JoAnn Tan and Luca Nichetto design magical beasts for Bolon’s Exodus installation
At the Exodus installation, a serpent-like hybrid creature, oversized bugs, migrating birds, and a blue pangolin populate a historic Milanese house.
Architecture for Dogs: designer homes for our furry best friends
Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban, and Giulio Iacchetti designed concept kennels for the ‘Architecture for Dogs’ exhibition in Milan.
Bottega Veneta’s Ark collection of joyful animal-shaped beanbags shores to Miami
At Design Miami, Italian fashion brand Bottega Veneta showcases the Ark collection, an unconventional crew of playful, crafted beasts inspired by Zanotta’s iconic beanbags.
6 quirky designs celebrating the Chinese Year of the Tiger
Happy 2022, happy Year of the Tiger! A denim fashion collection co-designed by tigers, a wallcovering paying tribute to an extinct feline and artificial animal parts for Chinese Medicine that save big cats’ lives.
Multi-species architecture takes central stage at Venice Biennale 2021
We are not alone on this planet. To save it from the social and climate crisis, architects can team up with other beings, learn from bees and birds, look after elephants and harness the unexpected superpowers of algae: 8 multi-species architecture projects and exhibitions on show at the Venice Biennale.
Happy Chinese New Year! 4 cattle-friendly architectures to celebrate the Year of the Ox
From a ‘cowshed collective’ bringing sustainability to social farming to a translucent barn giving a better quality of life to animals. We celebrate the Year of the Ox with 4 brilliant architectural barns.
THE WHALE Museum by Dorte Mandrup will emerge from Arctic landscapes
THE WHALE museum and whale-watching facility by Dorte Mandrup Architects grows from the ground dissolving the lines between architecture and Norway’s Arctic wilderness while inviting to discover the fabled creatures through art, science and architecture.
Porky Hefer’s’ ‘Endangered’ animals-shaped alcoves protect species at risk of extinction
Would you take a nap hugging a polar bear or finding a comfy space between a white shark jaws? Probably YES if your cuddling mate is one of Porky Hefer’s creations!
Charlotte Mary Pack’s 100 Elephants crafts project and performance fights against poaching
Disposed in a spiral formation symbolizing their decline, the 100 elephants Charlotte Mary Pack has crafted in a 24 hours-long performance raise awareness and challenge the public’s opinion on ivory.
Atelier Boelhouwer’s ‘Insectology: Food For Buzz’ project let urban bees thrive
Urban greenspaces are not that bug-friendly. With the ‘Insectology: Food For Buzz’ project Matilde Boelhouwer teamed up with engineers and biologist to devise artificial flowers allowing bees, bumblebees and other impollinators to thrive and literally make some buzz in town!
Bird-friendly ‘Mirror Houses’ by Peter Pichler Architecture
Peter Pichler Architecture’s Mirror Houses completely disappear in the landscape while providing breakthrough views on the South Tyrolean Dolomites. The floating building’s reflective surfaces are laminated with an UV coating preventing birds collision.
Elena Salmistraro’s warrior panda bear for Bosa Ceramiche
The Milan-based designer created a quirky warrior-panda bear dressed like a tribe’s head which supports WWF with an attitude.
Can creativity save animals’ lives? Archipanic-curated virtual exhibition features projects looking after endangered species
Artificial flowers empowering urban bees, quirky warrior panda bear sculptures and birds-friendly mirrored houses are among the selected projects on show at the ‘Can creativity save animals’ lives? ’ exhibition Archipanic has curated for Monkey 47.
Archipanic curates Monkey 47 virtual design exhibition on protecting endangered animals
The Monkey 47 dry gin exhibition is part of the SAD BUT TRUE campaign which supports WWF and other international organizations striving to grant a brighter future for 6 primates threatened with extinction.
INSIDE 2019 shortlist unveils the world’s finest interior design in the Instagram age
From Noma’s garden-restaurant to a cat cafe in Guangzhou but also a Japanese glass wedding chapel and a desert canyon-inspired library in Qatar. INSIDE 2019 shortlist celebrates the best of interior design worldwide.
Roncalli Circus replaces parading animals with cutting-edge holograms
Do not expect real animals at Roncalli Circus… And enjoy animated holograms updating circus traditions to the ultimate immersive technologies.
8 food design projects and exhibitions teasing the palate at Milan Design Week 2019
An ode to the moka, ice cream inspired 3D-printed beach furniture and more… Check these 8 food design projects at Fuorisalone 2019; starting from the power of the next generation of designers tackling environmental issues with technology and creativity.
4 quirky furniture designs celebrating the Year of the Pig
Happy New Year of the Pig 2019! We welcome the Chinese new year with 4 pig-inspired furniture designs bringing good luck into your home.
The Haas Brothers: Ferngully. Surreal creatures ‘take over’ The Bass museum in Miami
Anthropomorphic hairy chaises, fantastical beaded chairs and fungi, and hand-layered liquid clay accretion vases. The Haas Brothers: Ferngully exhibition brings an in-wonderland flora and fauna to Miami.
Play, Dream and smile. 6 brilliant kid’s designs from Paris
A playful arch for tireless toddlers, a rocking-moon and animal’s inspired furniture. We selected 6 brilliant kid’s designs on show at Maison & Objet Fall 2018.
A whale of a good design: 7 sustainable projects protecting the seven seas
An up-cycled jumping whale, shark-shaped alcoves and high-tech sustainable fishing nets saving dolphins’ lives. 7 marine-inspired design projects delivering responsible messages and supporting environmental issues.
Vegan design projects by Erez Nevi Pana show the way for a more sustainable approach
Recycled stools re-shaped by random salt crystallization, animal-free paper and silk clothes which harm no butterfly. Vegan design is possible, says Israeli designer Erez Nevi Pana.
moooi’s Museum of Extinct Animals pays tribute to those beings who never made it to the XXI Century
After digging the dustiest museum archives around the globe moooi presents The Museum of Extinct Animals, an exhibition and collection featuring drawings of lost species, trimmed by imagination.
ROBOTANICA: a new digital wilderness merges with Nature
Virtual reality for chickens, robot-bugs and pollution responsive costumes but also cloud-makers deviating excessive UV radiation. ROBOTANICA exhibition showcases provocative projects exploring the entanglement of technology with natural ecosystems.
5 cat-friendly designs highlight the mischievous attitude of our “purrholic” flatmates
Ikea cat-friendly designs, architectural cocoons and an interactive app engaging owners with their home alone furry friends…
Chinese design brand YUSO brings the rhino in the room
Bunnies, rhinos, buffalos and sheep make themselves at home in YUSO millennials-friendly upholstered seatings.
Ten unexpected creatures take over DesignMiami/ 2016
DesignMiami/ 2016 kicked off. We selected ten unexpected creatures on show: from Nordic leprechauns to golden mammoth skeletons but also funky African monsters and in-wonderland cabinets.
Marcel Wanders invites flamboyant characters to join the table with Alessi Circus
Alessi Circus tableware collection by Marcel Wanders aims to bring “wonder before our very eyes” with Strongman, the Jester, the Ballerina, the Ringleader and Candyman. Five limited edition designs with a quirky attitude.
CATable: LYCS architecture teases the curiosity of felines with adventurous furniture
LYCS architecture created CATable and other felines’ friendly designs that harmlessly tease purring pets’ curiosity with irresistible playgrounds of tunnels.
Les Dandys: secretive fairytale cabinets of curiosity by Ibride
Ibride presents Les Dandys, a design collection of storage furniture hidden by portraits of imaginary and noble valets, confidents and secretaries determined to keep their owner’s secrets with an austere attitude.