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The Design section explores creativity at every scale, from furniture and interiors to experimental objects and product innovations. Design here is seen as a discipline of problem-solving and imagination, where material, craft, and technology come together to shape the spaces and tools of daily life.
Features highlight projects that push boundaries, whether through sustainable materials, digital fabrication, or rethinking everyday objects with fresh intent. From timeless classics to emerging ideas, this category captures how design continues to evolve, offering insight into the practices and philosophies that define contemporary aesthetics and function.
The Thalassic Masks project, designed by artists Filippo Nassetti and Vincenzo Reale, in collaboration with Stratasys, Empa, Haratech, and Creative Region Linz, focuses on rethinking the protective mask, transforming a medical product, born in a state of emergency, into a design statement expressing contemporary identities.
Wind Pavilion, designed and woven by Tongji CAUP, presents a bamboo-structured pavilion at the Longshanyuan in Anji City. The abode serves the tourists as a place to rest. The shelter can accommodate a small group for performances and team-building events. The curvaceous design enfolds various landscape characteristics from diverse aspects and integrates bifurcated herringbone sheds as the spatial prototype.
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A stadium of masquerading lights flickers in an illuminating ambiance! The South Korean Pavilion, designed by Moon Hoon and Mooyuki, explicitly flashes in dazzling shades at the Expo 2020 Dubai. The design concept visualizes the desert sunrise and its rays reflecting upon many dew droplets on a desert flower. The flickering of lights imitates the card stunts of spectators at a soccer stadium, also amassing the vibe of a rock concert. The design well expresses the cohesive and spontaneous energy of Korean ness in the moments the pavilion partakes.
A latticed structure revels in a mirror-like pool, with admonishing beauty! A simple hemispherical curve weaves the Prairie Cord designed by Brian Peters. The designers showcased the project commissioned by Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin. The artist interestingly envisaged a site-specific element that plays with light, shadow, and reflection during the day and night.
A troupe of decorated women strides up a black stairwell onto a transparent dome stage! A splendorous take on fashion statement unveiled by Smiljan Radic inflates up in a transparent bubble-form showcasing Alexander McQueen’s fashion gala in London.
Serenely sitting in the landscape as a small wave! Bamboo Pavilion presents a twisty and meandering form designed by LIN Architecture. Activating a rural public field space throttled the quotient that pulled the strings to up-bring rural construction. Designers and students joined in this rural experiment project, driving the possibility for rural design, ecological building, sustainable operation, teaching within research, and collective contribution.
The Living Lantern, designed by NEON & Frankie Boyle Studio, presents an attractive installation that sways and flaps with illumination. The two design teams collaborated on the vision to bring forth the emotions of humankind, like a ray of hope in these unprecedented times. The Living Lantern profess the capability to adapt and transform.
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Orbital presents a glorious vision of a contemporary garden folly designed by FUTUREFORMS. The design initiates on geometric exploration and material zeal. The concept ropes in organic flutes and curves from nature, along with the inspiration of giant robots and futuristic space vehicles.