LEGO has always occupied a peculiar space between toy and medium. For most of us, the bricks are nostalgic — associated with childhood bedrooms, pieces stepped on in the dark, and the specific satisfaction of snapping something into place after searching the floor for ten minutes. For a different kind of builder, LEGO is something […]
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
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If you’ve ever stood in front of a photograph of the Eames House and felt a quiet longing, you’re not alone. That black steel frame, the jewel-toned panels, the floor-to-ceiling glass looking out onto a California meadow. It’s one of those images that lodges itself somewhere deep in your design-brain and refuses to leave. Most
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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
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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
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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
The traditional desktop PC has been losing ground for years, not to laptops or tablets, but to a growing class of machines that ask a surprisingly simple question: why does a powerful computer have to be big? Mini PCs have carved out a real niche, attracting everyone from home office workers to creative professionals who’d
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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,
A Laminate Kitchen Transformed Beyond Recognition For $1000! Interiors by Amelia Barnes This kitchen looks unrecognisable after a $1000 paint makeover by DIY queen Geneva Vanderzeil. ‘The goal was to create a fresh, warm, lived-in kitchen that felt like them, without the cost or disruption of a full renovation,’ says Geneva. DIY roman blind made
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‘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
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