A’ DESIGN AWARD CURATED WINNERS IN GRAPHICS DESIGN The global A’ Design Award and Competition continues its call for entries, inviting international creatives to submit their work ahead of the February 28 deadline, with winners revealed on May 1st. Dedicated to advancing creative innovation across all disciplines, the competition fosters widespread appreciation for design that shapes contemporary

FLORIM AND MATTEO THUN & PARTNERS EXPAND THE SENSI NARRATIVE Florim captures the atmosphere of the Venetian lagoon in SensiVenezia, a tactile porcelain stoneware collection. Designed by Matteo Thun and Benedetto Fasciana, the series translates the city’s textures and visual memory into surfaces defined by material depth, channeling Carlo Scarpa’s compositional sensitivity references across twelve

STEFAN SAGMEISTER AND EKN TURN DATA INTO WEARABLE DESIGN Stefan Sagmeister is taking his data visualizations somewhere they rarely go: onto people’s feet. In collaboration with Frankfurt-based ekn footwear , the Austrian graphic designer has developed a sneaker and a boot that translate statistics on renewable electricity and street homelessness into wearable objects. The two designs accompany his

16TH-CENTURY PALACE BECOMES flagship for massimo dutti in rome Spanish fashion brand Massimo Dutti opens its new flagship store within the 16th-century Palazzo Ruspoli in Rome. Spanning over 2,000 square meters (21,527 square feet) along Via del Corso, the retail design exhibits its clothing collections within the historic architecture, pairing the palace’s original features — such as the vaulted

POPSTICKS REIMAGINES CHOPSTICKS AS INFLATABLE UTENSILS Some ideas begin with a serious problem. Popsticks begins with the possibility of finding yourself without chopsticks, which is apparently enough to justify a little design intervention. Created by designer Liam de la Bedoyere, the playful concept proposes a pair of inflatable chopsticks that can be rolled up, slipped into a pocket, and brough

Marek Kounovský designs table around the idea of ‘ just enough’ Designed by Marek Kounovský of MK Designers for Prague-based furniture company Frayer, Handle Table is a bamboo coffee table with concealed storage integrated into its geometry. The design explores the idea of ‘just enough’ by balancing function, material, and form without adding unnecessary details. all images ©MK Designers oil-based

Laterna Magika made the screen part of the stage Developed by stage director Alfréd Radok and scenographer Josef Svoboda for Czechoslovakia’s pavilion at Expo 58 in Brussels, Laterna Magika brought live performance, film projection, music, dance and stage technology into a single theatrical language, turning the relationship between the physical stage and the projected image into the central subje

Five installations bring community stories into Denver Festival The inaugural Denver Community Design Festival, co-developed by Leyuan Li and the Denver Mayor’s Office of Community Outreach, takes place at the Denver Performing Arts Complex from September 24th to October 7th, 2026. Titled Common Ground, the festival brings together CU Denver students, practicing designers, city leaders, and commun

GOLEM and LAILA EL MEHELMY TURN ICE INTO WEARABLE JEWELRY There is jewelry designed to last generations, and then there is ooOoooOoooOh la l’ice, a necklace whose most conspicuous components are destined to disappear within the hour. Developed by artist and jeweler Laila El Mehelmy and architect Ariel André, founder of Paris-based studio GOLEM, the piece threads seven ice cubes onto a chain of sol

COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION AS THE DRIVER OF ARCHITECTURAL FORM Founded on the principle that collective imagination is required to draw and produce new forms, Paf atelier crafts radical, human-centric environments across architecture , scenography, and immersive narrative. The practice unlocks fresh possibilities for human interaction as it bridges bold geometric expressions with deep emotional resona