The Design Museum’s 13th annual prize has 74 nominees across six categories from graphics to digital, highlighting the most innovative and provocative need-to-know projects from the past year.
The French illustrator talks us through how she landed on her characteristic style and shares some anecdotes from her time as a travelling artist.
Walnut, oak and ribbons of leather combine to make the four new furniture pieces released by Japanese brand Ritzwell.
the laview sightseeing train by kazuyo sejima has recently been awarded the prestigious 2020 blue ribbon prize.
Tokyo-based design studio Nendo has updated the humble ballpoint pen, with a more ergonomic design called bLen, for Japanese pen manufacturer Zebra.
Based on the shapes of sailing, cycling, athletics, gymnastics, rowing and swimming, the six prints hark back to iconic Olympic designs of the 1960s.
Apollo Architects & Associates designed the austere metal exterior of Leaf House to disguise a central planted courtyard covered by exposed wooden rafters.
Takram's method rethinks the definition of “concept” to keep product development open and malleable from beginning to end
tatzu nishi is the subject of a solo exhibition at ANOMALY in tokyo titled 'the real reasons for unbreakable habits and how to deal with them'.
Providing latest information on Tokyo 2020 Official Art Posters.
the beds at the tokyo olympic village will be made of cardboard that organizers say is stronger than wood and can be recycled.
A house in Japan by Atelier Kento Eto is clad entirely in black corrugated metal with sliding doors that reveal a double-height hall with bridges.
'form without function is pointless. and all the more senseless from today's ecological point of view,' said dieter rams to designboom's editor-in-chief.
Harry Potter fans got a little giddy when JR East announced that Ueno Station in Tokyo would open up a “Platform 13½” in order to accommodate the new Train Suite Shiki-Shima, a luxury train that features observation platforms, private suites, high class restaurants, and foot baths.
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The Tokyo-based illustrator and artist turns to the web rather than the outdoors for inspiration. She’s fascinated by the impartial gaze that Google’s location tool offers, and transforms this neutrality into subjectivity through silky-smooth, painterly interpretations.
The London-based graphic design studio was tasked with creating an exhibition that questions what it means to be human in the 21st century. Working with hand-painted signs, glass-blown typefaces and touch-friendly materials, the studio chats about designing an accessible space for engagement and learning.
Inside one Hamburg gallery, unpretentious curators invite visitors to slap stickers wherever they want.
Photographer Tim Easley’s fascination with the vending machines of Japan
Rome wasn't built in a day – much like the world-famous companies that we all recognize today. Even they had to start from something – and you might be surprised when you find out that quite a few of them started out by doing things completely different than they are doing now.
Conceived by creative agency Havas, the 13-garment collection launching on World Mental Health Day features oversized care labels replacing washing instructions with self-care messaging and advice for finding support.
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