Editorial

  1. Read more: Hall Haus and the Rise of a New Wave in African Design
    Hall Haus and the Rise of a New Wave  in African Design

    Hall Haus and the Rise of a New Wave in African Design

    by Simone Lorusso

    African design and architecture were for too long stuck in a narrow stereotype—rendered in vivid motifs, tribal patterns, or rural craft the world ...
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  2. Read more: Annotations cc: Alexandre de Betak
    Annotations cc: Alexandre de Betak

    Annotations cc: Alexandre de Betak

    by Anoe Melliou

    Alexandre de Betak, artist, art director and set designer, is renowned for his ability to orchestrate both the ephemeral and the monumental. Cross...
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  3. Read more: How Brutalist Architecture Shapes the Visual Language of Music Videos
    How Brutalist Architecture Shapes the Visual Language of Music Videos

    How Brutalist Architecture Shapes the Visual Language of Music Videos

    by Simone Lorusso

    Music and architecture are inextricably linked. Both are dependent on rhythm, composition, and emotion—one built with sound, the other with space. ...
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  4. Read more: The Architecture of Darkness: In Conversation With Julius Juul
    The Architecture of Darkness: In Conversation With Julius Juul

    The Architecture of Darkness: In Conversation With Julius Juul

    by @industrialkonzept Team

    We live in a time when sight is constantly demanded of us. Screens glow in our hands from dawn until the moment we drift to sleep, feeding us an en...
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  5. Read more: Annotations cc: Philippe Malouin
    Annotations cc: Philippe Malouin

    Annotations cc: Philippe Malouin

    by Anoe Melliou

    Philippe Malouin, designer and artist, creates without hesitation. In his collaborations with brands and galleries, he pursues forms that are direc...
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  6. Read more: Magnetism translated into wearable form: industrial × Claustrum
    Magnetism translated into wearable form: industrial × Claustrum

    Magnetism translated into wearable form: industrial × Claustrum

    by @industrialkonzept Team

    Founded in 2004, Claustrum emerged when designer Takeshi Endo transformed his grandparents’ plate glass workshop in Ginza into a studio dedicated t...
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  7. Read more: The Sculptor and the Ashtray: A Contradiction of Ritual and Relic

    The Sculptor and the Ashtray: A Contradiction of Ritual and Relic


    The Sculptor and the Ashtray: A Contradiction of Ritual and Relic


    by Anoe Melliou

    In 1944, Isamu Noguchi was a struggling artist amid financial uncertainty. He turned to an object both mundane and universal: the ashtray. As a sm...
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  8. Read more: NOT A HOTEL: Rethinking Hospitality for a New Era
    NOT A HOTEL: Rethinking Hospitality for a New Era

    NOT A HOTEL: Rethinking Hospitality for a New Era

    by @industrialkonzept Team

    Are hotels dying? Or are they merely sloughing off an old skin to expose something new? The pandemic and subsequent economic hardship have unmistak...
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  9. Read more: 10 Cathedrals of Concrete: A New Theology of Space
    10 Cathedrals of Concrete: A New Theology of Space

    10 Cathedrals of Concrete: A New Theology of Space

    by @industrialkonzept Team

    Churches were not founded by religion alone but where political will, social stratification, and public ritual converged. From the intimate gatheri...
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