A personal review of design creations
Tashkent Just Got Its Concrete Crown
Uzbekistan has just become the first country in Central Asia to see its twentieth-century architecture recognised by UNESCO, and Tashkent's modernist landmarks are now, officially, the youngest buildings on the World Heritage List.
The Volcan: Oscar Niemeyer's Artistic Emergence in Le Havre
How a Brazilian modernist dropped two white volcanoes into the middle of France's most rigorously rebuilt city… and won!
Concrete Independence
Concrete convictions: how seven newly independent nations built their identity in glass and reinforced concrete — and why MoMA's latest show could not have landed at a more Instagram-ready moment.
Design Ah! Experience the Wonder of Everyday
On Noticing Things: M+'s New Exhibition Asks You to Look Again at Everything You've Stopped Seeing
Sottsass Is Finally in Tokyo. It Was About Time.
The Italian who made the design world uncomfortable… and then indispensable, finally gets his Tokyo moment.
A Name You Don't Know, An Airport You Do
A new retrospective at the Stedelijk asks an uncomfortable question: how can the designer behind Schiphol's iconic terminal have slipped so quietly out of memory?
Verner Panton: Form, Colour, Space
Verner Panton at 100: The man who declared war on beige. From the Panton Chair to the Spiegel Canteen, the Vitra Design Museum’s new retrospective argues for design’s most provocative voice.
When Milan Stood Still for an Apricot Tree
A Suspended Moment in Milan: How a Story About a Lost Sea Found Its Audience
The Egg That Eats Itself
How OMA's new mushroom pavilion at Casa Wabi is turning fungi into architecture, community, and lunch.
Against Excess: The Radical Quiet of Hella Jongerius
Hella Jongerius doesn’t just make beautiful things—she makes you think differently about them. This spring, the Vitra Design Museum argues for her as one of the most influential design minds of our era.