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sweeping concrete cutouts shape ZAO's sculptural art center in rizhao designboom.com/architecture/…

from immersive installations to major museum exhibitions, november brings plenty of reasons to explore the art world. our latest exhibition radar rounds up the shows catching our attention around the globe. read the selection in our linkedin newsletter: linkedin.com/pulse/designboo…

julia lohmann's otherworldly kelp sculptures imagine a future beyond human-centered design designboom.com/design/julia-…

what if buildings could behave like living ecosystems? ecoLogicStudio brings living organisms into architecture, exploring how biological systems and living materials can reshape the spaces we inhabit. part of designboom’s posthuman utopias chapter, the studio imagines architecture that works with life, not just around it. read more: designboom.com/architecture/…

sixteen wooden animals, endless ways to play. enzo mari’s 16 animali invites children to arrange, invent, and explore without fixed rules, turning a simple set of shapes into a lesson in learning through play. read more: designboom.com/design/enzo-m…

marked by bear claws, these japanese cedar surfboards turn forest scars into features. wood project tsutsumi preserves the timber’s natural marks and finishes each board with traditional urushi lacquer, bringing together wildlife, local materials, and japanese craftsmanship. read more: designboom.com/design/scars-…

peter morris brings miami art deco to london's gothic streets with pink 'cloud house' designboom.com/architecture/…

the european union is putting an end to the destruction of unsold fashion. under new rules, large companies will no longer be allowed to discard unsold clothing, footwear, and accessories, challenging the industry to rethink overproduction and what happens to excess stock. can fashion move beyond the cycle of making, selling, and throwing away? read more: designboom.com/design/eu-eur…

what if buildings were designed to let nature move in? from dissolving walls to pavilions built by insects, these projects rethink the boundaries between architecture and the living world, making room for other species to shape the spaces we inhabit. explore architecture that gives nature a bigger role: designboom.com/architecture/…

what if cats, bees, oysters, and forests had a say in how we design? in the planet is in the room: mutualism by design, sofia lekka angelopoulou opens designboom’s posthuman utopias chapter by exploring how design can make space for other forms of life. the planet is not just the backdrop. it is part of the brief. read the editorial: designboom.com/editorials/pl…

powerhouse parramatta's steel-latticed museum opens tomorrow with art by es devlin and james turrell designboom.com/architecture/…

designer john leo gillen is bringing the dancefloor back to the center of the night. through temporary pleasure, he creates pop-up club spaces shaped by music, light, architecture, and the people in the room, celebrating the fleeting energy of experiences that cannot be recreated. read the interview: designboom.com/design/tempor…

while the world looks to the moon and mars, brazilian artist mari nagem asks us to take another look at earth. the tropics, the moon, and mars turns the space race on its head, exploring our fascination with other worlds and what we risk overlooking on our own planet. maybe the next frontier is right here: designboom.com/art/humanity-…

landscape architect kongjian yu has spent decades rethinking how cities can work with nature. in this feature, harvard professor charles waldheim examines yu’s work at turenscape and its influence on urban landscapes in china, exploring how nature-based approaches can help cities adapt to a changing climate. read more: designboom.com/architecture/…

a sofa that unfolds in a single motion and folds flat when not in use. designer jisu yoon reimagines flat-pack furniture with the re-flat-pack sofa, using hand-woven nitinol, a shape-memory alloy that lets the seat spring into form without complicated assembly. read more: designboom.com/design/hand-w…

a giant digger, a remote landscape, and a world on the edge of collapse. explore how the set design of alejandro g. iñárritu’s digger uses architecture, machinery, and landscape to shape the film’s unsettling visual world. read more: designboom.com/design/set-de…

architecture that lets nature take over, from dissolving walls to insect-built pavilions designboom.com/architecture/…

a giant black triangle by spanish artist SpY transforms madrid’s plaza de cibeles into a surveillance device. PANOPTICON uses concealed viewing apertures and CCTV cameras to capture pedestrians and public life, questioning how surveillance shapes our relationship with urban space and privacy. read more: designboom.com/art/spy-giant…

gustaf westman gives disney's mickey & friends his signature chunky, colorful forms 🎀 designboom.com/design/gustaf…

architect andrés jaque of OFFPOLINN revisits archigram’s vision of technological freedom, questioning how permanent connectivity has evolved into systems of surveillance, extraction, and control. part of designboom’s posthuman utopias chapter, his guest essay explores architecture’s potential to challenge these systems. read the essay: designboom.com/architecture/…