Profile / VisitKìwekì Point Rewrites the Monument Through Landscape
Ottawa’s renewed promontory shifts attention from a dominant colonial statue toward the river, Indigenous knowledge and a landscape designed for return.
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Material Intelligence
Materials, processes and fabrication examined as active forms of design knowledge.
9 stories in the seriesMaterial Intelligence follows the physical knowledge inside creative work—from resin, fiber and concrete to planting, light and industrial reuse. The series asks what materials can teach when they are treated as collaborators rather than surfaces.
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Profile / VisitPauline Deltour Made Precision Feel Effortless
A Bordeaux retrospective gathers 180 objects to reveal the rigor, restraint and productive collaborations behind Pauline Deltour’s apparent simplicity.
Plant Life Returns Design to Its Oldest Material Partner
At NGV Australia, fungi leather, hemp fibreboard and date-palm waste are placed inside a much longer history of making with plants.
Profile / VisitFaye Toogood Designs Objects That Refuse a Single Identity
Furniture, sculpture, fashion and interiors meet in a practice shaped by material instinct, editorial intelligence and the freedom to remain uncategorized.
Profile / VisitSabine Marcelis Uses Light as a Material
Resin, glass, stone and reflection become active experiences in the Rotterdam designer’s precise experiments with color and perception.
Profile / VisitJulie Bargmann Finds Productive Futures in Damaged Land
D.I.R.T. studio treats mines, factories and industrial remains as evidence—transforming degradation without erasing the stories held by a site.
Profile / VisitIni Archibong Turns Craft Into a Vehicle for Myth
The Nigerian-American designer combines advanced making, spiritual narrative and cross-cultural experience in objects that feel both functional and otherworldly.
Profile / VisitPhilippe Starck: The Designer Who Made Objects Behave Like Icons
From Juicy Salif to the transparent Louis Ghost chair, Starck shows how an everyday object can become instantly legible—and unforgettable.
Profile / VisitTadao Ando Uses Concrete to Make Light Visible
The self-taught architect’s spaces show how restraint can heighten our awareness of wind, geometry, silence and changing daylight.
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