1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (257+ words) They are strange, often funny, and increasingly cruel. More importantly, they are all built around the same trap: every city has found a solution. Twelve Ideal Cities – Twelve Cautionary Tales, 1971 | image via MAXXI The inhabitants of the 2,000-Ton City live…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (218+ words) The Sims | image courtesy of Electronic Arts Since its first release in 2000, The Sims has allowed players to construct houses and then watch their inhabitants negotiate the spaces they have created. The arrangement of a floor plan affects movement, access…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (170+ words) Korea Craft & Design Foundation presents ‘Hanji House’ at Maison&Objet 2026 | all images courtesy of KCDF marquage g’s signature ‘Hanji Shakerbox’ leverages the paper’s physical resilience to form continuous curves At Maison&Objet pavilion the space is designed around soft translucency…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (195+ words) all images ©Batten and Kamp The project continues Batten and Kamp’s exploration of relationships between technology and the natural world, placing an advanced robotic system in direct contrast with a delicate flower. By making the flower the central focus of…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (346+ words) There is a stool in IKEA and Xbox’s new YXSTABY collection that looks immediately familiar. Its seat is an enormous Xbox thumbstick, developed from the controller’s original 3D files and enlarged until something normally moved with one finger can support a…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (45+ words) Esoteric T-01 turntable with contact-free platter rotation | image courtesy of Esoteric magnetic force reduces pressure on the spindle bearing integrated motor housed within the turntable chassis precision engineering shapes the new turntable the T-01 combines performance and refined detailing Esoteric expands its…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (318+ words) MÖDEK imagine sound is a Spanish design studio founded by José Pérez in 2005, specializing in furniture for DJ booths. The EVOLUTION series consolidates a complete DJ setup within a single continuous white volume, using a monocoque body with integrated equipment…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (263+ words) Keker Collection by Reza Raeisifar repurposes discarded aluminum Venetian blind slats, originally designed to control and block light, as components for a modular system that directs and distributes illumination. By transferring a familiar architectural element into a new lighting application,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (843+ words) In Hong Kong, architect Gary Chang’s Domestic Transformer turns a 32 square meter apartment into a series of living environments, using sliding partitions, fold-down elements, and ceiling-mounted tracks to accommodate up to 24 configurations. The project is a long-running experiment in how…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (249+ words) all images ©SAGA Space Architects The structural elements were printed on site using a COBOD BOD3 printer. The concrete incorporates FUTURECEM, a lower-carbon cement developed by Aalborg Portland, as part of the project’s approach to reducing the material impact of construction....