African Modernism by Manuel Herz and Iwan Baan [autographed] — Design Yard Sale

Get a copy of the now out of print and rare book African Modernism, or many other items at the Design Yard Sale. The Design Yard Sale is selling and auctioning creative works by designers to raise funds for the Bail Project and Colloqate… Continue reading

Virtual Vernissage: Kiruna Forever in 360° – ArkDes – Sweden’s National Centre for Architecture and Design

Broadcast from ArkDes, Sweden’s national centre for architecture and design, you’re invited to a 360° tour of the exhibition Kiruna Forever.   Kiruna – a city in the northernmost part of Sweden – is experiencing one of the biggest urban transformation projects in recent history. The city is… Continue reading

The book TORRE REFORMA is a 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2019 winner

This survey of book design represents perhaps the longest-standing legacy in American graphic design. Beginning in 1923, the Fifty Books of the Year competition was a yearly mainstay of AIGA. As dust jackets became more common, covers were added to the competition. From 2012–2018 Design Observer… Continue reading

Wallpaper: Art in a virtual reality: the platforms bringing culture home

Got Your Back livens up the working from home environment With online business meetings surging in popularity, Dutch creative agency Staat has gathered a group of established and emerging creatives to create virtual backdrops, available to use for free in a wide range of video conference applications such as Zoom and… Continue reading

itsnicethat.com: Make your video call background much, much cooler with Got Your Back

The free platform features artwork donated by the likes of Iwan Baan, Lennard Kok, Timo Kuilder, Hugo & Marie and the Rijksmuseum, ranging from epic to calm, via the slightly creepy. Source: Make your video call background much, much cooler with Got Your Back… Continue reading

Bjarke Ingels Designs a Spiraling Museum for Luxury Watch Brand Audemars Piguet | Architectural Digest

Bjarke Ingels Group Completes a Spiraling Museum for Audemars PiguetIn Swiss town Le Brassus, the architect creates a surprising shape for the new Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet, which is tentatively slated to open to the public on June 25 Source: Bjarke Ingels Designs a Spiraling Museum for… Continue reading

Stone Garden, the mixed-use building by Lina Ghotmeh Architecture

Mona Fawaz and Cara Aramouny review the first project by Lina Ghotmeh in her home town. The building “embraces the city’s eclectic, layered morphologies and sets its new, elegant yet unassuming presence on them”. Source: Stone Garden, the mixed-use building by Lina Ghotmeh Architecture… Continue reading

Domus 1045 on newsstands: “In praise of beauty, in the face of crisis” – Domus

Pick up the latest issue of Domus Magazine with Lina Ghotmeh’s beautiful Stone Garden building in Lebanon In this issue: David Chipperfield meets Renzo Piano; Lina Ghotmeh Architecture’s Stone Garden in Lebanon; the work of British artist Rachel Whiteread and more. Browse the gallery and discover the contents… Continue reading

Got Your Back

Get your virtual backdrops for use in Zoom here: An ever growing collection of virtual backdrops for use in Zoom & Microsoft Teams. Expressions of optimism and art by the world’s best designers, illustrators, animators, photographers, filmmakers and artists. Source: Got Your Back… Continue reading

LocHal library draws on the industrial identity of the city of Tilburg

In Tilburg a former factory now houses several public functions for the city, including a library and coworking spaces. DOMUS: LocHal library draws on the industrial identity of the city of Tilburg… Continue reading

Twee fotografen, allebei op zoek naar wat een plek bijzonder maakt | Het Parool

Twee fotografen, allebei op zoek naar wat een plek bijzonder maaktIwan Baan (45) fotografeert mensen in hun bebouwde omgeving, Roosmarijn Pallandt (43) natuurvolkeren op afgelegen plekken. Toch overlapt hun werk. In hun werkwijze zijn ze heel verschillend, Roosmarijn Pallandt en Iwan Baan, de twee fotografen die… Continue reading

Pritzker Architecture Prize Goes to Two Women for the First Time – The New York Times

The Dublin-based architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara have practiced together for 40 years. Source: Pritzker Architecture Prize Goes to Two Women for the First Time – The New York Times… Continue reading