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protoscapes reworks decommissioned pier into public-facing resort on chinese island

a hotel in China shaped by tides, light, and coastal topography   Perched on the southwestern edge of Dongshan Island in China, the Dongshan West Bay Resort by Protoscapes transforms a decommissioned fishing pier into a public-facing coastal landscape. Located on the former site of Qianlou Town’s historic fishery center, the project marks the first […]

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MCON Slim Hands-on at CES 2026: The Ultra‑Thin MagSafe Controller That Turns Your iPhone Into a Gaming Console

Last year, Ohsnap debuted the MCON controller on Kickstarter and nearly broke the website. Over 16,000 people pledged almost $2 million to make the product a reality, and not only did the company ship every single MCON out to every backer, they casually came back to CES this year with not one, but TWO more

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A’ design award and competition reveals top creative nations in world design ranking 2025

WORLD DESIGN RANKING REVEALS TOP NATIONS LEADING IN 2025   The World Design Rankings (WDR) has unveiled its 2025 results, providing a snapshot of how design-led innovation is distributed across the globe. The ranking offers a deep dive into the creative power of 114 nations, measured by their success within the A’ Design Award. The

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step inside caffè nazionale, AMAA’s renovation of a northern italian palazzo

From Arzignano’s City Hall colonnade into the Caffè Nazionale   Caffè Nazionale in Arzignano, Italy, is a restoration and interior project by locally-based firm AMAA. Set beneath the nineteenth-century City Hall colonnade, the café occupies a position where civic space and daily life overlap. From the portico, visitors pass directly into the main hall, with

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Realme 16 Pro+ Review: Naoto FUkusawa Helped Make a Battery Beast Beautiful

PROS: Sleek design by Naoto Fukusawa Strong portrait camera performance for the price range Huge 7,000mAh battery with 80W wired charging CONS: Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 is carried over from the previous generation No wireless charging RATINGS: AESTHETICS ERGONOMICS PERFORMANCE SUSTAINABILITY / REPAIRABILITY VALUE FOR MONEY EDITOR’S QUOTE: By combining Naoto Fukasawa’s Urban Wild design

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Acer AMD Ryzen Laptops Bring AI Across Three Very Different Days

AMD’s Ryzen AI 400-series chips are showing up in laptops people might actually carry every day. Acer is rolling them out across three very different lines, thin-and-light, mainstream, and gaming, and all of them are Copilot+ PCs with NPUs built for on-device AI. Built on the Zen 5 architecture, these processors aim to enhance productivity

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near figure envisions evolving green concrete museum unfolding along helsinki harbor

Exploring Evolving Forms: The Near Figure Museum in Finland   The Near Figure Museum by Chuxin Tuoyuan is a conceptual architectural project that investigates the idea of the ‘Near Figure,’ a condition in which architectural form exists between recognizability and abstraction. The project focuses on transitional states of form and space, where architectural elements suggest

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