Design

ELEVATE ALL-NEW NISSAN MICRA: THE SIGNATURE EDITION    Nissan, in collaboration with designboom, has announced the 11 finalists of Elevate All-New Nissan MICRA: The Signature Edition, an international design competition launched on August 11, 2025. Open to creatives worldwide, the contest invited designers, architects, students, and visual thinkers to reinterpret the exterior identity of the […]

Matyáš Barák builds Water Run interactive installation   The Water Run by Matyáš Barák is a large-scale interactive installation that translates the circulation of water into a mechanical and spatial system. Measuring 6 × 2 meters, the project is composed of a stainless steel track through which hundreds of wooden balls move, forming a continuous

A universe grown from lemon trees occupies perrotin paris   What if regeneration wasn’t metaphorical, but literal? In Live Again, Paola Pivi builds a world where life cycles are embedded into the artwork itself, using living matter as both medium and message. Presented at Perrotin Paris and running until April 18th, 2026, the exhibition centers

Echo of the Ruins: listening to an industrial past in Zhuzhou   In Zhuzhou’s former Qingshuitang industrial zone, Echo of the Ruins by 1Y Architects introduces an open-air sound museum built from gabion walls filled with recycled fragments of demolished factories.   The project stands within a landscape shaped by heavy industry. This district emerged

Tour david hockney’s immersive opera stage designs   Inside the immersive opera stage designs of artist David Hockney lie imagined worlds filled with vibrant colors, ‘forced’ perspective, and 3D spaces. Since the 1970s, the artist has designed sets and costumes for productions at some of the largest opera houses in the United States and Europe.

Buddy portable mood lamps designed by Chevy Chanpaiboonrat   The Buddy portable mood lamps, designed by Chevy Chanpaiboonrat for Buddy Design, explore a physical approach to interaction in a product category increasingly dominated by digital interfaces. Instead of relying on applications or connected features, the lamps are operated through a single mechanical control: a winding key