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Studio Gang
Studio Gang's Mass Timber Building in Paris
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Dirty Chair
Studio Aléa’s "Back to Dirt" project reimagines sustainable design through the use of myco-fabrication
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Louis Vuitton x Frank Gehry
A showcase celebrating the iconic Frank Gehry
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Building bridges
This unreinforced bridge in France was created using 3D-printed recycled-material blocks.
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Architectural anticipation
Take a look at five of the most-anticipated buildings set for completion in 2024.
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Sitting pretty
Unconventional chair designs support children’s physical and mental health.
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Desert sand
A new outdoor sculpture features glass blown from the sands of the world’s deserts.
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Open minds
Global leaders in graphic design gather for the biggest conference of its kind in the world.
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Guiding light
The Olympic torch for the 2024 games has been unveiled.
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Seeing stars
Architecture firm Snøhetta designed a spiralling planetarium and observatory in France.
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Fast food, slow packaging
Elium Studio has redesigned McDonald’s iconic red packaging to be reusable.
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Objets d’art
The Maison&Objet biannual design and decor fair in Paris will host over 700 brands between 19 and 23 January 2023.
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All things shiny
Award-winning designer and director Nelly Ben Hayoun’s recent installations bring the wonders of science to visitors
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Electric avenue
A sculpture that harnesses the magic of light and electricity finds a home at Dior
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The seeds and the sower
Art and design fuse effortlessly in Jan Ernst’s first solo exhibition in France
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Louis Vuitton unwraps first vegan sneakers
The sustainable footwear is made from 90% recycled and bio-based materials
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Timothée Mion presents his project for cleaning up space waste at antenna 2021
The global design graduate’s CSTM.01 tackles the lesser-known threat of man-made space debris
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That’s a wrap!
With Arc de Triomphe recently under wraps in Paris, we look at the globe’s top wrap artists
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Why KoolKiel’s cool, Kenya’s new CAMO-flage, proud LGBTQIA+ garb, & more!
A shot of Expression
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Denouncing plastic, hair as art, African spirituality & the Bouroullec Brothers’s latest…
Design for people, by people.
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Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu’s Parisian show stands out by blending in
Thandiwe Muriu’s CAMO series celebrates being African by playing with colour and culture.
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Tadao Ando, NeM and Bouroullec Brothers transform La Bourse de Commerce
La Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection bridges past and present.
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Get design’s latest: Louvre’s 1st female leader, PoAD opens, & Heatherwick floats Little Island…
Innovation, engagement, and leadership are our watchwords this week.
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Curating a New Future – the Louvre gets its First Female Leader in 228 Years
Laurence des Cars, new director of the Louvre, plans to take it into a new era.
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