a five-year project, the beaded supersonic aircraft is set to debut at the museum of flight in seattle, starting june 21st, 2025. The post reclaimed supersonic MiG-21 fighter jet radiates again with ralph ziman’s colorful glass beads appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Some everyday objects are so familiar we barely notice their flaws. The humble water bucket, that truncated cone shape we’ve all used countless times, has remained virtually unchanged for generations. While functional in many ways, this classic design was created for a world where water came from pumps delivering straight downward streams. Today’s reality of
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Rubix Square: An Interactive Urban Landscape of Play and Light Rubix Square is a public space intervention designed by Shanghai-based studio 100architects, located in a residential district in Fuzhou, China. The project integrates geometric structures, sport-oriented installations, and lighting design to generate a continuous user experience that shifts between daytime activity and nighttime illumination.
Kinetic designs seem to have a life of their own. They embody emotions and help us view things in a new perspective by integrating fluid movement into products, enabling them to transform in appearance, functionality, and shape. Unlike the static designs of yesterday, kinetic creations establish a dynamic interplay between motion and form, making products
opening for the venice biennale, SMAC san marco art centre arrives to bring new cultural programming to the historic city. The post SMAC san marco art centre debuts in venice within chipperfield-restored procuratie vecchie appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
assembled by hand in VOUW’s amsterdam studio, bloomlight s is made from aluminum, glass fiber, ASA, and custom electronics. The post VOUW studio’s living lighting blooms like a flower in response to human movement appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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The pandemic ended years ago. You don’t need to sit at home anymore. You can hang out at a friend’s place, on a terrace, in a backyard, anywhere. And sure, you could sit and stare at your phone while you share TikToks with everyone around you – but projectors are now affordable enough that you
the 120 featured structures were designed during a time of state-led experimentation in form and function, combining utilitarian purpose with distinct formal and material innovation. The post dmytro soloviovs’ ‘ukrainian modernism’ documents the nation’s soviet-era architecture appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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The original Vision Pro felt like strapping a Mac Studio to your face—with all the weight and price tag that implies. Nearly 1kg once you factored in the external battery, $3,500 out of pocket, and a risk of strained necks by hour two. Apple’s most ambitious product in years turned out to be a niche
Porthole-style windows accentuate the gable ends of this timber mountain cabin in Norway, designed by architect Quentin Desfarges. Named Timber Nest, the home is situated near Rødberg, on a sloping, forested site with views of the Hardangervidda National Park mountains. Considering the site’s exposure and frequent heavy snowfall, Oslo-based Desfarges crafted a minimalist cabin that
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