Fantastic Plants Spring from Taehyoung Maria Jeon’s Digital Illustrations

“I try to avoid playing it safe or going for the obvious. Instead, I look at plants from a different perspective and express them in my own way,” South Korean artist Taehyoung Maria Jeon says about a fantastical series of illustrations. “Ironically, having rules is what gives me the freedom to experiment with plant shape.”

Although she’s trained as a printmaker and continues to build compositions in layers, Jeon turns to digital methods as she reimagines the specimens cohabitating in her apartment, beginning with leaves and stems before venturing into surreal terrain. Purple veins, red outlines, and a smattering...

MSCHF twists Lexus electric cars into absurd shapes in New York

Brooklyn creative studio MSCHF has created two twisted and bent versions of Lexus electric cars for New York City's fall art week, which the studio said is a play on the automotive industry's concept car prototypes.

The Motomorphosis sculptures, called Circle Car and Twisted Car, were installed at Hudson Yards event space Chelsea Industrial next to their functional counterparts, a Lexus RZ450e and Lexus RX450h+.

Circle Car is an elongated Lexus RZ450e turned around on itself, while Twisted Car looks like a Lexus RX450h+ that has been...

Strata

Lines become rhythm. Rhythm becomes structure. Between light and shadow, familiar places dissolve into abstract forms. A study of repetition, geometry and silence in monochrome.

An Architectural-Scale Kintsugi Project

In the 1960s, college students stumbled across an abandoned ruin in the wilds of Warsaw, Virginia, outside of Richmond. The crumbling stone structure had been abandoned following a hurricane in the 1930s, and weather had taken its toll. It presumably made for a great party spot for the co-eds.

As it turns out, the house had historic significance and was older than America. Callled Menokin, it was built in 1769 by Revolutionary leader Francis Lightfoot Lee, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. When the abandoned house was a little over 200 years old, in the 1970s, it suffered a...

Papermaking centre among projects from Swinburne University of Technology students

Dezeen School Shows: a centre for developing handmade paper is among the projects from students at Swinburne University of Technology.

Also featured is a tool to support those living with dementia and a mural that reflects the role of women and technology in the design industry.

Institution: School of Design and Architecture
Courses: Bachelor of Design, Bachelor of Design (Communication Design, Hons), Bachelor of Design (Architecture), Bachelor of Design (Fashion), Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design, Hons), Bachelor of Design (Interior Architecture, Hons), Master of Architecture, Master of Architecture and Urban Design, Master of Design, Bachelor of Engineering (Architectural, Hons)...

Red Moons and Lightning Illuminate Sarah Lee’s Uncanny Landscapes

Delicate waves, mysterious fissures, and diffused lightning set some of the scenes in Sarah Lee’s dreamy landscape paintings. Moons with strangely direct beams of light and supple mountains cradled by lakes and forests are tinged with magical realism. Most of the works seen here are part of Lee’s current solo exhibition titled Deeper at Albertz Benda, in which the artist highlights different ecosystems and the nature of clarity and concealment. She often titles her works in reference to the colors she employs, such as “Emerald Sky” and “Red Meadow in Mist.”

These apparently “empty” landscapes nod to the romantic...

Herzog & de Meuron reuses foundations for mass-timber Massachusetts school building

Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has utilised the existing concrete foundation of an older structure for the Student Center & Dining Commons at Amherst College, adding mass-timber levels on top.

The Student Center & Dining Commons at Amherst College in Massachusetts rises from the skeleton of the Merrill Science Center, a brutalist brick building designed in the 1960s by Boston firm Campbell, Aldrich and Nulty.

Herzog & de Meuron expanded the building from 80,000 to 120,000 square feet (7,432 to 11,148 square metres) to accommodate a combined...

Cost-Cutting Disguised as Minimalism: Volvo's EX30 Dashboard Goes Too Far

This year Volvo brought the EX30, an electric SUV, to the U.S. market. (In Europe the car has been available since 2023, but tariffs and red tape delayed the U.S. launch.) Starting around $38,000, it's meant to be an affordable EV and gateway vehicle to the brand.

The car looks smart enough on the outside, but the interior is a damning indictment of cost-cutting. Multiple speakers have been eliminated in favor of a single soundbar, to reduce wiring, but that's the least of the troubles. Take a look at the dashboard:

That's right, there's no...

The Easy Roller: An Alternative Take on the Pizza Cutter

While the traditional form of a pizza cutter is this…

…Japanese manufacturer Fireside has a different take, offering a much more compact form factor:

It's no surprise this Easy Roller came from Japan, where storage space is limited. But the company also says the form is more ergonomic and makes it easier to cut.

The stainless steel tool measures 95mm (3.7") wide and weighs just 100g (3.5 oz). It runs ¥1,650 (USD $11) in Japan, but with international shipping you're looking at closer to $18.

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