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phaidon’s ‘the contemporary garden’ tracks thirty years of experimental landscapes

A New Lens on the Garden as Design Medium   The Contemporary Garden, set to be published by Phaidon, presents a wide-ranging examination of garden design as a dynamic field of architectural, ecological, and cultural expression. Spanning more than 300 projects completed since the mid-1990s, the book moves alphabetically through the work of international practitioners […]

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A Surfboard Designer’s Family Home With A Luxurious Beach Resort Feel

A Surfboard Designer’s Family Home With A Luxurious Beach Resort Feel Interiors by Amelia Barnes Venus white stone marble cylindrical rangehood designed by Danielle and Hayden Cox and produced by Hayden Cox Studio and Beaches Building. Concrete banquette made from upcycled surfboard waste by Hayden Cox Studio and Concrete Bespoke, upholstered by Susan Ottowa. Artworks

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jgstudio transforms public bathroom into undulating concrete installation in ecuador

Umbral installation transforms an existing bathroom in Quito   Umbral is a site-specific intervention in Quito, Ecuador, by JGStudio Arquitectura, commissioned by Boonker and Rinnova as part of a temporary architecture exhibition. The project involves the transformation of an existing bathroom into an immersive spatial installation, realized within a one-week construction period.   The design investigates

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This ‘Smart Outlet’ comes with a built-in RGB light and Matter support… and it’s absolute genius

Allow me to paint you a picture – the year is 2015, life is great. The world seems stable, as does the economy, and people are just generally happy. There is, however, the problem of your average outlet. You see, 10 years ago, every room had these silent plastic rectangles fixed to the walls. They

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Cadillac Unveils Its First Off-Roader EV Concept at Monterey Car Week

The Cadillac Elevated Velocity Concept showed up at Monterey Car Week and immediately sparked a new round of speculation about what luxury performance is supposed to look like in the EV era. Cadillac, of all brands, is going full sci-fi, and the result is a head-turning, conversation-starting, sometimes polarizing vision of electric performance. The Elevated

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researchers turn to hardened gelatin as substitute for non-melting, reusable ice cubes

gelatin-based reusable ice cubes trap water molecules   Researchers at the University of California, Davis, use hardened gelatin as a substitute for non-melting, reusable ice cubes. Named Jelly Ice, it contains 90 percent water and 10 percent gelatin and has no synthetic polymers. It creates a network structure, enough to trap water molecules in tiny

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Toronto’s First PHIUS-Certified Passive House Stands Strong Against Harsh Weather

Nestled away in Toronto’s Don Valley Ravine, the West Don Ravine Passive House makes history as the city’s first PHIUS-certified home. Gregory Rubin of Poiesis Architecture designed it for his parents, turning a personal project into something much bigger. After 15 years working on high-end projects, his parents gave him complete creative control for his

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When Function Meets Form: The Wotancraft Rider V2 Redefines Photography Carry

As both a photographer who’s spent countless hours in the field and a bag designer obsessed with the marriage of form and function, I find myself genuinely excited about Wotancraft’s latest iteration of their Rider series. The Rider V2 represents something rare in our industry: a product that truly understands the intersection of cycling culture

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Julia Kononenko’s gorgeous carpet takes inspiration from colorful terrazzo flooring

Splash captures the kind of moment that usually evaporates as quickly as it appears, the instant when paint leaves the brush and lands in an unplanned, perfect pattern. This design takes that impulse and fixes it in textile form, allowing a fleeting artistic gesture to live permanently within a space. The concept begins with the

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LEGO Meets Clash Royale: This detailed 2,908-brick build captures the entire ‘Goblin Stadium’

Remember that one mobile game ad, the one with the tiny barbarians and the king with the magnificent mustache? Yeah, that one. Even if you’ve never touched a single elixir drop, Clash Royale has likely invaded your digital periphery, probably through a relentless YouTube ad or a viral TikTok clip. It’s a mobile gaming behemoth,

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