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Creative hub built in unused car park among projects from Birmingham City University
Dezeen School Shows: a community makers hub providing opportunities for creative workshops, built in an unused car park, is among the projects...
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‘MIZU’ Contemplates Fragility and Impermanence in a Poignant Dance with an Ice Puppet
Élise Vigneron of Théâtre de L'entrouvert and Satchie Noro of Companie Furankaï join forces for performances all summer long. Do stories and...
A tiny atomic shift gives scientists powerful control over metals
A team at the University of Minnesota discovered that changing a metal film's thickness by just a few nanometers can dramatically alter how it...
Harbor seals abandon their pups when beach-goers get too close. These mom-shaped pillows help save the babies' lives
A wildlife rescue in the Pacific Northwest has found creative ways to rehab the abandoned pups.
The Sun and the Moon: Saatchi Gallery's ambitious new summer show turns its gaze to the sky
From a giant glowing Sun and immersive installations that can't be photographed, to ancient Arctic snow goggles and textiles inspired by the...
How the act of learning to read rewires the brain and changes the way you hear
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Learning to read does something to the brain beyond teaching it to decode text. A new study in Cortex found...
Exclusive: Get Bruvi’s Pod Coffee Maker for Nearly Half Off
Use this WIRED-exclusive coupon code to get the best deal on this high-design machine and biodegradable pods.
Madrid’s Nobu Hotel to open in September with three-storey restaurant from famed Japanese chef
Spain’s luxury hotel scene is set for a major addition this September with the grand opening of Nobu Hotel Madrid. Opening ahead of the Formula 1...
Amazon Ember Artline Review: A Stylish Art Television
The affordable Artline doubles as a design piece and comes close to outshining the reigning champion of art TVs, the Samsung Frame Pro.
"Design weeks need to start framing repair as aspirational"
This week's 3 Days of Design is an opportunity to challenge the idea that new is better, writes Katie Treggiden. If design weeks want to remain...
A Poetic Short Film Animates the Counterproductive Forces of Incarceration
"I believe the purpose of an artist is to move the crowd," writer Marvin Wade says. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a...
Phantasmic Figures Grapple with Their Doubles in Xie Lei’s Dreamy Oil Paintings
"What I’m trying to achieve is to transport the viewer into another world," Xie says. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a...
Dave Krugman’s ‘WINDOWS’ Captures a Multitudinous Portrait of New York City
The Brooklyn-based photographer seeks patterns in his wanderings around the city. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a...
Tavares Strachan’s First Monograph Surveys an Encyclopedic Practice
Tavares Strachan is one of the leading conceptual artists working today, and his first monograph is out this month from Phaidon. Do stories and...
In Los Angeles, 70 Artists Transform a Vacant Hospital into a Sprawling Art Experience
Dubbed the 'Hospital of Emotions,' the pop-up exhibition converts 80 rooms into surreal installations. Do stories and artists like this matter to...
Designers use 3D printing to create futuristic cutlery at 3 Days of Design
Los Angeles gallery Marta and curator Dung Ngo have created an exhibition of 3D-printed cutlery during 3 Days of Design, featuring knives, forks...
La Sagrada Familia: Everything You Need to Know
AD unpacks the history and design of Antoni Gaud۪̉s masterpiece, which the Pope will visit on June 10
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