MUT Design’s Pavilion for World Design Capital Valencia Honours Traditional Crafts.Three hundred thousand individually handmade overlapping strips of wood form the basis of this pavilion by MUT Design for the introductory exhibition for Valencia’s World Design Capital 2022. Bringing together tradition and the...
A Deep Dive into Melbourne Design Week 2021 Highlights.Underpinned by three overarching principles—Care, Climate & Community—Melbourne Design Week 2021 presented with plenty of heart, silver linings and provocative ideas aiming to design a better world for everyone—the one that not only...
Burning Bridges Installation in a Small Russian Village by KATARSIS.Coinciding with Maslenitsa, an ancient holiday rooted in Slavic mythology that farewells winter and welcomes the onset of spring in Europe, this symbolic project became a marker of time when the world was yet unaware it was about to be...
Ethereal Mammoth: Beeline Textile Installation by SO-IL at MAAT Museum in Lisbon.In a new exhibition from prominent NYC architects, SO-IL, a large-scale fabric installation intersects the MAAT museum located in Belem, Lisbon. Introducing a new clandestine entrance to the museum, the playful exhibition fosters discourse...
NGV Triennial 2020 Explores Some of the Most Globally Relevant & Pressing Issues of Our Time.The second instalment of NGV Triennial explores some of the most globally relevant and pressing issues of our time including isolation, conservation and speculation for the future, illuminating the concerns that preoccupy the thoughts of...
Coexist Exhibition Takes Over a Heritage House in Shanghai Staged by Chris Shao & Objective Collection.New York and Shanghai-based designer Chris Shao staged an inaugural showcase of contemporary design via his new platform Objective Collection. "The beauty of life lies in collision and harmony,” says Shao. “It is my objective to...
Petrit Halilaj Turns Reina Sofia’s Palacio de Cristal in Madrid into a Nest Filled with Giant Flowers.Petrit Halilaj has turned Reina Sofia's Palacio de Cristal in Madrid into a nest filled with giant flowers, producing a “piece of his life”. As visitors move throughout Kosovar artist's first solo exhibition in Spain, titled 'To a...
Armadillo & Co Sydney Showroom Installation by Sarah Ellison.Sarah Ellison’s installations inside Armadillo & Co Sydney Showroom is a wilderness of colour and texture, featuring pieces from Ellison’s SOL furniture collection, Armadillo & Co’s Agra rugs and a forest of florals by...
Living Archive: An AI Performance Experiment by Ben Cullen Williams for Studio Wayne McGregor.In a world where technology is sleek, neat and, on a good day, obedient, Ben Cullen Williams’ AI performance experiment, challenges us to see the machine as much more than a servant to our needs. Living Archive sees the fusion of tech...