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2,500 portraits form one collective image of thailand. for his inside out project, french artist jr brings together faces from across the country in a large-scale photographic installation at cloud 11 in bangkok, celebrating the people and creative energy shaping the nation.
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architect salwa selma of mikoustudio explores how craft shapes contemporary architecture, from traditional building techniques and material knowledge to the role of local artisans. in this conversation with louisiana channel, she reflects on bringing cultural heritage and handmade processes into dialogue with contemporary design.
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'these organisms are 100% real': timothy boomer captures nature's alien architecture designboom.com/art/organisms…
twisted trunks, surreal silhouettes, and unexpected encounters with nature. photographer philippe jarrigeon captures trees in extraordinary forms for extraordinary nature, presented at paris photo 2026, turning familiar landscapes into dreamlike compositions.
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students from ecal turn biodegradable sponge into a collection of furniture and objects for ups, exploring soft forms, compression, and how materials respond to weight and touch. presented during milan design week 2024, the project takes a playful approach to everyday furniture.
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from art and design to architecture and immersive experiences, our november designboom radar rounds up exhibitions worth seeing around the world.
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a screenless ai companion takes shape as a transparent, six-sided cube. designed by adam miklósi, glyph uses a matrix of led lights to communicate through changing patterns and expressions, exploring a more physical and playful way to interact with artificial intelligence.
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a giant circle frames NIKO's timber guesthouse and tiny curved sauna in japan designboom.com/architecture/…
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tearing paper, wrestling with mud, and turning the body into an artistic tool: in postwar japan, the gutai art group embraced experimentation and play to challenge conventions and redefine creative freedom.
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kongjian yu and turenscape rethink urban landscapes through wetlands, restored waterways, and green infrastructure that work with nature. examining 60 projects across china, charles waldheim explores how landscape architecture can help cities adapt to climate change and make space for more-than-human life.
part of our chapter 09, posthuman utopias.
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anti-bird spikes become nesting structures in this project, reimagining an urban deterrent as a scaffold for coexistence. using 3D-printed forms, the design creates space for birds within the built environment, challenging how cities accommodate non-human life.
part of our chapter 09, posthuman utopias.
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crafted from anti-bird spikes and 3D-printed scaffolds, nests reveal a model for posthuman architecture designboom.com/design/anti-b…
sculptural portals and golden guardians arrive at giza for art d’égypte designboom.com/art/sculptura…
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four giant slides bring art, movement, and play together in mexico city. carsten höller transforms arte abierto into an interactive experience with people together, inviting visitors to rethink how they engage with art and one another.
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julia lohmann transforms kelp into otherworldly sculptures, exploring how design can move beyond human-centered thinking. her work looks to marine ecosystems as collaborators in imagining more interconnected futures.
part of our chapter 09, posthuman utopias.
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coins, silks, and steles tell stories of how human history is preserved and remembered. global antiquity at fondazione prada in milan brings together artifacts from different cultures and centuries, exploring the connections that shape our understanding of the past.
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a turntable that reads vinyl records without a tonearm? designed by waiting for ideas, the PP-2 uses light to read grooves, rethinking how we listen to analog music. the studio also imagines [Pause], a glass listening room in tokyo with a hidden vinyl library beneath its floor.
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sweeping concrete cutouts shape ZAO's sculptural art center in rizhao designboom.com/architecture/…
from immersive installations to major museum exhibitions, november brings plenty of reasons to explore the art world. our latest exhibition radar rounds up the shows catching our attention around the globe.
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