“When You Enter Architecture You Enter Another World” in Conversation With Kengo Kuma
A conversation with Kengo Kuma, one of the world’s great architects.
An Artist Who Makes Use of Housedresses, Resin and Sound
From these and other wide-ranging materials, Kevin Beasley creates multilayered works that, even when they’re abstract, have much to say about history and identity.
Werner Herzog Has Never Liked Introspection
When I first corresponded with the filmmaker Werner Herzog, in January, 2021, he told me that lockdown reminded him of Boccaccio’s Decameron.
Transforming Trees Into Skyscrapers
In Scandinavia, ecologically minded architects are building towers with pillars of pine and spruce.
Situationist Funhouse: Art’s Complicated Role in Redeveloping Cities
While Stephen Zacks’ new book, G.H. Hovagimyan: Situationist Funhouse, is ostensibly about the life and work of the artist, there’s an intriguing and seemingly topical subtext looming in the background:
Venice in Vantablack: Anish Kapoor’s disappearing act
The artist learned of the technology that absorbs nearly all visible light in the Guardian. As two shows featuring it open, he talks of a ‘stupid’ spat, his new foundation
“It’s amazing how things flip” from utopia to dystopia say artists Langlands & Bell
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What Can Nike and Adidas Teach Us About Designing Active Workplaces?
Two spaces from the sportswear leaders provide a masterclass in how to create office interiors that encourage employees to move.
RISD’s New President Is a Signal of Changing Priorities in Design
One story of the last decade is the ascendance of design in tech and business. Another story is of racial reckoning.
Postcard from New York
April 13, 2022 For spring break, I went to New York City with my pals David and Jay and their two kids Shayla and Jaden. First time in New York
Here’s what it’s like to live in a windowless dorm designed by a billionaire
Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger designed a windowless University of Michigan dorm even before the UC Santa Barbara controversy.
Oscar Niemeyer’s final drawn work comes to life at Château La Coste in Provence
Nearly a decade after his death, what is being billed as the final drawn project of Oscar Niemeyer has been completed in the very same country where, while living in
Balfron 2.0: how Goldfinger’s utopian tower became luxury flats
The selloff of Erno Goldfinger’s landmark building in Poplar is a central element of a new plan to transform London’s East End.
Graphic Designers Have Always Loved Minimalism. But At What Cost?
In always pushing less is more, we risk losing the diversity of aesthetic experience.