A Football Stadium With Fluid Forms Rises Above in China

Fans head out on game day ready to root for their favorite teams, with all eyes on the pitch, enclosed in a large venue that is separate from its surroundings. The Xi’an International Football Centre in China, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, becomes one with the landscape, with open facades that

The Virtual + Reality Coalesce in Paddy Pike’s Arnardo Collection

Bubbly wax forms, smooth amorphous shapes, and globules suspended in space – there’s something so captivating about the fluidity and distortion found in futuristic objects like the lava lamp. The Arnardo Collection by Paddy Pike represents all the attractive qualities of the ’70s desk icon, frozen i

Olivier Mével’s La Machine Makes Uselessness Playful

French “internet of things” engineer Olivier Mével just released La Machine as a device that reprises the true essence of Marvin Minsky’s first “useless machine,” albeit in a playful and boldly colored composition. Unsurprisingly, he drew stylistic inspiration from noted Postmodernist Ettore Sottsas

Apple + Design Miami Spotlight the Future of Craft With iPad Pro

At this year’s Design Miami.Paris, Apple and Design Miami introduce Designers of Tomorrow, a new initiative celebrating four emerging creative voices who are subverting expectations – and quelling fears – regarding man’s place at the helm of making in the age of AI. The program, curated by Rodman Pr