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- Check out this hanging installation made from mushrooms Thu, 25 May 23, 5:30amMycelia are the network-like, living root structures of fungi. They have unique properties that allow them to adapt and survive in various climates and environments. Different mycelium species have unique properties that...
- These waterfront installations encourage social interaction Tue, 25 Apr 23, 1:30amCommunity engagement and social interaction are two key attributes of well-designed public spaces. While there are many ways do to this, public installations are particularly engaging. One such example is the Bay Park in...
- 3D printed furniture designs by a collaboration of designers Wed, 30 Nov 22, 4:30amArt is an ever-evolving means of evoking emotion and conversations. The collaboration on display at the Solana Embassy in the Wynwood District at 215 NW 24th St. in Miami from Nov. 29 through Dec. 13 is a perfect example...
- Forest installation suspends seedlings on an inverted dome Thu, 17 Nov 22, 4:30amNomad Studio has created an out-of-this-world forest installation that floats 1,200 trees on the top of an inverted dome. The kokedama seedlings are planted on a hanging dome carved from a delicate metal mesh. This sustainable...
- Home built from 100 bio-based materials at Dutch Design Week Wed, 1 Dec 21, 4:30amThe Exploded View Beyond Building at Dutch Design Week was created out of 100 different bio-based materials. It also uses sustainable building methods to highlight the ways we as a global society can apply sustainable design...
- Architects turn invasive plants and forestry waste into a sculpture Wed, 30 Dec 20, 3:30amAfter Architecture co-founders Katie MacDonald and Kyle Schumann recently installed Homegrown, a large-scale installation built from invasive plant species and forestry waste...
- Grab your Geiger counter: a trip to Chernobyl's first rave Thu, 29 Nov 18, 1:59amThe nuclear disaster site is being marketed as a tourist destination with novelty gas masks, radioactive ice cream and - now - a multimedia art show with the military
- Abandoned 400-year-old Greek ruins transformed with brilliant bursts of color Tue, 7 Aug 18, 3:30amArtists Thomas Granseuer and Tomislav Topic of the multidisciplinary German design practice Quintessenz have transformed ancient stone ruins in Kagkatika, Greece into a spectacular work of art that straddles the line between...
- This spiraling sculpture can absorb the emissions of 90,000 cars Wed, 25 Apr 18, 11:05pmKengo Kuma just unveiled a spiraling, air-purifying sculpture that can absorb the emissions produced by 90,000 cars in a year. Kuma’s “Breath/ng” is made from a cutting-edge fabric with a nano-molecule activated core...
- Experimental furniture eyeing urban regeneration pops up in Madrid Mon, 9 Apr 18, 7:28pmEnorme Studio teamed up with MINI to create an urban installation that taps into concepts of sustainability and urban regeneration. Called Mountain on the Moon, the experimental project comprises three mobile structures:...
- Wind-powered machine mimics the sound of 500 galloping horses Mon, 11 Sep 17, 6:30pmHow do you bring an ancient landscape to life? Architecture studio NEON breathes life into England’s historical Chesters Roman Fort by recreating the sound of 500 galloping horses...
- Fly down a zipline in the Willy Wonka-esque Future Forest in London Thu, 24 Aug 17, 7:30pmBompas & Parr are like real-life Willy Wonkas—and they brought their magic touch to the inside of a UK shopping mall. The design duo launched a free ‘Future Forest’ in the Westfield London shopping center with the...
- Mesmerizing 'cracked' brick building turns heads in London Tue, 1 Aug 17, 7:30pmFrom a melting house to a floating building, British artist Alex Chinneck has a knack for turning heads—and his latest work is no exception. For his first permanent artwork, Chinneck created an enormous crack down the side...
- Alex Chinnecks mesmerizing crack on a brick building turns heads in London Tue, 1 Aug 17, 7:30pmFrom a melting house to a floating building, British artist Alex Chinneck has a knack for turning heads—and his latest work is no exception. For his first permanent artwork, Chinneck created an enormous crack down the side...
- Beautiful timber pavilion unfolds like origami Mon, 31 Jul 17, 6:30pmThere’s something irresistibly charming about bringing the paper art of origami to life in large scale. Architects Manuel Bouzas Cavada, Manuel Bouzas Barcala and Clara Álvarez Garcí drew inspiration from folded paper...