The Boxchool Concept Brings Modular Classrooms to Developing Areas

South Korea-based design studio ID+IM has drawn up an environmentally friendly and cost-effective way to bring classrooms to children in developing areas. Called Boxchool, the concept project recycles unwanted shipping containers into modular structures that have been designed for education. Each truck-delivered Boxchool is assembled on-site and comes with its own furniture, solar panels and rain-water filtration system to provide clean drinking water to kids. …

Prism Lounge Chair

British architect David Adjaye completes Washington, his debut furniture collection for Knoll, with new geometric pieces (a chair, ottoman and side table) that offer up a powerful visual impression. Each small-scale, multifaceted monument has a gloss laminate base that makes a striking counterpoint to its upholstery on top. Additionally, the weighty-looking Prism lounge chair will be sure to surprise those who sit down, as it …

The Broad Museum, LA

An impressive building housing incredible artwork from Basquiat to Barbara Kruger

Situated directly across from Frank Gehry’s masterful Walt Disney Concert Hall lies the latest addition to LA’s line-up of art institutions, The Broad (pronounced as “brode”). The 120,000-square-foot space was built from a $140 million gift by Eli and Edythe Broad to house their 2,000-piece collection of postwar and contemporary art—featuring works by Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtentstein and Cindy Sherman to …