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    SO-IL designs exhibition to showcase patchwork boro fabrics

    New York architecture firm SO-IL has designed an exhibition to present a Japanese handicraft that uses remnants of hemp fabric. SO-IL created the Boro Textiles: Sustainable Aesthetics exhibition for New York’s Japan Society. It showcases the boro textiles practice that originated in Japan in the 19th and 20th centuries when cold climate conditions made growing cotton […] More

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    Masa exhibition in Mexico City castle “celebrates contradiction”

    A curving metal streamer, mirrored room screen and bulbous fibre chandelier are among the objects in an exhibition hosted by travelling gallery Masa in Mexico City. Recover/Uncover exhibits a mixture of furniture, lighting and sculptures across the property Recover/Uncover showcases furniture, lighting and sculptures with contrasting elements from designers such as Misha Kahn, Masa co-founder […] More

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    Misha Kahn aims for “optimistic design show” at Friedman Benda New York

    A colourful cashmere sofa, bronze chandeliers and stained-glass sculptures are among the mix of plush and sculptural objects American designer Misha Kahn is displaying at New York gallery Friedman Benda. Marking the Brooklyn artist’s third presentation in the Chelsea gallery, Soft Bodies, Hard Spaces is intended to offer a positive reflection on the relationship between humans […] More

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    Formafantasma investigates impact of timber industry at Cambio exhibition

    Formafantasma has curated a research-focused exhibition at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London, UK, which aims to unravel the global impact of the forestry industry. Entitled Cambio, the show sheds light on the legality and environmental impact of the extraction, production and distribution of wood to make products around the world. Ahead of the exhibition’s opening, […] More

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    Home Stories exhibition at Vitra Design Museum looks back at iconic interiors

    Domestic spaces designed by Karl Lagerfeld, Lina Bo Bardi and Finn Juhl appear in the Home Stories: 100 Years, 20 Visionary Interiors exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum, which looks into the history of residential interiors. The Vitra Design Museum exhibition sets out to stimulate conversations about the private residence – a space which the museum’s director, […] More

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    Countryside, The Future exhibit has “nothing to do with architecture” says Rem Koolhaas

    Rem Koolhaas’s exhibition exploring the countryside at New York’s Guggenheim museum aims “to put the countryside on the agenda again”. Koolhaas developed the Countryside, The Future exhibit with his research studio AMO, its director Samir Bantalm and a series of collaborators. The aim is to highlight advancements in rural areas through a series of case studies. “This […] More

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    Eight designs that make use of waste products

    The Design Transfigured/Waste Reimagined exhibition at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art features projects that repurpose waste products. Here are eight highlights including vases sculpted from PVC pipes. The exhibit comprises over 30 projects that reimagine discarded materials and byproducts – sourced from manufacturing, agriculture, food and human waste – including building materials, home furnishings […] More

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    Soft Schindler​ installation of works by architects and artists contrasts modernist The Schindler House

    This exhibition of works by architects and artists installed at Rudolph Schindler’s house in West Hollywood, California takes the fraught relationship between the architect and his wife as its theme. The Soft Schindler​ exhibit features works by 14 architecture studios and artists that intend to add softness to or contrast with the house, which the […] More