Core77 Weekly Roundup (3-16-26 to 3-20-26)

Here's what we looked at this week:

‘Let Us Gather In a Flourishing Way’ Convenes 58 Artists to Survey Contemporary Latinx Painting

On the top floor of Buffalo AKG Art Museum’s Gundlach Building, a vast body of work from 58 artists comes together for Let Us Gather In a Flourishing Way. The impressive ensemble is both a survey of contemporary Latinx painting and a lively dialogue between a spectrum of artists with diverse backgrounds, experiences, identities, languages, and creative mediums.

Let Us Gather In a Flourishing Way is a major exhibition that has slowly unfolded over the course of several years. Curator Andrea Alvarez—the architect and driving force behind the project—has spent much of this time immersed in research and collaborating closely with...

Moses baskets by Anzy Home

Dezeen Showroom: newborns are cradled in traditionally-crafted, natural materials within Moses baskets by Ukrainian brand Anzy Home.

Anzy Home's Moses baskets are hand-crocheted by female artisans in Ukraine from OEKO-TEX Standard 100-certified yarn, which is made from 100 per cent cotton. A hypoallergenic mattress filled with organic coconut fibre sits inside.

The result is a traditional-style bassinet with a sturdy yet soft structure, which aims to bring a sense of handmade warmth into nurseries, bedrooms and living spaces.

The matching rocking stand is made of solid ash wood and is sturdy while also being easily moved...

Design Criticism: Balmuda's Overly Designey Clock Makes the Simple, Complicated

Will there ever be a spiritual successor to Braun's iconic AB 1 desktop clock, designed by Dietrich Lubs?

A pessimist would say "Probably not." Lubs' design is hard to beat for simplicity and legibility. Its use of form and color demonstrates a level of restraint impossible to exercise these days, where novelty and blinky-blinky features are employed in order to draw attention. Product design's remit is no longer to solve the user's problem. Instead its mission is to draw attention to itself by cutting through the signal noise of an overcrowded product landscape.

So I had high...

Соцсети перезагружаются сами

Обычные веб-страницы работают как? Если перезагрузить страницу, там будет то же, что и до этого. Ну если это лента новостей, то может появиться новая новость, но тогда предыдущая просто чуть ниже.

Соцсети когда-то работали так же. Новые посты появлялись часто, но всё равно можно было покрутить вниз и найти то, что видел только что.

Это давно сломали. Продуктологи наисследовали, что это не даёт достаточного энгейджмента, поэтому при перезагрузке страницы теперь тебе всё время подсовывают новую порцию контента. Старый же ты не стал читать? Ну вот, значит он не понравился. А новый ты вон как охотно стал крутить (возможно, в поисках потерявшегося старого, но это уж твои проблемы)!

Из-за этого у меня давно выработалась привычка: увидел в ленте что-то интересное, что...

Designer Radite Octavanka's Wild Forkless Yamaha Scooter

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This is Yamaha's XMAX scooter, made in Indonesia.

In that market, the 250cc variant is a premium model. The target market is middle-class riders stepping up from cheaper 160cc commuter scooters.

Motorcycle designer Radite Octavanka freelances in Indonesia. His firm, Raxe97, creates custom designs for local fab shops. Octavanka used the XMAX 250 as the underpinning for this wild-looking forkless design:

Looks fanciful—but local fabricator MWM Custom actually built the thing:

This appears to be a prestige project, so what you see above is likely a one of one....

nucleo / brand identity

Islington House extension features details that "might make a Georgian craftsperson proud"

Local practice Architecture for London and interiors studio Hamish Vincent Design have revamped a neo-Georgian house in London, organising its interior around a triple-height stairwell.

Located in the Canonbury Conservation Area, Islington House has been updated with a skylit rear extension containing a kitchen and dining room and an additional ensuite bedroom on the second floor.

The home sits within a Georgian-style terrace built to replace bomb-damaged historic structures, meaning it was not heritage-listed like many of its neighbours. This gave Architecture for London and Hamish Vincent Design creative freedom to...

Archmongers revamps three mid-century houses on London's Dulwich Estate

London studio Archmongers has injected new materials, colours and details in the renovations of three homes from the 1950s and 60s, all located on the Dulwich Estate in southeast London.

The three projects follow on Little Brownings, another refurbishment on this renowned mid-century estate, which won Archmongers the top prize at the Don't Move, Improve awards in 2022.

Each project has unique details and quirks, relating to both the varying characteristics of the properties and the tastes and requirements of the owners.

But in all three, Archmongers founders Margaret Bursa...

Over 40,000 civilian buildings in Iran reportedly damaged in ongoing war

Humanitarian group Iranian Red Crescent Society has reported that 42,914 civilian buildings in Iran have been damaged by US-Israeli airstrikes, including more than 36,000 homes.

Announced on X last week, the Iranian Red Crescent Society – a non-governmental group affiliated with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) – calculated that US-Israeli airstrikes have caused damage to 42,914 civilian buildings in Iran.

This includes 36,489 residential units and 6,179 commercial units.

A number of cultural heritage sites have been damaged in Iran by US-Israeli airstrikes since the recent war broke out. Last week, the Iranian government announced on X that...