Photographic memory is a myth – here’s what research really says about remembering
Hollywood loves a superpower. Not all involve capes or cosmic rays. Some are cognitive: characters who can remember…
Heydar Aliyev ultimate expression of parametricism’s “fluidity”
Our parametricism series launches with a look at the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan. Designed by Zaha…
Parametricism is the architecture “of neoliberalism itself”
Parametricism has been billed by its originator as the defining architecture style of the 21st century. To kick off…
miriam van der lubbe on shared attention in design
Over the years, I must have written hundreds of them. Letters for people facing serious injustice and violations…
Gustaf Westman and Wendy Saunders revealed as Dezeen Awards 2026 judges
Interior designer Wendy Saunders, designer Gustaf Westman, design director Zhou Tan and sustainable entrepreneur Ramnath Sri Ram have…
Toyo Ito chooses eight favourite projects by Andrea Branzi
Italian museum Triennale Milano has unveiled the Continuous Present exhibition in Milan, which showcases works by architect Andrea…
‘I paint the kind of people I’m attracted to’: Hernan Bas on hiding from the world in Venice | Art and design
Hernan Bas has been living in Venice this year, painting tourists. He’s aware of the ironies. (He is…
Hotel Retro revives graphic luggage labels from the golden age of travel
These stickers are not only miniature relics from a history of design – tracing visual developments from art…
‘We put our heads above the parapet’: Lubaina Himid on winning her 40-year battle to storm the Venice Biennale | Art and design
The Venice Biennale opening is just days away but Lubaina Himid isn’t in a rush. The artist, who…
Traditional townhouses inform interiors of Capella Kyoto hotel
The unique “rhythm and progression” of Japanese machiya townhouses helped Brewin Design Office devise the interiors of this…
Figma Builds In-House Redis Proxy to Hit Six Nines Uptime
Figma has published a detailed account of how it built an in-house Redis proxy service called FigCache, replacing…
Meet the photographer behind Olivia Rodrigo’s new era
Chad Moore first stepped behind a lens when he was 15 years old, professionally BMX biking. “It’s crazy…