‘Surreal’: Justin Bieber surprises patrons in New Zealand pub with impromptu performance
A homey New Zealand pub has played spontaneous host to a performance from one the world’s biggest pop…
‘Game of Thrones’ fans gush over ‘Mad King’ at Royal Shakespeare Theatre
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON — The Kingdom of Westeros arrived in Stratford-upon-Avon on Saturday night as “Game of Thrones: The Mad King” held…
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…
Cj hendry fills a gallery with beads and lets visitors invent the game
inside the bead pit Stepping into Cj Hendry’s Pastel begins with a small change in gallery etiquette.…
SIDELINED rethinks the architecture of sport
how gabriel fontana redesigns sport through sidelined ‘Sport is a designed system,’ Gabriel Fontana told designboom when…
japan’s fruit-shaped bus stops offer travelers a sweeter shelter
giant fruits wait beside a japanese highway Along Route 207 in Konagai, a strawberry the size of…
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…