Design

ensamble studio builds the real instead of imagining it   In an architectural landscape increasingly dominated by frictionless renderings and speculative futures, Ensamble Studio redirects attention toward something heavier and more grounded. Led by Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, the practice does not reject technological advancement but reframes it through a material lens. Their work […]

Spain’s pavilion for World Design Capital Frankfurt Rhein-Main   At a moment when architecture is being pushed to respond more directly to environmental and social pressures, Spain’s pavilion for World Design Capital Frankfurt Rhein-Main 2026 positions itself as more than a temporary installation. While materiality is at the center of its design, the project explores

UNPACKING room for dreams at Milan Design Week 2026   ROOM FOR DREAMS, designboom’s multilayered takeover of the ME Milan Il Duca during Milan Design Week 2026, brings together architects, designers, cultural institutions, and brand collaborators to transform the Aldo Rossi-designed hotel in the heart of the city into a temporary ecosystem of ideas. Exploring dreams

AMIDA’s Digitrend NASA Tribute with ceramic shell   AMIDA releases the Digitrend NASA Tribute watch wrapped with a shell inspired by the ceramic tiles around the Space Shuttle’s exterior. The timepiece design builds around the visual and material language of the Space Transportation System, the space agency’s program that flew 135 missions between 1981 and

AI Radio System Uses Nostalgia to support Memory and well-being   TBWA HAKUHODO announces the unveiling of Radio Time Machine, a pioneering AI-powered device that automatically generates era-specific radio-like audio content, historical news, and popular music. This innovative project, initially implemented in collaboration with Nichii Gakkan, a leading care facility operator in Japan, aims to stimulate memories, cognition,

‘Kizuki no Mori’: a forest of books   Kengo Kuma and Associates have recently completed this Chikujō Town Public Library, reworking a former public hall into a timber-filled civic space in rural Fukuoka, Japan.   Set within a quiet landscape, the new library presents a low, extended form whose edges are softened by a field