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ocean vortex envisions a spiraling floating parliament built from recycled marine waste
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (105+ words) floating civic structure conceived to address marine pollution | all images courtesy of Yufeng Tu the low, sweeping form frames the horizon as a public landmark governance, exhibition, and environmental awareness meet on the water the spiral geometry draws visitors inward,…...
studio i/thee designs architecture that listens to mud, algae, wood, and weather
11+ hour, 29+ min ago (720+ words) Experimental design studio i/thee treats softness as a way of working with the world, giving agency to mud, algae, paper, wood, weather, and play. Across public installations, experimental shelters, and landscape pavilions, the studio builds through exchange instead of…...
this fully 3 D-printed book turns its own G-code into raised lettering
20+ hour, 44+ min ago (604+ words) Developed by Studio Darius Ou with Benson Chong, Manual is a fully 3 D-printed book that carries part of the machine code used to fabricate its own body. The object arrives with a strange directness. Its pages, binding, and raised marks…...
a sculptural side table inspired by handwritten love letters and the letter M
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (150+ words) all images by Marijo Zupanov, unless stated otherwise, courtesy of MA_ST_AR The piece by designer Maja Stamenkovi" combines natural, recyclable, and salvaged materials, including solid walnut, Portogallo Rosso marble, painted aluminum, stainless steel, painted MDF, tiles, plexiglass, and brass. Each layer…...
ZAV architects weaves a modular yellow playground through an olive orchard in iran
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (400+ words) Cheshm Cheran Bazi Playground by ZAV Architects winds through a vast olive orchard in Minoudasht, north-eastern Iran. Set beside the Cheshm Cheran building, a rural complex the studio completed in 2017 for visitor stays and collective farm activity, the playground extends…...
OF A's dark botanical landscape 'slow dream' seems to float at chelsea flower show
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (511+ words) With Slow Dream, OF A brings a dark botanical landscape into the Great Pavilion at the Chelsea Flower Show 2026, where the garden appears to rise from the floor as a living object. Presented from May 19th to 23rd, the installation marks the…...
monsieur plant covers AI robot's mechanical body in organic plant growth
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (287+ words) Monsieur Plant's Nature 2. 0 is a robot equipped with artificial intelligence that stands before us, not as a cold, autonomous entity, but as a body traversed, inhabited, and transformed by nature. Its clothing subverts contemporary codes: baggy pants and a loose-fitting…...
Julian Opie choreographs digital floating marathon at GINZA SIX, tokyo
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (243+ words) Julian Opie's "Marathon. Women.' figures glide across GINZA SIX's atrium, transforming a commercial space into a cultural stage | image " Yasuyuki Takaki The concept "From Ginza to the Word', places GINZA SIX beyond traditional retail, establishing itself as a cultural hub....
monster chetwynd's pink salamanders create a playful portal to another world in antwerp
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (751+ words) Designboom keep up with our daily & weekly stories Monster Chetwynd's Salamander Portal Monster Chetwynd's Salamander Portal (2026) has three massive, fuschia salamanders crawling across its arc. Their padded toes cling onto a monolithic ring of what looks like to be inscribed…...
'the present as it ought to be': ma yansong, carlo ratti, and stefano boeri on designing the future
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (167+ words) If the architecture does not dream, the people living within it will lose their ability to do so as well" Carlo Ratti Associati and BIG teamed up for Capita Spring in Singapore | image by Finbarr Fallon MAD Architect"s Lushui…...