Design is In the Details: Grau's Fire Table Lamp

This gorgeous piece of industrial design is by Grau, a German lighting company whose motto is "Light should be a poem."

The lamp is called Fire Table, and Grau's designers have really sweated the details:

The shade is made from mouth-blown glass. The lamp's body is aluminum, in your choice of anodized or polished.

The light can be set to "Golden," which emulates the tone of a sunset, or "Fire," meant to evoke the tone within a fireplace.

Users can activate the lamp's "sunset sleep timer," which gradually...

Our Beautiful and Fragile Planet Takes Center Stage in the 2025 World Nature Photography Awards

From the glowing Milky Way above a Montana lake to firework-like flowers in the Brazilian savannah at sunset, the winners of the 2025 World Nature Photography Awards highlight the endless wonders of our planet. In categories running the gamut of animal portraits, landscapes, urban wildlife, and more, photographers around the globe captured incredible views of creature behaviors, terrestrial vistas, and astronomical phenomena.

“The World Nature Photography Awards were founded in the belief that we can all make small efforts to shape the future of our planet in a positive way,” says a statement, “and that photography can influence people to see...

Nin Hao Restaurant / Plan Plan

© Sean Davidson architects: Plan PLanProject Year: 2024Photographs: Sean DavidsonPhotographs: Courtesy of Plan PlanArea: 1800.0 ft2

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Designing for Genuine Impact

The Core77 Design Awards Tools category features consumer products only. It includes products or services designed for individual use with the intention of improving efficiency and productivity, supporting craft, making, and personal building. Examples include: hardware tools, productivity applications, educational tools.

The Lifestyle Accessories category includes consumer products intended for use in daily life. Personal or home items that combine functionality and style, designed to complement an individual's daily routine, support wellness, enhance comfort, improve convenience, organization, and aesthetics. Examples include: handheld products, luggage, desktop toys, jewelry, handbags, apparel, water bottles, or wearable devices.

Irina Kovlovskaya wants to understand...

Eleven key projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Liu Jiakun

Following the news that Liu Jiakun has won this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize, we round up 11 projects from the Chinese architect's four-decade-long career.

Liu, who is the founder of Jiakun Architects, was announced as the 54th laureate of the prestigious architecture award today in recognition of his buildings that "celebrate the everyday lives of people".

Working exclusively in China, the architect is best-known for his urban projects ranging from academic and cultural institutions to civic spaces, commercial buildings and urban landscapes.

Liu's work is free from a trademark architectural style,...

Liu Jiakun wins 2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize

Chinese architect Liu Jiakun has been named the winner of this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize for his buildings that "celebrate the everyday lives of people".

Liu is the 54th laureate of the annual Pritzker Architecture Prize, which is considered the most significant award in international architecture.

This year's jury, chaired by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, selected Liu in recognition of how he has placed people and communities at the forefront throughout his four-decade career.

He is the third architect from China to receive the award since its inception in 1979, following Chinese-American architect IM Pei and Amateur Architecture Studio founder Wang Shu.

Lanes acoustic system by Autex Acoustics

Dezeen Showroom: consisting of repeating battens, this acoustic system by Autex Acoustics provides a simple way to both dampen sound and create a dimensional aesthetic in interiors.

The Lanes acoustic system offers three linear styles: Peak, Plane and Sawtooth. Peak creates a three-dimensional effect with dynamic light and shadow, while Plane and Sawtooth appear flatter and more subtle.

All three styles are made of Autex Acoustics' Cube felt panels and feature an air gap behind each batten to enhance low-frequency sound absorption.

Designed to reduce reverberation and background chatter in building interiors, the...

Joshua Vides' Real-World Pop Art Cars

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These images are by L.A.-based artist Joshua Vides.

As it turns out, they're more than just images:

Vides wraps each car in vinyl, then hand paints them to create the Pop Art / comic book / A-Ha video aesthetic.

The cars were featured in Vides' solo show, Check Engine Light, which premiered in Los Angeles last month.

Here's Vides at the L.A. show:

Trees by the Sea (2024)

Nostra Signora della Costa Cultural and Experiential Training Center / caarpa

© Anna Positano architects: caarpaLocation: Levanto, Liguria, ItalyProject Year: 2024Photographs: Anna PositanoArea: 180.0 m2

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