2021 best pavilions: from Venice Biennale to Tokyo Olympics and Expo 2020 Dubai
Engaging architectures by Kengo Kuma, Santiago Calatrava, Ini Archibong and Grimshaw Architects feature in our ‘2021 best pavilions’ round up.
2021 most humane design stories: covid-19 sofas and inclusive LEGO sets
Furniture tracking centuries of Black Culture and a dress empowering untamable women feature in our ‘2021 most humane design’ round up.
2021 Best Graphic Design: from printed fireworks to Tokyo Olympics
Harry Potter’s architectural book covers and free-to-download posters supporting people in lockdown feature in our 2021 Best Graphic Design round-up.
2021 best interior design: from Squid Game to a Milanese ‘A Clockwork Orange’ milk bar
A photo essay portraying the ominous interiors of the Stasi headquarters and a Beijing store inspired by digital shopping experiences feature in our ‘2021 best interior design’ round up.
The Capsule Hostel and Bookstore nests rooms in a ‘floating’ readers’ community
Atelier tao+c conceived and created the interior design of the Capsule Hostel and Bookstore in Qinglongwu, China, as “a building inside a building.” The project has been named the World Interior of the Year for 2021.
September 2021: Architecture & Design calendar
September 2021: from Milan to Chicago, from Seoul to London, Beijing and Paris. We round up 15 international fairs, festivals and biennials in this super creative month.
Lacaton and Vassal win the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2021
‘Architects should not demolish but always add, transform and reuse.’ Lacaton and Vassal win the 2021 Pritzker Prize with a human-based and sustainable vision.
The best projects of the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureates are on Pinterest
Lacaton and Vassal won the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize. We have rounded up some of the studio’s most notable projects in a dedicated Pinterest gallery.
Cheers 2021! 5 eclectic designs celebrate the new year with ‘spirit’
A whisky set taking drinkers to Mount Everest, a Greek vodka bottled like oil and an eclipse-and-star-studded gin and more… Cheers 2021!
99designs reveals 11 graphic design trends for 2021
From abstract psychedelia to socially conscious messages, and Retro Futurism. 99designs platform highlights 11 graphic design trends ‘grounded in the here and now’ that will be huge in 2021.
24 architectural museums and cultural venues to look forward in 2021: from Tutankhamen to Aviici!
Discover 24 architectural museums opening in 2021: from Kengo Kuma’s Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Denmark to Jean Nouvel’s Pudong Museum of Art in Shanghai, the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza and the Aviici Experience in Stockholm.
2021 architecture and design calendar and events guide
We rounded up the architecture and design calendar of 2021 including major events, fairs and exhibitions from Dubai to Milan and Shanghai.
Happy 2021! Even robots had enough of 2020
Happy 2021! Robots Dynamics’ bots celebrate the New Year with a perfectly choreographed dance off party.