A Geometric Legacy: Zooco Estudio’s Redesign of Regma in Santander

Zooco Estudio has designed a new Regma ice cream parlor on Calle Burgos in Santander, giving fresh spatial expression to the Cantabrian brand’s evolving identity. Founded in 1933, Regma is a cultural fixture in northern Spain, and this project reinterprets its legacy through geometry, materials, and color rather than relying on obvious branding elements. The [...]

SoftPower: Reimagining Barriers Through Art

SoftPower is a land art installation by artist Gregory Orekhov that draws inspiration from the shape and arrangement of sandbags—objects typically linked to war zones and disaster relief. Normally, sandbags serve as urgent tools of protection and resistance. In this work, however, their physical nature is redefined: air replaces sand, and their heavy, functional purpose [...]

Closing the Loop: Building Shapes with a Planar Graph

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There’s some fun computational geometry in my latest artwork, and in this article I’ll walk through how I take a scramble of disconnected paths and turn them into closed shapes, using half-edges and a planar graph.

Living Fluidly: An Artist’s Home Without Boundaries

It was the kind of project architects dream of: an artist as a client, a rundown terrace in dire need of transformation, and a free-form brief to create a family home without the constraints of traditional design. “It was a really interesting and very exciting way of working,” says Dean Williams, director of the emerging [...]

Estudio Sancal Presents WorkArt at Salone del Mobile

Most manufacturers consider the factory floor a messy but necessary “backstage”. However, this space goes beyond function for the Spanish company known for its expressive upholstery and chromatic mastery. In their recent presentation at Salone del Mobile, titled WorkArt, Estudio Sancal renders tangible this approach by transforming the residue of manufacturing into objects of form [...]

Soft Lines, Bold Choices: An Artistic Apartment in Warsaw

In Warsaw’s Praga district, in a 65-square-meter apartment overlooking a former factory, a space was designed to fully reflect the character and lifestyle of Michał Korkosz. Rozkoszny invited Marcin Czopek of Mistovia Studio to collaborate, and the result is an eclectic interior filled with color, texture, and smart functionality—where the kitchen naturally takes center stage. [...]

Naboa Tulum Hotel by Jaque Studio

Located in Tulum, on a square plot of 2,500 m², Naboa is founded on the premise of creating a project where architecture and landscape converge in an atmosphere of relaxation and comfort. This intention materializes through pure and orderly geometries that contrast with the preexisting vegetation, which is disordered and random in nature. The volumes [...]

Table System Made by Upcycled Marble Waste

Kern is an expressive coffee and side table system designed by Monica Förster for Fogia, made from Outt—an innovative material composed of upcycled marble waste. With 85% marble content, the material brings both sustainability and richness to the design. Kern’s sculptural form features hand-broken corners and a brushed, textured surface that invites touch and highlights [...]

Tres Patis House by Twobo Arquitectura

Evoking the architecture of the ancient Greek and Roman villas of Ampurias, the Tres Patis House in Albons (Girona) reinterprets the essential elements of those classical constructions on a contemporary note. The residential project, designed by Twobo arquitectura in collaboration with DA.CH. Taller de arquitectura y paisajismo, expresses its identity through an enclosing wall, courtyards, [...]

Liberal Arts

For The New York Times: “This Is Who’s Really Driving the Decline in Interest in Liberal Arts Education”, written by Jennifer Frey.