frank kunert’s miniature worlds bend the logic of familiar architecture
frank kunert makes architecture misbehave in miniature A running track curves around a stadium, except one lane…
luca boscardin on play, cities, and designing for curiosity
luca boscardin discusses how play shapes cities and learning Luca Boscardin doesn’t believe play belongs only to…
when drawings take flight: the art and design of kites
art for the open air Later this month, SFMOMA’s Roberts Family Gallery will fill with nearly 75,000…
the parking lot that forgot itself: guest essay by 2050+
THE PARKING LOT THAT FORGOT ITSELF A few weeks ago, in Logroño, in the Basque Country, a…
tearing paper and wrestling mud, gutai played with creative freedom in postwar japan
gutai begins with a body in motion In a series of grainy photographs from 1956, Saburō Murakami…
dan ortiz leizman transforms monobloc chairs into instruments
Dan Ortiz Leizman turns plastic chairs into string instruments The plastic monobloc chair has become so embedded…
the right to rest: how cities make room for play
architecture for unclaimed time At the top of SESC 24 de Maio, swimmers circle a rooftop pool…
ayumi tsuchiya on her interactive sculptures and making by hand
Ayumi Tsuchiya’s wooden sculptures encourage curiosity Children rarely stop to ask how Ayumi Tsuchiya’s sculptures work but…
juicy salif: philippe starck’s iconic lemon squeezer
THE STORY BEHIND THE ICONIC JUICY SALIF There are few household objects that have generated as much…
beneath a kite-filled sky, janice chan photographs tropical fish and noodle packets
a temporary world beneath the kites In Weifang, China, thousands of people spread across an open field…
mother-son photo series narrates lives of korean women with play
Daesung Lee on his series, nirvana In 2024, Paris and Korea-based photographer Daesung Lee started taking photos…
how play is reshaping pediatric healthcare
Changing the Experience of Care Across hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and research laboratories, industrial designers rethink how medical…