Marcus Byrne creates graffiti architectures with Artificial Intelligence

'When life imitates art' by Marcus Byrne - Image by Marcus Byrne.

Marcus Byrne’s graffiti architectures capture the beauty in the decay with the art project When life imitates art. Through AI, the Australia-based Irish graphic designer, digital artist, and visual storyteller celebrates the spray can as a democratic tool for freedom of expression.

Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show 2022

Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show 2022. For Greener Pastures by Gereon Wahle - Photo by ©Nicole Marnati.

Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show 2022: a smelting machine melting metal more sustainably, a tool to build open conversational spaces in families dealing with dementia, and a project rebalancing the colonial history of La Reunion. We selected ten design projects at the world’s most influential exhibition dedicated to the next generation of designers.

Dutch Design Awards 2021: sustainable archipelagos and virtual fashion

Dutch Design Awards 2021. LEELA by The Fabricant - Courtesy of Dutch Design Foundation

The winners of Dutch Design Awards 2021 mark a new impetus for the design world that thrives on change and cross-pollination and radiates hopeful optimism.

‘Fantastic Smartphones’ and how to hack them… For our sake!

Fantastic Smartphones - Courtesy of ECAL University of Art and Design Lausanne.

Let’s admit it; our smartphones often outsmart us. With the FANTASTIC SMARTPHONES exhibition, students at ECAL University have developed tongue-in-cheek devices, robots and interfaces able to hack our mobiles and make us reflect on how much we have become dependent on Tinder, Instagram, What’s Up or TicToc.

MISSED YOU CALL: Design Academy Eindhoven grad-show debuts in Milan

MISSED YOUR CALL, Design Academy Eindhoven @ Milan Design Week 2021 - Photo by Archipanic.

Can tomato plants and a server live in symbiosis? How much would you pay for a cloud? Would you use an influencer starter kit for your kids? We selected ten out-of-the-box graduation projects by Design Academy Eindhoven students on show at the MISSED YOU CALL exhibition in Milan.

Greenhouse 2021: 7 students’ furniture designs on show in Stockholm

CUMULONIMBUS by Julia Hager Jutterstrom - Courtesy of Julia Hager Jutterstrom.

Gardenhouse 2021: a daybed for daydreaming and a phygital fireplace… We selected 7 design projects by rising talents on show at Stockholm Furniture Fair.

Sara Ricciardi’s ‘NO SIGNAL ZONE’ Instagram Un/Friendly installation

NO SIGNAL ZONE installation by Sara Ricciardi @ Milano Design City 2020 - Photo by Amir Farzad, courtesy of Sara Ricciardi.

If you bumped into a very Instagram friendly installation inviting you to disconnect, would you be able to explore it or would you manage to resist from sharing it on social media? With the NO SIGNAL ZONE installation, Sara Ricciardi challenged the “To Selfie or Not To Selfie” dilemma.

KNIT! phygital exhibition: international designers explore the potential of Kvadrat’s textiles

Knit Project: Adam Goodrum's Conversation Series - Photo by Luke Evans.

Vibrant interlocked convivial chairs, duct-taped blankets and ceramic tableware moulded with a fabric imprint are among the projects by international emerging designers on show at Kvadrat’s KNIT! phygital exhibition.

INSIDE 2019 shortlist unveils the world’s finest interior design in the Instagram age

INSIDE 2019 Shortlist - MEOW restaurant by E Studio - Photo by ©Chao Zhang.

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.

GEO-DESIGN: JUNK Design Academy Eindhoven graduates focus on junk networks as the design ultimate and most urgent global resource

GEO-DESIGN Junk 2019 - Plastisphere by Shahar Livne.

From satellite graveyards to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The ‘GEO-DESIGN: Junk’ exhibition explores global junk networks of discarded things and the new realities and potentialities of waste.