British studio Mitre & Mondays collaborated with Benchmark and the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) on Wood for the Trees, an immersive installation presented during Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design festival as part of the Material Matters fair. Designed to evoke the atmosphere of an American hardwood forest, the exhibition…

British designer Es Devlin has created the Library of the Four Winds, a kinetic installation inside the Temple of the Four Winds, a garden folly on the grounds of the 18th-century country house Castle Howard in North Yorkshire. The Library of the Four Winds comprises an illuminated, revolving bookshelf located…

French artist JR has unveiled “La Caverne du Pont Neuf,” a monumental public artwork that transforms Paris’ 17th-century Pont Neuf bridge into an immersive environment inspired by stone quarries and prehistoric caves. Known for his large-scale interventions in urban spaces, the artist has reimagined the historic crossing as a sensory…

Refik Anadol is opening the doors to Dataland, a new cultural institution in downtown Los Angeles dedicated to exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, data, and contemporary art. Opening June 20 inside the Frank Gehry-designed Grand LA complex, the permanent museum is being positioned as the world’s first museum dedicated…

Architecture studio NBBJ has completed the headquarters of Chinese technology company Vivo in Shenzhen, China, featuring a continuous terrace that wraps around the exterior of the skyscraper. Located in Qianhai Bay, one of Shenzhen’s emerging business districts, the 150-metre-high tower accommodates approximately 6,000 employees. According to NBBJ, the project draws…

Designers Robert Hahn and Jacobo Cuesta Wolf presented Stop/Go, an exhibition exploring contemporary interpretations of the everyday doorstop, during Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design festival. Staged at the Goethe-Institut Denmark, the exhibition brought together more than 20 objects created by independent and emerging German designers in response to a brief…

The UAE is set to participate as Guest of Honour at the Beijing International Book Fair 2026 through the ‘Al Bait Al Emarati’ pavilion, overseen by the UAE Embassy in China and organised jointly with the Ministry of Culture, underscoring the strong cultural ties between the two countries and reinforcing…