China loses farmland to urbanization at a pace that makes most planners nervous, and the usual architectural response is to pour a slab and move on. Wei Dou took a different position with the Verdant Syndicate, a mixed-use complex in Henan designed around the premise that the agricultural identity of a site deserves to survive […]
Most nightlights exist to disappear. They’re meant to be small, soft, forgettable little things that plug into walls and glow just enough to keep you from stubbing your toe at 3 a.m. They’re not supposed to have personality. They’re definitely not supposed to stare back at you. YAWN, a sculptural concrete nightlight by designer Roger
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It was one of the more audacious moves at MWC 2026. Right across the aisle from Meta’s smart glasses booth at Fira Gran Via, Alibaba’s Qwen pavilion was anchored by a pair of glasses so oversized they were practically architecture, a giant sculptural prop that functioned as a very literal invitation to come over and
Action cameras are great until you realize you’ve left yours at home. Phones are always with you, but most of them are too big, too fragile, or too awkward to mount anywhere useful. The FOSSiBOT F116 Pro is a compact, rugged phone that tries to solve both problems at once, and the approach is specific
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The House of Timefulness is designed around the passage of time StudioLowe Design has developed the House of Timefulness, a daytime hospice center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The project explores how architecture can structure the experience of time for hospice patients, whose daily lives are shaped by heightened awareness of its limits. Through material selection,
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Smartphones have gotten pretty good at being the same thing. Every year, they get a little taller, a little thinner, and a little more difficult to tell apart in a lineup. That’s fine for most people, but it does make MWC 2026 feel like a bit of a slog, until you spot something genuinely weird
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Most conversations about AI and children go one of two ways: either we’re told to be terrified, or we’re told to embrace it fully and immediately. Morrama’s Create concept lands somewhere far more interesting than either of those extremes, and it’s the most thoughtful thing I’ve seen in the AI space in a while. Create
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a set built in real time forms Marie Adam-Leenaerdt fw 2025 show For her Fall/Winter 2026 presentation in Paris, Marie Adam-Leenaerdt transformed the conventional fashion show format into a collective act of making, designed by villa eugénie. Guests arrived to find stacks of compact black stools placed around an empty hall. Each attendee picked
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Picture a tall mirrored cone rising from a circle of sand in the middle of the desert. You step in, drag your feet, draw patterns, and the cone reflects all of it back to you, warped and strange and weirdly beautiful. That’s the Interactive Sand Reflecting Cone, a concept by designer Michael Jantzen, and it
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