design

title: "CSS First + Thin Component Wrapper: A 10KB Component Library Practice" description: "From UnoCSS back to native CSS, a design token-driven component library solution. Four-layer CSS architecture, minimal Vue components, bundle size analysis, and a comparison of maintainability, showing how to build a 10KB component library with 500 lines of code." tags: [vue, css, designsystem, architectu…

Glass furniture has moved far beyond the standard coffee table. Designers are bending, tinting, layering, and shaping glass into chairs, desks, shelves, cabinets, and dining tables that function as both furniture and sculpture. These pieces stand out because they occupy space without blocking it. Transparent surfaces allow light, shadows, reflections, and surrounding materials to remain... The po…

The proliferation of smart technology has led to the diversification and randomization of indoor sound sources. This necessitates a more nuanced consideration of user subjective experiences in indoor soundscape design. Consequently, identifying the perceptual dimensions of smart home soundscapes has become a critical issue in indoor sound environment design. Accordingly, this study aimed to ident…

Somerset House, London Escher’s paradoxical geometries and impossible gravities may baffle the mind – yet even his wildest works were never just fanciful, as this fun and gripping show makes clear We think we know the world of Maurits Cornelis Escher with its mind-bending staircases and buildings that impossibly twist upon themselves. Yet a shocking glimpse of reality intrudes in Somerset House’s…

How to build a design system that scales — from design tokens and Figma components to Tailwind CSS with CVA and Radix UI Design Systems Are Not Component Libraries A component library is a collection of buttons, inputs, and cards. A design system is a shared language that governs how an entire product looks, feels, and behaves. The library is an implementation detail — the system is the thinking …

In 2015, Living Lenses added a public art installation titled Fault Whisper in Fault Line Park in East Village, San Diego. The installation consists of two metal spheres situated directly across from one another, and an accelerometer installed below the spheres in the fault rupture. The accelerometer monitors the movements along the fault rupture and records the direction and amplitude of the mov…

The sundress is back – here’s how to make it short but not (too) sweet One sunny day recently, I looked around and realised that every woman in my vicinity was wearing the same dress. Not the same dress, exactly. But the same dress. A maxidress, colourful but in a tasteful sort of way. Floaty, probably with a tiered skirt. Wholesome and vaguely rustic, but also a bit fancy. You know the dress I m…

Building a Accessible, Performant Design System: From Tokens to Tooling Building a Accessible, Performant Design System: From Tokens to Tooling Design systems are more than a collection of components; they are the collaborative fabric that keeps a product cohesive as it grows. This tutorial walks you through building a frontend design system that is accessible, performant, and developer-friendly.…

Color Pit is a site-specific ground intervention realized within a school playground in Beirut following the 2020 explosion. Developed by Studio Etienne Bastormagi in collaboration with Sandra Richani, and Nada Borgi, the project is rooted in the studio's broader Let's Play philosophy, which frames play as a civic and therapeutic act. In a post-disaster context where reconstruction efforts largel…

Completed in December 2025, the "Rue de l'Église" project redevelops a 1970s office building in Neuilly-sur-Seine to meet 21st-century standards of well-being, working comfort, and urban integration. Rather than demolishing and rebuilding, the architects chose a more resilient path: transforming and densifying the existing structure through a simultaneous intervention on its three dimensions — th…

First Knock helps users see “where I am standing.” But the user’s next question is inevitably “where can I go from here.” Existing AI products respond to this question in two ways, each inadequate: proactive AI gives suggestions the user cannot execute; passive AI only reflects without guiding, leaving the user without any actionable reference. In scenarios where the user actively seeks help, non…

Spent the weekend turning every pattern in my agentic_design_patterns repo into a hand-drawn style diagram, using a sepia/parchment “bozza-scientifica” aesthetic — closer to a Leonardo da Vinci notebook page than a typical slide-style flowchart. Repo: https://github.com/gtesei/agentic_design_patterns Curious to hear feedback.

The first electric Ferrari is already this year’s most divisive car. We asked three Italian auto industry professionals to explain where the EV’s design makes sense, and where it doesn’t add up.

Ulster House, Toronto's first multiplex condominium, exemplifies gentle density, market affordability, thoughtful design, and environmental responsibility. A self-initiated project by LGA principals Janna Levitt and Dean Goodman, the development challenges policies and perceptions, paving the way for a new housing typology. It presents a viable, sustainable infill strategy to introduce medium-den…

The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate immersive storytelling environment quality in hospitality, tourism, and event contexts. As immersive storytelling has become increasingly adopted to create engaging and interactive experiences, it has gained importance as a strategy for enhancing visitor engagement and experience design. Despite its practical relevance, immersive storytelling rem…

This thesis will be a comparative creative project that analyzes current operational wardrobe options within immersive lands, utilizing case studies and applied research, a neutral proposed immersive land will be created with operational costuming options that provides variety to the operational wardrobe that will enhance the immersive guest experience by creating a more compelling environment th…

On her third renovation of the Victorian terrace she has lived in for 30 years, Ruth Evans chose a palette bursting with colour to backdrop her vast art collection The children’s nursery rhyme I Can Sing a Rainbow swirls at the back of my mind as I wander the bright and beautiful rooms of art collector and author Ruth Evans’s north London home. Red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange…

Concéntrico Festival 2026 will take place in Logroño , Spain , from June 18 to 23, transforming the city into a large-scale laboratory for architecture , design, and urban experimentation. Over six days, more than twenty interventions will be distributed across squares, vacant plots, streets, bridges, and emblematic spaces throughout the city, bringing together leading studios, researchers, and c…

Mural by the East Los Streetscapers entitled World Encounter over El Arroyo Seco , created in 1994 and previously exhibited at the Burbank Airport. It will be on display through 2028. Mural description Two soccer players drift into orbit, chasing a ball toward a passing satellite. Below them, the Rose Bowl shrinks into the distance. The East Los Streetscapers (artists David Botello and Wayne Heal…

The concept for the construction of a pavilion, Black Thought in Rijeka , Croatia, utilizing the traditional Japanese technique of Yakisugi, offers a powerful opportunity to create a distinctive, sustainable, and culturally resonant structure.