This sneaker uses no glue, so a failure can still come apart
UDRB separates its printed sole, leather boot and rope fastening. Repair becomes a local mechanical problem, even though full circularity remains unproven.
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This 3D-Printed Camera Works. Its Creator Is Scrapping It Anyway
After three years of prototypes, Camera Things finally built a 3D-printed variable-speed shutter. Then he abandoned the mechanism: it works, but its geometry scales badly from half-frame to full 35 mm.
Alterlaa still works because someone has to run the pools
27 Storeys returns to Vienna’s Wohnpark Alterlaa. The lasting lesson is not the silhouette. It is the upkeep of clubs, pools, tenant boards and habits.
The box gets two seconds to teach the game
For What The Sketch?, Luke McConkey was not just drawing a funny box. He had to make a game of shapes, speed and guessing feel legible before anyone opened the rules.
A robot can look less futuristic when you photograph it like a machine
Mattia Balsamini photographs robots without adding a ready-made storyline. By keeping the bodies, places and people around them, he replaces sci-fi spectacle with an image of work.
This bench stays dry because its normal position is closed
In Lausanne, a seat folds under a small roof as soon as you stand up. The passive mechanism protects the wood, trading rain and dirt for springs, a hinge and one extra action from the user.
They Don't Want Your Brief. They Want a Week in Your Vineyard
Andstudio is offering wineries an unusual exchange: no agency fee, but a week on site before four to six months of branding work. The real experiment is replacing the initial brief with fieldwork.
Felice Varini builds an image from one point. Then he asks you to move
Felice Varini's perfect circle is not painted on one wall but distributed across a room. A projector turns a chosen viewpoint into a construction plan.
30 designers answer the wrong AI question. That is why this book works
Are we cooked?! asks 30 designers whether AI is ending their profession. The yes-or-no verdict is almost useless; their metaphors, contradictions and definitions of value make a far better map of design in 2026.
Albania Invited 60 Studios. The Book Shows Who Held the Address Book
The Albanian Files gathers 60 firms and more than 500 projects. Read as a database rather than a coffee-table book, it reveals how architects, political power and investors meet.