Pebble stool by Atelier2+ for Moonler

Dezeen Showroom: designed to look like a cluster of balancing rocks, this stool by Thai studio Atelier 2+ and furniture brand Moonler is made of wood indigenous to Thailand.

The Pebble stool features a vaguely three-legged base formed through the arrangement of three rounded wooden pieces, which look like rocks leant together to form a structure.

The form was devised by an artisan who was given free reign to come up with a design that reflected their skill with woodwork, according to Moonler.

The Pebble stool's surface finish aims to emphasise the handmade quality...

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September 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Make sure you never miss out by joining our monthly Opportunities Newsletter.

Summer $1,800 Innovate Grants for Art + PhotoFeatured
Innovate Grant awards two $1,800 grants each quarter to one visual artist and one photographer. In addition, twelve applicants will receive honorable mentions, be featured on the website, and join a growing community. International artists and photographers working in any medium are eligible.
Deadline: 11:59 p.m. PST on September 10, 2025.

Open Calls

PHOTOcentric 2025: “State of Our Union” (International)
Garrison Art Center invites photographers to submit work for a...

Pend wraps extension to historic Scottish home in fluted pink-toned stonework

Scottish architecture studio Pend has updated a heritage-listed Georgian farmhouse in East Lothian, adding an extension clad in fluted, blush-toned blocks of precast stone.

Named Whitberry, the Grade B-listed building had been subject to piecemeal additions over the years, which led to the home having a "cellular" interior layout that lacked a strong connection to its large rear garden.

Edinburgh-based Pend was tasked with extending the home with a larger kitchen, which was housed in a minimal, contemporary extension that reinstates a connection to this garden through a full-height, glazed corner and sliding...

Что делать в Кракове и Варшаве?

Пришло время для традиционного вопроса.

Что делать в Кракове и Варшаве в конце сентября? Куда сходить, на что посмотреть, с кем встретиться, где попить кофе? Где кайфово работать? Везде буду первый раз, ничё не знаю.

Ещё вопрос, как лучше всего добраться из Кракова в Варшаву. Хочется поездом, конечно.

Donald Trump makes classical style "preferred architecture" for federal buildings

US president Donald Trump has signed the Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again executive order to make classical architecture the preferred style for new civic buildings in the USA.

Signed yesterday, the executive order aims to make traditional and classical the preferred styles for new Federal buildings across the US.

"The policy shall be to provide requisite and adequate facilities in an architectural style and form that is distinguished and that will reflect the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of the American government," said Trump in the executive order.

"Because of their proven ability to meet these requirements, classical and traditional architecture are preferred...

MVRDV reveals design for rock-like visitor centre on Taiwan's coastline

Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled a series of rock-shaped buildings designed to blend into their coastal setting for the Nature Rocks tourist centre in southern Taiwan.

MVRDV collaborated with Taiwanese architecture studio HWC Architects to design the rocky visitor centre at Jialeshui in Kenting National Park, which was chosen by Pingtung County Government as the winning proposal in a competition.

The studios drew upon the area's sandstone coastline and rock formations for its design of Nature Rocks, which aims to blend in with the natural environment.

It will feature three main buildings...

Israeli-backed aid in Gaza "deadly by design" according to Forensic Architecture report

Research groups Forensic Architecture and the World Peace Foundation have published a report titled The Architecture of Genocidal Starvation in Gaza, which found Israel to have used aid distribution to displace and starve Palestinians in Gaza.

The report examined two models of aid distribution in Gaza and found that an Israeli "military model" of aid distribution has strategically dismantled an earlier established "civilian model".

Forensic Architecture looked at methods of aid distribution and attacks on aid infrastructure from 18 March 2025, when Israel broke its ceasefire with Hamas, and 1 August, using spatial analysis and open-source research to create annotated maps of...

Original Modern Shelving by Tylko

Dezeen Showroom: furniture brand Tylko's system of customisable storage units comes in vivid colours and can be custom-configured using a specialist online tool.

Formerly known as Type02, Tylko's Original Modern Shelving includes bookcases, sideboards, TV stands, chests of drawers, vinyl storage, and shoe racks, all of which can be customised through the use of an online configurator.

With the system, Tylko aims to encourage self-expression and playfulness. The tool allows customers to adjust elements of the storage units in detail, down to its height, width, and the placement of shelves, doors and...

"Another camera in your home watching you" says commenter

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a retrofuturistic kitchen robot that uses AI to generate recipes based on leftover ingredients.

Designed by two MIT students, Kitchen Cosmo uses a webcam to capture the available ingredients and makes suggestions for what to cook based on the user's mood, skill level and available time.

"Would it not be quicker and easier to type it into an AI chatbot?"

Not everyone was sold. "Great, another camera in your home watching you, cluttering up your work surface," wrote Bunkermentality. "What's not to like?" they...