Luminous viewpoint by Ryue Nishizawa rises within Japanese landfill site

A giant orange cone designed by Japanese architect Ryue Nishizawa acts as an observation deck at this large recycling complex on Shikoku island in Japan.

Nishizawa, co-founder of Japanese studio SANAA, positioned the cone to overlook a large landfill basin at Oono Associates, a recycling complex in the city of Toon, and open up this closed-off industrial space to the public.

Named Observatory, it was created for the inaugural edition of Setouchi Art and Industry 2026, an art and architecture festival held across industrial sites in Japan.

Specifically, it forms part of the Landscapes of Waste – A landscape...

Modern Funder ? Brand Identity

Brand identity and web design for Modern Funder, an advisory helping founders and operators move from running a company to running a philanthropy.

US and China share a love of "new things and innovation" says Ma Yansong 

Chinese architect Ma Yansong has completed one of the highest-profile US buildings of 2026 – the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, in California. In this interview, he explains his architecture’s international appeal as a “bridge between imagination and reality”.

Speaking over video call on the occasion of the Lucas Museum’s opening, Ma told Dezeen that the building has acted as a stable point in a rapidly changing world, with trade wars, AI races and a US federal government that has enshrined classical architecture as a national norm.

“This project took 12 years, across two countries, and the world changed...

Six concept vehicles from Stellantis exploring the future of car design

A Fiat that converts from a family car into a pickup and a Peugeot with a glass-bubble roof were among six concept cars unveiled by Stellantis at the 2026 Paris Motor Show, as captured in this video carousel by Dezeen.

Automotive corporation Stellantis unveiled the six concepts at a preview event in Meudon, outside Paris, on the eve of the motor show, offering an early look at the designs before the exhibition opened to the public.

The concepts explored different approaches to future car design – from reworking historic models to experimenting with colour-changing paint and illuminated bodywork.

Vibrant ? illustration

Personal illustration with character design.

Puk & Partners

Rebranding for Puk & Partners, an architecture firm that translates brand standards into physical spaces, taking each project from the first design decision to final delivery. A lock-inspired emblem, logotype and visual system built around the firm's turnkey approach.

Body Layout

FWA of the day 28 October 2026:

Body Layout

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Your body, taken apart and laid out at real size. Learn what each part does, and the one sign it gives you when something isn't right. Your body talks. This is how to listen.

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G. Colombel — Portfolio 2026

Portfolio of Guillaume Colombel, freelance interactive developer. Specializing in immersive web experiences and creative websites. Based in Paris, available worldwide.

Insects Girl Cronicles

In this series, I combined the forms and vitality of insects with the image of the girl. Like insects, which may appear small and fragile yet possess intricate structures and unique ways of surviving, the girls in these works also carry an unfamiliar strength and sense of combativeness beneath their soft appearances. Dragonfly wings, the colors and movements of bees, and the sharp forms of praying mantises are transformed into the girls' clothing, poses, weapons, and overall atmosphere. Through the image of the girl, these works explore the coexistence of fragility and strength, beauty and threat.

Playfully Vibrant Abstract Murals by Zebu Enliven Urban Walls

For more than a decade, Berlin-based artists Lynn Lehmann and Dennis Gärtner, a.k.a. Zebu, have been transforming otherwise mundane walls and surfaces into vivid, geometric paintings. Moving between patterns and representational abstraction, the duo draw on their adjacent work in illustration and graphic design to create eye-popping compositions. Indeed, much of their practice is studio-based, so murals introduce broader possibilities in a variety of settings. “There’s something special about being able to interrupt someone’s everyday routine with an unexpected visual surprise,” the pair says.

Currently, Zebu is experimenting with a more intuitive approach to murals as a complement to...