design

Mabelle Park stands as a model for social and cultural innovation in a Toronto neighbourhood of dense vertical housing, home to a highly diverse community of newcomers. Its completion crowns a seven year collaboration between LGA Architectural Partners and the non-profit Mabelle Arts to transform an overlooked half-acre of land owned by Toronto Community Housing, (TCH) the city's largest social h…

With Nicolas Cage starring as the Spider, the series, available in color and in black and white, is a retro reimagining of the well-known superhero.

In the decades following independence, some of the most ambitious architectural experiments in the world did not emerge through museums , monuments , or government palaces . They emerged through universities. Across South Asia and Africa , newly formed nations turned campuses into testing grounds for entirely new ways of imagining collective life. These campuses functioned as more than educationa…

New political actors in established democracies raise key issues regarding the disruptive effects of new technologies on electoral competition, voter mobilization, and the design of political parties and organizations. This study focuses on the emergence of film actor Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which went to the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (TNA) elections as a single party. …

Challenging the traditional model of a tucked-away pantry, we boldly reposition the "Employee Interaction Lounge" as the heart of the workspace. Through "diverted circulation" and a "separate yet connected" layout, we craft an office that employees are eager to return to—an ideal response to the new era of remote and hybrid work. By weaving together materiality, abundant natural light, and intent…

Anna Wintour has welcomed the Bezoses – and their patronage – with open arms. But after a controversial Met Gala, industry insiders are less enthusiastic The press conference for the Met Costume Institute’s spring exhibition is always a stately affair, but this year it was giving “feudal lady addresses her serfs” or perhaps “Marie Antoinette during the last days of Versailles”. Here, among the sp…

Haus W is located on a steep slope defined by exposed geological strata. From the outset, the site was understood not only as a constraint but as a formative parameter. The local geology, consisting of limestone and quartz belonging to the Säntis Range, with its grain and dark tonal variations, informed both the spatial organisation and the material expression of the building.

_Contemporary Aesthetics_ 24. 2026This article traces a thread between Edo-period garden design and modern Japanese ambient music (kankyō ongaku). It focuses on the suikinkutsu — a buried ceramic pot beside a stone basin that produces soft, resonant echoes from dripping water — as an early example of deliberate environmental sound design. This tradition is connected to artists like Hiroshi Yoshim…

Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally transforming cinematography, introducing unprecedented capabilities across the entire filmmaking pipeline. This systematic review synthesizes findings from 76 research papers—with detailed focus on 30 key studies published between 2021 and 2026—to examine how AI technologies are reshaping pre-production, production, and post-production workfl…

Manchester City’s coach went from dressing like an overgrown school boy to relaxing the unwritten manager dress code In 2016, when Pep Guardiola took his place in the dugout for his first game in charge of Manchester City, the fashion plates in the Premier League included José Mourinho, in a quarter zip and mac at Manchester United and Arsène Wenger, dapper in his suit and unzippable puffer jacke…

On May 21st, a realistic cave took shape on Paris' Pont Neuf, the oldest standing bridge across the Seine. The inflatable artwork was designed and built by French photographer and street artist JR, along with an extensive multidisciplinary team. La Caverne du Pont Neuf was conceived in honor of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 1985 work The Pont Neuf Wrapped , an environmental artwork in which the art…

This thesis explores how we practice creativity and construct narratives through the act of building collections. It examines collecting as both an innate creative impulse and a learned process. Using arts-based research and narrative inquiry, the study considers how our collecting habits reflect the ways we process information and express personal artistic interests. Drawing from personal experi…

This thesis explores how young artists develop their creative practices in a world informed by digitality. Through survey research of 44 art students between the ages of 14 and 22, as well as a process of autoethnographic inquiry, I examine how artists in high school and college relate to digital imagery, web archives, online gaming, and social media platforms, and how these experiences inform ar…

Art educator Jo-Anna Moore (1991) asks “What is the purpose of our individual growth through art or craft?” (p. 162). Moore’s question is daunting not least for the seasoned artist, but for the young people in our art classrooms who, to varying degrees, are or are not interested in art. This thesis draws from my personal narrative as an older adolescent whose introduction to craft helped me navig…

For a long time, celebrity art collections were treated like another luxury purchase, something to casually mention alongside… The post 8 Celebrity Art Collections You’ll Want to Peek Inside appeared first on Arts To Hearts Project .

Eccentric public art, strange ruins, eerie landscapes, follies … Britain has a rich store of curiosities. An enthusiast selects 10 of the quirkiest finds from his new book One thing unites the British more than anything else. It stands there in plain sight but is rarely spoken about. We may try to hide it; we may not admit it to ourselves; but under the surface, deep down, in the nicest possible …

IntroductionAgainst the backdrop of global sustainable development goals, the green transformation of the textile and apparel industry is increasingly imperative. Integrating the Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) framework with Kansei Engineering theory, this study investigates the mechanisms through which design attributes associate the Purchase Decisions of Generation Z consumers within the su…