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anamorphic installation by thomas medicus rotates into four shifting hand images

Coopparatus installation forms a sequence of Rotating Images Coopparatus is an anamorphic, rotating installation by Thomas Medicus in which four images assemble sequentially through controlled mechanical movement and perspectival alignment. The project introduces a shift in the artist’s approach by composing the fragmented imagery in central perspective, allowing for closer viewing distances and more […]

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Issey Miyake Just Made Sunglasses With Eight Lenses

Architecture, Design

Most sunglasses get two lenses. That’s the standard, the baseline, the thing nobody questions because why would you? Two lenses. Two eyes. Done. But Issey Miyake Eyes just released UROKO, a pair of sunglasses with eight lenses, and it made me stop and genuinely reconsider what we accept as default in design. UROKO is part

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How An Architect Revived This Incredible Terrazzo-Filled ’60s Home

Interior Design

How An Architect Revived This Incredible Terrazzo-Filled ’60s Home Architecture by Christina Karras Inside Giuseppe’s House. The ground floor kitchen and dining area. The original terrazzo flooring is believed to be the work of the Scolaros, a talented Italian family who created tiles in the 1950s-60s. New red joinery ties in with the bold flooring.

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nubia Neo 5 GT: €399 Gaming Phone With a Built-In Cooling Fan

Architecture, Design

Gaming phones have a reputation for looking like they were designed by someone who just discovered RGB lighting for the first time. Big, chunky, aggressive, and occasionally embarrassing to pull out in public. The nubia Neo 5 GT takes a different approach: keep the silhouette clean, make the back completely flat with no camera bump,

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Infinix and Pininfarina Phone: Flush Camera, Hidden Display

Architecture, Design

The camera bump problem has quietly become one of those things smartphone designers just accept these days. Every generation, the sensors get bigger, the modules get thicker, and the back of your phone starts looking like a small mountain range. Infinix decided to do something about that with the NOTE 60 Ultra, working with Pininfarina

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TAO shapes this rural art center with a fanning floor plan to frame wetland views

Design

Chenhu Wetland Art Center opens outside wuhan The Chenhu Wetland Art Center stands on a triangular slip of land where the natural shoreline of Wuhan meets an artificial road fork. Designed by Trace Architecture Office (TAO), the museum occupies a site enveloped by China‘s Tonghu Provincial Wetland Park, located approximately one hour from the

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modern audio player restores the physical form of music using disc-shaped cartridges

Design

disc-shaped cartridges for modern, portable audio player ENSA P1 aims to restore the physical form of music by becoming a modern, portable audio player that uses disc-shaped cartridges. Designed by Vladimir Dubrovin, the concept project imagines bringing back the CD feel to the digital tracks, but in the most modern way possible still. The

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LEGO Just Built the F1 Helmets Ferrari Fans Have Dreamt Of

Architecture, Design

LEGO has a way of taking things you already love and making you love them in a completely new format. Formula 1 has been getting a lot of that treatment lately, and the brand’s latest direction is hard to argue with: brick-built driver helmets, sized for your shelf and detailed enough to stop anyone mid-step.

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Astell&Kern Just Killed the Touchscreen With Two Knobs and $2,000

Architecture, Design

Physical controls are having a moment. Volkswagen and Subaru are bringing back buttons and dials after years of touchscreen regret. Ferrari’s first EV was designed with Jony Ive’s studio around toggle switches and analog-style gauges. Across the design world, the message is clear: tactile isn’t nostalgia, it’s better design. The Astell&Kern PD20 arrives right in

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5 Best Desk Lamps That Light Your Workspace Better Than Any Overhead Light Ever Could

Architecture, Design

Overhead lighting was never built for you specifically. It floods an entire room without discrimination, casting flat light across everything and solving nothing in particular. A well-chosen desk lamp operates differently — it targets exactly where concentration happens, reduces strain during long sessions, and brings something intentional to a space that a ceiling fixture simply

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