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A group of people walk and gather in a grassy urban park with stone paths, featured on the cover of AZURE magazine promoting the AZ Awards 2026.
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A group of people walk and gather in a grassy urban park with stone paths, featured on the cover of AZURE magazine promoting the AZ Awards 2026.
#316
Summer 2026

The June/July/August 2026 edition of AZURE is dedicated to our 16th annual AZ Awards — and also features the best of Milan, the New Museum’s expansion, the latest in building envelope systems and more!

The AZ Awards issue packs much more than our winners and finalists — though they certainly take pride of place. (And you can read all about them on our dedicated AZ Awards site.)

Utilizing textile waste left over during Offecct’s upholstery production, Italian/Hungarian industrial designer Andrea Ruggiero developed Soundsticks, a series of modules with sound-absorbing properties that can be hung in linear or radial applications.

Serving as both space divider and ambient noise buffer, the sticks are comprised of fabric scraps formed into tubes capped at either end by recycled aluminum plates, all held together without glue.

Offered in packages of eight, the sticks can be hung at varying heights and in clusters or straight or curved lines. Four colour scales are available – grey, blue, green and red – with the exact hue determined by the leftover fabric scraps used.

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