Art installations bring colour to Peter Zumthor's austere LACMA addition

Art has been added to The David Geffen Galleries at LACMA in Los Angeles, USA, with colourful works enlivening the massive concrete structure designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor.

Suspended from the ground over Wilshire Boulevard on 10 piers, the 347,500-square-foot (32,283 square metre) structure is nearing completion after being in the works for more than 20 years.

Along the undulating facade, two slabs of post-tensioned concrete sandwich a continuous wall of glass, and the top slab cantilevers over the sides as much as 40 feet (13 metres) out. SOM worked with Zumthor to...

Strange Alternative to Beach Umbrellas: A Giant Windsock

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The ShadeSock is an alternative to beach umbrellas or sail shades. Intended for beaches that get a steady breeze, it's essentially a giant windsock. Unlike an umbrella, it works with the wind (and indeed, requires it in order to stay aloft) rather than fighting it. And unlike a sail shade, it's completely silent.

Of course, you'll look like a fool if you bring this to a beach that doesn't have steady wind—there's no structure to it, so it will collapse without a breeze. And yes, like a windsock it rotates, so the wind dictates where you'll place your...

Masha Foya’s Airy Illustrations Embrace the Universality of Emotions

Where the blue sky breaks through the tree canopy or light reflects onto the surface of a pond, illustrator Masha Foya summons moments of joy and surprise. The Kyiv-based artist’s dreamlike illustrations often portray spaces and individuals in emotional or experiential states, as if the entire environment morphs into a single living being. Hands clasp over the arc of a foliage tunnel, for example, and a plane sails through an aperture shaped like a bird in flight. Seemingly enclosed spaces often converge with the sky or the cosmos, alluding to the boundlessness of imagination and feeling.

The work shown here comprises...

A Remote-Controlled, Daisy-Chainable Pan & Tilt 360-Degree LED Light

This innovative PT-200 is a remote-controlled, battery-powered LED light that can pan and tilt, with 360-degree rotation.

It features a magnetic base, giving you the freedom of a quick, wire-free installation.

Multiple units can be connected to the same controller:

It can also be slapped onto a vehicle:

It's produced by Chinese mobile lighting company Shenzhen Coming Technology.

Azul lounge chair by Lina Bo Bardi via Paola Lenti

Dezeen Showroom: created by pioneering modernist architect and designer Lina Bo Bardi for her home in São Paulo, the Azul lounge chair has been reissued by furniture brand Paola Lenti.

Azul is a simple yet charming lounge chair created for Casa de Vidro, the home she designed for herself and her husband in São Paulo, Brazil, that now houses her foundation, the Instituto Lina Bo e PM Bardi.

Produced exclusively by Paola Lenti with approval from the foundation, the chair features a compact tubular metal frame with lines of textile...

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Experimental Furniture Design by Raw-Edges Design Studio

Typically, upholstery is fastened to furniture by adhesives, tacks or staples. London-based industrial designers Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay, a/k/a Raw-Edges Design Studio, took a different approach with this experimental chair design.

Its wooden frame has a purposeful notch in it. The upholstered foam is simply wedged into it and held fast by friction.

This would make repair, or removing the upholstery to wash the slipcover, easy.

At present the unnamed chair is still in the design phase. It will presumably evolve into a...

Rammed-earth walls enclose A House Born of Four Soils in India

Sand sourced from four different regions creates a "geological canvas" of coloured and textured strata in the rammed-earth walls of this home in India, designed by Ahmedabad studio Hiren Patel Architects + Design.

Named A House Born of Four Soils, the 790-square-metre home is located on an open, arid site on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.

Hiren Patel Architects + Design (HPAD) organised the dwelling across a series of low-slung volumes that wrap a central paved courtyard, onto which all of its rooms have direct access.

Tasked by the clients with using a...

Twenty-nine unmissable exhibitions and installations at Milan design week 2026

In the run-up to Milan design week, we've compiled a list of must-see happenings around the city, including a mindfulness space by Zaha Hadid Architects and interior designer Kelly Wearstler's first furniture collection for H&M.

Centred as always around the Salone del Mobile furniture fair, this year's Milan design week (MDW) takes place from 20 to 26 April and is set to host hundreds of designers, architects and brands.

To help you prioritise your time, we've rounded up some key highlights to look out for, both at Salone and in town.

For our full list of highlights – plus in-depth features on the evolution of...

V&A East Museum by O'Donnell + Tuomey unveiled in London

The highly-anticipated V&A East Museum by Irish studio O'Donnell + Tuomey has reached completion in London, with galleries by JA Projects and shops by Studio Mutt.

Clad in concrete panels, the angular, five-storey museum in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will open to the public this Saturday.

O'Donnell + Tuomey designed the building's faceted exterior to distinguish it as the cultural centrepiece of the wider development, which includes the Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed V&A East Storehouse that opened last year.

O'Donnell + Tuomey co-founder John Tuomey explained the thinking behind the form of the building to...