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Articlier’s Sculptural Collection Merges Aluminum + Acrylic

Design Milk

The Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), with its fluid Zaha Hadid -designed architecture, stands as a metallic metaphor for South Korea’s seamless fusion of heritage and innovation. In the heart of Seoul’s historic Dongdaemun district, a design revolution is quietly unfolding. The CA88 Table features a round, two-tiered assembly.

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Alex Chinneck's twisted trail of street furniture light up a new corner of Bristol

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Alex Chinneck is back, transforming the streets of Bristol with new surreal sculptures that light up the night sky. It's what we've come to expect from Chinneck: art that merges with architecture, blurring the lines between the familiar and the fantastical. But this time with some definitive purpose in mind.

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Japanese Architecture Meets Champagne Tradition at Maison Ruinart

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After two years of meticulous restoration, this historic address, deeply rooted in the winemaking tradition of Champagne, has been reborn with a fresh, modern vision – one that captures the very essence of champagne through architecture, design, and landscape.

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A Love Letter to Stockport: Alison Waters' ceramic tribute to an 'unloved' car park

Creative Boom

Waters' series of sculptures reimagines the 1965 modernist screen as a celebration of the town's overlooked architectural heritage. The hand-built ceramic sculptures draw inspiration from the views of Stockport, which are visible through the gaps in Boyson's geometric facade. For Waters, watching him work was transformative. "It

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Miniature Architectural Models Celebrate the Fading Art of Craftsmanship

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This collection of 17 meticulously handcrafted pieces is a love letter to architectural detail and an ode to the artisans of yesteryear who brought character and soul to our built environment. Each piece captures the essence of architectural history, reinterpreted through a modern lens to create something entirely new and unexpected.

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Amy Cushing + Lara Sparey Explore Intersecting Crafts With DIORAMA Sculptures

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DIORAMA – a series of three freestanding mixed media sculptures by artisans Amy Cushing and Lara Sparey – distills a variety of multidimensional scenes into an amalgam of colored glass and black metal artifacts to offer respite from the din of existence. Fresh colorways and designs are in progress due to launch February 24, 2024.

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MOUS Unveils Narrative Arc: Volume II – A Cosmic Exploration of Craft + Form

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Since their debut in 2022, the third-generation furniture designers have consistently blurred the lines between art, architecture, and function, pushing the boundaries of material and form. These forms evoke celestial bodies, constellations, and ancient astrology, as well as notable architecture and design periods.