New books: how designers see the world
Our round-up of new books spans James Dyson on his hits and misses, Stephen Bayley on the combustion age, an exploration of vintage synthesisers, and an axe lover’s handbook
What If We Could Choose Our Own Architecture?
My aversion to books would have stayed almost as rigid as the narratives they presented had I not come across the spectacular series called Choose Your Own Adventure, where the
“It’s Not Because You Are Limited in Resources That You Should Accept Mediocrity”: Interview with Francis Kéré
African architecture has received deserved international attention in the last decade and one of the main responsible for this is, undoubtedly, Diébédo Francis Kéré.
Richard Neutra’s Architectural Vanishing Act
The Austrian-born designer perfected a signature Los Angeles look: houses that erase the boundary between inside and outside.
The Allure—and Importance—of Architectural Models
For those of us lucky enough to have grown up during the 1950s and ’60s, models were hot stuff—and not just the kind that statement may bring to mind.
Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty review – the most sublime show of the year?
The show of the season, if not the year, is a sequence of 36 visions of such overwhelming beauty at the Dulwich Picture Gallery that the urge is to remain
The best of Glenn Murcutt’s Australian architecture – in pictures
The acclaimed architect has become the first Australian to win the annual Praemium Imperiale award, which recognises laureates in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, music and theatre/film.
Artist reflects on lost dinner parties and the need for connection in Mill Valley exhibit
Pal Renee Bott gets some ink herself!
Seeing Double With Jasper Johns
Two major museums teamed up for “Mind/Mirror,” only to realize they disagreed. Alike yet different, the two shows offer a revelatory look at America’s most famous living artist.
Beyond Funk
In 1962, when she was 50, Adeliza McHugh opened the now-legendary Candy Store Gallery in the Sierra foothill town of Folsom, California.
Intersectional Design: Rethinking Architecture for the Future
Design stems from nuance, empathy and understanding. The best solutions address the needs, identities and context of a client and place.
OMA expands the Wilshire Boulevard Temple with its first major Los Angeles building
Jewish custom dictates that mezuzot (plural of mezuzah) should be placed at entryways and thresholds to honor a commandment from Deuteronomy: “Write the words of God on the gates and
Iwan Baan and Francis Kéré explore light and architecture
Photographer Iwan Baan and architect Francis Kéré take a trip to Burkina Faso for an in-depth look at the relationship between light and architecture
New Orleans by Martin Pedersen
Martin C. Pedersen, executive director of Common Edge, is an editor and critic who writes about architecture, design, and urbanism. After a decade of living in New Orleans, he and
Los Angeles by Christopher Hawthorne
Christopher Hawthorne, former architecture critic of the Los Angeles Times, is the first Chief Design Officer of the City of Los Angeles, appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti in 2018. Hawthorne
The Roots of Joan Mitchell’s Greatness
A retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art tracks how the painter’s signature style extended the contours of Abstract Expressionism.
IBM Perfected the Art of the Anti-corporate Corporate Poster
A new book documents the stories behind the company’s archive of clever mid-century posters.
A Joe Brainard Show in a Book
A new collection of zines and book jacket designs highlights the material aspects of the artist’s hand, his graphic design sensibility, and use of the space of the page.