythology, Dreams, and the Renaissance
Long interested in mythology and subjectivity, Anstis renders figures and symbolic objects amid surreal settings.
Symmetry and Biomorphic Forms Characterize Roberta Gentry’s Sensual Paintings
Roberta Gentry is interested in the relationship between the constructed and the natural, cultivating abstract, biomorphic forms.
‘Less Materiality Means More Humanity’: Philippe Starck on the Designeuropa Lifetime Award
Philippe starck discusses dematerialization and the future of design as the lucrative of the designeuropa lifetime achievement award 2026.
Anna Ortiz Traverses the Multiple Realities of the Borderlands
For Anna Ortiz, the jaguar is a fitting metaphor for entering into a mythic borderland in her exhibition 'Shapeshifter.'
Ancient Korean Hanji Paper Transformed into Sustainable Biomaterials at Maison&Objet 2026
From september 10-14, KCDF brings 'hanji house' to paris design week 2026, turning 1,000-year-old hanji paper into contemporary craft.
Diminutive Seahorses Top the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year Contest
Ocean Photographer of the Year highlights some of the most beloved, impressive, and little-seen aspects of our planet's most expansive waters.
Spanning 200+ Works, a New Book Celebrates the World of Fungi
Following surveys of butterflies, birds, oceans, and trees, the editors at Phaidon have settled on their next topic of inquiry: fungi.
