Google’s Mountain View headquarters is noteworthy for many reasons, but Halo is decidedly one of the most visually pleasing. Designed by SOFTlab, the commissioned public artwork pulls inspiration from an unexpected source – pavilions found… Read More »Halo Is a Kaleidoscopic Pavilion With Ever-Shifting Perceptions
If you’ve ever broken an arm, you probably would like to forget the weeks of incessant discomfort and funky smells associated with wearing a traditional cast. Unwieldy, itchy, and impossible to shower with it on,… Read More »Cast21 Helps Mend Broken Bones Sans the Itch and Smell
Local studio Hill West Architects has completed the sail-shaped Olympia Dumbo residential skyscraper in Brooklyn, which has a design informed by the industrial heritage of the borough. Located alongside the Brooklyn Bridge in Dumbo, the Olympia… Read More »Hill West Architects completes “sail-like” Dumbo skyscraper
What Alf Bärbel Wit lacks in age, she makes up for in boundless imagination and inspiring talent. The 8-year-old artist from Amsterdam recently released the LinesLinesLines collection of graphic rugs for Moooi Carpets, proving that… Read More »8-Year-Old Alf Bärbel Wit Proves Creative Talent Is Not Limited by Age
Jing Ju knew she was onto something after realizing she wouldn’t exchange her life for anyone else’s. Ju is the founder of JUJU Studio, a Queens, New York-based spatial design practice creating temporary and permanent… Read More »F5: Jing Ju on Retro-Futuristic Art, an Iconic Jeweler + More
Slender timber columns frame the living spaces in Forest of Pillars, a block of two family homes in Fukushima, Japan, designed by local studio IGArchitects to reference the forest of thin trees at the rear… Read More »Narrow timber columns frame interiors of home in Japan by IGArchitects