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OODA's DUAS Towers: One Round, One Square, Same Stone Logic
OODA has designed a pair of 98-meter towers for Vlorë, the coastal city in southern Albania, drawing on local Tomorri white marble and traditional carpet patterns — one round, one square, both built from the same structural grammar.
Nine Voices from Recycled PLA: Ninefold Turns 3D-Printing Scrap into a Sound Field That Shifts as You Walk Through It
An architect, a percussionist-composer, and a materials researcher teamed up to 3D-print nine resonant forms from discarded lab PLA — each tuned to a different frequency, so the soundscape you hear shifts depending on where you stand.
A Studio Got a New Brake Press—So the Designer Folded an Aluminum Canoe With It
When Rhizome studio in France's Morvan region brought in a new brake press, designer Guillaume Bloget didn't wait around for a use case. He just started folding—and ended up with an aluminum canoe that needs no internal frame, its structure held entirely by the fold lines themselves.
The House With a Sinking Kitchen: How Arakawa and Gins Tried to Outbuild Death
In a house called Bioscleave House in East Hampton, the kitchen sinks into the ground and the floors ripple like untamed terrain. Its designers believed keeping the body in a state of constant alertness could slow aging — and maybe even push back against death itself.
Do Ho Suh Doesn't Sew Houses — He Stitches the Paths Your Hands Remember
From Seoul to London, he stitches light switches, radiators, and stair railings into translucent polyester fabric at exact scale. For Do Ho Suh, architectural memory was never about the size of a whole house — it's about the one motion your body repeats every single day.
"They're Not Buying a Boat, They're Buying Waterfront Real Estate": Superyachts Are Becoming Full-Time Homes
Gulf Craft CEO Erwin Bamps has noticed more and more owners choosing to live full-time on deck—so much so that he's hired two former real estate agents to sell his yachts. From cakes that won't bake right to closets that are too small, shipyards are now tackling a whole new category of domestic problems.
Bhoon+ House in Bangkok: A Roof That Bends to Let a Shared Tree Grow Through
anonym studio builds a new home on a 376-square-meter former lawn in Bangkok, carving a notch into the roof to let a courtyard tree grow right through the structure—while keeping a visual connection to the original house next door.
36 Seats Only: Cognac Runs Through the Whole Meal, Pontet-Canet Old and New Vintages Poured Side by Side
Cognac house Tesseron teams up with Bordeaux classified estate Château Pontet-Canet for the first time. Chefs Louis from Singapore and Raven from Taipei join forces on a six-course menu for a four-hands dinner on September 12, with only 36 seats available.
Hobonichi Techo Teams Up with Beloved Character Sunsun — Banana-Peeking Design Lands on Weekly Planner
Japanese stationery brand Hobonichi Techo has launched a collaboration with the popular puppet character "Puppet Sunsun," featuring a lineup of 7 items including planner covers, the weekly "Hobonichi Weeks" planner, and desk pads. The collection drops September 1st at TOBICHI, LOFT stores nationwide, and other retailers.
$5M Ferrari Monza SP2 Impounded by London Police Less Than 30 Minutes After First Drive
London police seized 90 vehicles worth over $10 million in a weekend sweep, but the headline-grabber was a Ferrari Monza SP2 that had barely touched UK soil before getting pulled over — less than 30 minutes into its very first drive.
Sealed for 50 Years, Now Reopened: Hiroshi Sugimoto Reconnects the Lost Underground Passage at the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
After a four-year, $68 million renovation, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. reopens on October 31. This time, Hiroshi Sugimoto didn't just handle the design—he reopened an underground passage that had been sealed for half a century.
Teruhiro Yanagihara Designs His First Lamp for &Tradition, Drawing Light in a Single Line
Japanese designer Teruhiro Yanagihara steps into lighting for the first time with Numbra, a new series for Danish brand &Tradition — where oak meets aluminum, his signature obsession with "line" and negative space carries through.
The Snowman Got Bigger: ILKW SNOWMAN12 Trades a Bigger Head for 260 Hours of Battery Life
ILKW has scaled up the shade on its signature SNOWMAN lamp to 12cm, pairing it with a sturdier two-tone globe base to handle the added weight. Priced at around $71 USD, it runs for up to 260 hours on a single charge.
A Danger Sign Shaped Like a Pyramid: Andy Medina's Cultural Hijack
Mexican artist Andy Medina's solo show "MEX I CAN" at John Doe Gallery in Los Angeles takes apart traffic signs, the Supreme logo, and F1 racing symbols one by one, then reassembles them—asking who really gets to define "Mexican-ness."
HOKA Tor Ultra Lo Retro Isn't Rushing It—Four Colorways Rolling Out Over Five Months
HOKA is bringing back the Tor Ultra Lo, built with nubuck leather, GORE-TEX, and a Vibram Megagrip outsole. Four colorways are set to drop across a stretched-out timeline from August through December, making this a slow-burn retro release rather than an all-at-once drop.
Bruichladdich Bottles US Military's WMD Blunder and Navy Submarine Saga—Third-Gen Yellow Submarine Marks 25th Anniversary
The US military once mistook an Islay distillery for a weapons facility, and the Navy later fished a submarine out of nearby waters. Bruichladdich turned both mix-ups into whisky names. Marking its 25th anniversary since reopening, the third-generation "Yellow Submarine" pops up in Xinyi District on August 14.
TAG Heuer Drops Orange Limited Edition to Mark Zandvoort GP's F1 Farewell After 2026
This limited edition's rarity isn't just about numbers—it's about the race it commemorates, which is itself bowing out: after 2026, the Dutch Grand Prix will step away from the F1 calendar.
Ronnie Fieg Restores Two One-Off BMWs to Mark Kith's 15th Anniversary
Kith teams up with BMW for a fourth collaboration, with Ronnie Fieg personally overseeing the restoration of two one-off cars — a 1972 3.0 CSi and a 1987 M6 E24 — both finished in the original Inka Orange. The full collection drops worldwide on August 17.
From One Learjet 45 to a Three-Brand Fleet: Skyfirst's Founder on Staying On Time Through Chaos
Skyfirst launched in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis with a single Bombardier Learjet 45. Now, as the US-Israel-Iran conflict rattles oil prices, founder Olivier Perdriel explains how he keeps CEO clients landing on time for their next meeting.
Specimens of Desire in Room 223: Photographer Lin Zhipeng Takes Over Saint Laurent Rive Droite Beijing
Under the moniker "No. 223," photographer Lin Zhipeng opens an exhibition at Saint Laurent Rive Droite Beijing, personally curated by Anthony Vaccarello. Timed just before Qixi Festival, the show explores fleeting, tender moments of romance through a series of intimate images. Runs through September 11.
Pick a Word, Eat the Consequences: Kirin Ichiban's Trust-Fall Dinner in LA
Guests had to pick one word — Bold, Refined, or Unexpected — before they even saw a menu. Kirin Ichiban turned a six-course Japanese dinner into a game of trust, where a single gut instinct decided the whole night's story.
Artek x Paul Smith Team Up for a Third Time on the Stool 60 — With a Secret Hiding Underneath
Artek and Paul Smith return for their third Stool 60 collaboration, pairing three-tone dyed birch legs with a hidden malachite green seat bottom that only reveals itself when flipped over.
Jil Sander Reworks Two Thonet Classics — Less Stitching, More Presence
The JS . THONET collection adds two new pieces — the S 411 Lounge Chair and S 1070 Table, tracing back to prototypes from 1932 and 2004 respectively. This time, Jil Sander's approach is all about subtraction.
Togashi Yoshihiro Shows Off Chapter 424 Manuscript — Is Hunter x Hunter Finally Breaking Its "10-Chapters-Then-Break" Pattern?
The yellow Weekly Shonen Jump manuscript envelope has popped up again on Togashi Yoshihiro's X, this time marked "No. 424." With his manuscript stock already pushing ahead to rough drafts for Chapter 433, it's starting to look like the nearly decade-long "10 chapters then a break" pattern might actually get broken for the first time.