The handover of the Luma Tower, designed by Frank Gehry, is approaching: the twisted tower, covered with shiny aluminum sheets, will open at the end of
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Light in the night | Le Belvédère water pavilion
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec contributed a special architectural installation to the cityscape of Rennes, France: their water pavilion evokes the design of 18th-century follies. “Rêveries Urbaines,”
HIGHLIGHTS | Experimental typography
In recent years, there has been a new, up-and-coming graphic design approach that started to gain popularity even in pop culture: experimental typography. The genre’s special
Pierre Cardin’s former bubble palace is for sale
The 1200 sqm building designed by the Hungarian architect Antti Lovag used to be the residence of fashion designer Pierre Cardin, but the unorthodox palace might
HIGHLIGHTS | Supporting gadgets
Slowly, every segment of our lives is ruled by objects designed to protect our health: for a designer today, human-centered design is not only an important
HIGHLIGHTS | Posters, prints, billboards
What makes a good poster? Above all, if it calls attention. But what makes a poster catch our eyes, speak to us and demand our attention?
Shapeshifting forms | Benoit Leva
Minimalist, simple and organic forms in pastel colors, in a world where nothing is what it seems like. In the animations of French designer Benoit Leva even
HIGHLIGHTS | Bottled up in minimal
“Drink me!” – reads Alice on the small bottle in Wonderland. The naive little girl follows the command, and obeys: the flask runs empty, and so
HIGHLIGHTS | Typography
In the era of Gutenberg, the father of printing, type foundries and punchcutting workshops designed and manufactured the basic accessories of typesetting, the matrices and cutting
HIGHLIGHTS | Magazines and catalogues
“Form follows function.“ “Less is more.“ The roots of these phrases repeated ad nauseum trace back to the Bauhaus movement, to the first half of the 20th
HIGHLIGHTS | Children’s books
Luckily, we have no reason to complain: we know many outstanding storybooks across Europe, with special illustrations. During these days, it’s particularly important to give quality
HIGHLIGHTS | Visual Identities
A brand does not end at a well-designed logo. The expression “visual identity” commonly used in English-speaking areas hints at the complexity of the phenomenon: to