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Jaime Hayon Promotes Social Distancing with Trademark Wit and Whimsy

The Spanish designer’s charming signage for Viccarbe enlists his penguin-like Hope Birds to remind people to keep apart.

Words: Danny Sinopoli
From: Curiosity

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An Apartment in Quito Takes Open-Concept Living to a Higher, Richer Level

Architect Aquiles Jarrín reimagines a domestic space as an uncommonly textured, greenery-filled oasis free of interior walls.

Words: Kendra Jackson
From: Interiors

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Show Us Where You Live: From Italy to Mexico, These Creatives Dwell in Style

Ceramicist Alissa Coe, industrial designer Yves Béhar and architect Michel Rojkind take us inside their respective homes in Piemonte, San Francisco and Mexico City to show us how they live and work.

Words: Evan Pavka
From: Interiors

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Watch This Space: 5 Architecture-Inspired Timepieces

From Bauhaus to Le Corbusier and I.M. Pei, these wristwatches translate architectural inspiration to the personal scale.

Words: Stefan Novakovic
From: Design

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Big Tech, IRL: How Can Designers Create Better Experiences for a Post-COVID World?

David Schwarz, a founding partner of New York studio HUSH, explains how the lessons of Big Tech could inform experiential design from now on.

Words: David Schwarz
From: Curiosity

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Jaime Hayon Promotes Social Distancing with Trademark Wit and Whimsy

Words: Danny Sinopoli
From: Curiosity

An Apartment in Quito Takes Open-Concept Living to a Higher, Richer Level

Words: Kendra Jackson
From: Interiors

Show Us Where You Live: From Italy to Mexico, These Creatives Dwell in Style

Words: Evan Pavka
From: Interiors

Watch This Space: 5 Architecture-Inspired Timepieces

Words: Stefan Novakovic
From: Design

Big Tech, IRL: How Can Designers Create Better Experiences for a Post-COVID World?

Words: David Schwarz
From: Curiosity

A River Valley Runs Through the Redesign of Dubai’s Mezza House

Words: Danny Sinopoli
From: Interiors

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The entrance to Grafton Architects' Freespace exhibition in the Arsenale is hung with ropes – a reference to the mooring lines that were once manufactured there. (Photo by Alex Fradkin)

New 2021 Dates Announced for Venice Architecture Biennale

Words: Stefan Novakovic
From: Architecture, Design

10 Outdoor Furnishings and Accessories to Brighten Your Spring

Words: Elizabeth Pagliacolo
From: Design

Show Us Where You Live: Jordan Soderberg Mills’ Berlin Kaleidoscope

Words: Evan Pavka
From: Interiors

2020 AZ Awards: People’s Choice Voting is Open!

Words: Azure
From: AZ Awards

Goodbye to All That: Toronto After Sidewalk Labs

Words: Stefan Novakovic
From: Curiosity

Stereoscope Coffee Brings the Renaissance to Los Angeles

Words: Evan Pavka
From: Interiors

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Show Us Where You Live: Yabu Pushelberg’s Cabinet of Curiosities

Step inside George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg’s Toronto residence, which plays host to their eclectic and ever-evolving collection.

Words: Evan Pavka
From: Gallery, Interiors
Posted: May 8, 2020

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Show Us Where You Live: Jordan Soderberg Mills’ Berlin Kaleidoscope

Known for his prismatic optic explorations, the Canada-born artist and designer has created a home in the German creative capital that is as much a visual feast as his work.

Words: Evan Pavka
From: Gallery, Interiors
Posted: May 15, 2020

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Show Us Where You Live: From Italy to Mexico, These Creatives Dwell in Style

Ceramicist Alissa Coe, industrial designer Yves Béhar and architect Michel Rojkind take us inside their respective homes in Piemonte, San Francisco and Mexico City to show us how they live and work.

Words: Evan Pavka
From: Gallery, Interiors
Posted: May 22, 2020

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#279: May 2020

Renzo Piano’s Masterful Light Touch

Now in his eighties, the legendary architect is as vital and quixotic as ever, taking pride in the fact that none of his projects comes close to bearing an obvious stamp.

Words: Giovanna Dunmall
From: Architecture

Diébédo Francis Kéré’s Global Localism

For the acclaimed Ghanian designer, architecture is a material practice rooted in the landscape — and a social force centred on community.

Words: Stefan Novakovic
From: Architecture

Frida Escobedo’s Homing Instinct

Architecture isn’t just bricks and mortar for this architect, it’s about who’s between the walls — visible and invisible — as well.

Words: Evan Pavka
From: Architecture

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Cities After COVID-19

From urban density and public space to transportation and surveillance, these essays explore the challenges cities face during the pandemic and beyond.