Architecture to Look Forward to in 2016

2016 is shaping up to be a promising year in architecture. Ambitious projects across the world are set to see completion in the new year, and Dezeen has rounded-up their top 12 to keep an eye on. Bjarke Ingels and his design firm BIG will kick things off with the opening of West 57th, a triangular residential tower in New York, followed up by other …

Design Legend Richard Sapper Has Died at 83

Legendary industrial designer Richard Sapper has died at the age of 83. Throughout his nearly 60 year long career, the German-born, Italy-based designer worked to create products that not only looked beautiful, but functioned with purpose—including the foldable Zoombike, the harmonic 9091 whistling kettle for Alessi and, most notably, the ThinkPad range of laptops for IBM. In a previous interview, Sapper revealed to Dezeen his …

2015’s Biggest Art News Stories

While 2015 saw auction house art prices soar to record-breaking levels, the year in art wasn’t all about commerce. As Artsy notes, some of the most important art stories touched upon political and social occurrences globally. Appropriation artists continued to draw legal attention over shifting definitions of plagiarism, and freedom of (artistic) speech was called into question more than once in many nations. But perhaps …