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KIMSOOJA Commissioned for last February\u2019s Desert X AlUla, an outdoor biennial in the Saudi Arabian desert, To Breathe, the South Korean artist\u2019s site-responsive spiral, was made of 42 9-foot-tall glass panels coated in iridescent, diffraction-grating film. Photography by: Lance Gerber\/courtesy of The Royal Commission for AlUla.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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February 19, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Wilson Barlow and Lisa Di Venuta<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Journey Through A Memorable Maze Of Visionary Design<\/h1>\n\n\n

Environmentalism, inclusivity, saturated color, sport\u2014all and more made for exceptional art and design in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explore Breathtaking Designs From Top Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Commissioned for last February\u2019s Desert X AlUla, an outdoor biennial in the Saudi Arabian desert, To Breathe<\/em>, South Korean artist Kimsooja<\/a>\u2019s site-responsive spiral, was made of 42 9-foot-tall glass panels coated in iridescent, diffraction-grating film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Lance Gerber\/courtesy of The Royal Commission for AlUla.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In the family room of a 5,600-square-foot duplex penthouse in New York by NICOLEHOLLIS<\/a>, a grid of Donald Judd woodcuts oversees a Groundpiece sectional by Antonio Citterio, coffee and side tables by Ini Archibong and Gary Magakis, and a custom oak media console. Read more about this New York penthouse here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Douglas Friedman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2030<\/em>, a nude Venus lost in a sea of detritus, is part of \u201cTo Step Beyond\u201d at L\u00e9vy Gorvy Dayan gallery<\/a> in New York, a survey of 91-year-old artist Michelangelo Pistoletto\u2019s work that includes six decades of sculptures, silkscreens, and paintings, on view through March 29, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by L\u00e9vy Gorvy Dayan and Galleria Continua.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Last year, for the 100th anniversary of Cini Boeri\u2019s birth, product designer Elena Salmistaro<\/a> created a 12\u00bd-inch-tall enameled statuette of the late architect that combines her physical attributes with signature patterns from her textile designs, part of the Most Illustrious series for Bosa that already includes figurines of other Italian icons: Michele De Lucchi, Achille Castiglioni, Riccardo Dalisi, and Alessandro Mendini. Read more about these stauettes here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Bosa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In the restrooms at Esc\u00e1 Cueva, a restaurant in Cairo designed by Badie Architects<\/a>, colored LEDs highlight the organic forms made from a steel infrastructure covered in a cement-polymer mix that\u2019s found throughout. Discover more about this fiery restaurant here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Nour El Rafai.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In Tokyo, at the entrance to the Ginza flagship store of Ya-Man, design studio I IN<\/a> lined a column with LEDs that mirror the ones found in the Japanese beauty brand\u2019s red light\u2013therapy products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Tomooki Tengaku.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sustainability drove Milan firm Peter Pichler Architecture<\/a>\u2019s design of the Bologna, Italy, headquarters for Bonfiglioli, a manufacturer of gearmotors, drive systems, and industrial inverters, including the facade clad in pleated aluminum mesh that filters direct sun and the sloping roof that incorporates six south-facing terraces and results in an enlarged north facade for increased indirect daylight to the 67,000-square-foot interiors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Gustav Willeit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sticks of hand-painted driftwood suspended in an aluminum mesh explored the tension between natural and man-made in Roots, part of \u201cThe New Transcendence,\u201d a group show including Andrea Branzi at Friedman Benda gallery<\/a> in New York last January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Timothy Doyon\/courtesy of Andrea Branzi and Friedman Benda.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Andrea Pisano, the 14th-century sculptor and architect, was the master builder of the Duomo di Orvieto, its banded white travertine and black basalt facade similar to other Gothic cathedrals built in central Italy around that time (and the inspiration for the interiors of the nearby Palazzo Petrvs, a boutique hotel by Giuliano Andrea dell\u2019Uva Architetti<\/a> which was featured in our March 2024 issue<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Nathalie Krag\/Living Inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The 1938 photograph of Austrian-American architect Frederick John Kiesler\u2019s Mobile Home Library Hinge appeared in \u201cFrederick Kiesler: Vision Machines\u201d at the Jewish Museum in New York last April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by the Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Referencing a Marcel Duchamp self-portrait, the graphic designer Milton Glaser\u2019s poster accompanied the 1966 release of \u201cBob Dylan\u2019s Greatest Hits\u201d and was featured in \u201cArt of Noise\u201d at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art last summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Tenari Tuatagaloa\/Milton Glaser, Dylan Poster, 1967, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, gift of the de\u00adsigner, \u00a9 Milton Glaser, permission of the estate of Milton Glaser.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Known for her \u201cart pools,\u201d which feature vibrant murals painted onto a pool\u2019s bottom, Alex Proba<\/a> elevates her signature style with a puzzlelike arrangement of hand-glazed ceramic tiles from Cer\u00e1mica Suro in Guadalajara, Mexico, into an abstraction of coral reefs for a private home in Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Jay Guzman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Occupying the four exterior Jewel Box vitrines earlier this winter at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, was \u201cMultifaceted,\u201d  Italian illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli<\/a>\u2019s site-specific vinyl artworks, all 8\u00bd by 10 feet. Dive into these vinyl artworks here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Olimpia Zagnoli and SCAD. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Local artists Adriana Meuni\u00e9<\/a> and Jaume Roig<\/a> crafted a mural of natural materials for the pine-beamed yoga studio at Son Blanc Farmhouse Menorca, a boutique hotel in Spain that had been a dormant, late 1800\u2019s Spanish home and barn until a recent renovation by Atelier du Pont. Read more about the Menorca renovation here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Greg Cox\/Bureaux; production: Sven Alberding\/Bureaux.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The nearly 6-foot-tall Warren by Porky Hefer<\/a> appeared last summer in \u201cno bats, no chocolate\u201d at Galerie56 in New York, it and the solo show\u2019s eight other sculptures of animals, all representative of \u201cweird talents\u201d that benefit the planet, handmade of locally sourced materials in collaboration with fellow South African studios Ronel Jordaan, Wellington Moyo, and Leather Walls. Play around with these sustainable sculptures here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Hayden Phipps\/Courtesy of Southern Guild.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A custom banquette with artfully clashing upholstery patterns distinguishes the lobby of the Wayback, a 134-key boutique hotel, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, by Nashville architecture and design firm Dryden Studio<\/a>. Get retro with the Wayback hotel here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Wayback, Pigeon Forge, Marriott Tribute Portfolio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Multidisciplinary artist Orsi Orban<\/a> and Christopher Duffy<\/a> collaborated on Spirits, a limited-edition sculpture series inspired by bone formations, coral, and animal scales that combines Orban\u2019s surface-design creation methods with Duffy\u2019s work with CAD and AI, with the former ultimately constructing the works from hundreds of pieces of laser-cut cherry laminate paired with polyester foil. Catch this biomorphic sculpture series here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography courtesy of Duffy London.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The 1971 image by Ghanaian photographer James Barnor of a shop assistant posing in front of the United Trading Company headquarters in Accra was included in \u201cTropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence\u201d at London\u2019s V&A South Kensington last summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by: \u00a9 James Barnor\/courtesy of Galerie Cle\u0301mentine de la Fe\u0301ronnie\u0300re.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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For accounting-software company Tipalti, abacus-inspired installations by M Moser Associates<\/a>, including these 1-foot-tall ceramic beads by TAV Ceramics<\/a>, in corporate branding colors, inform its 24,000-square-foot office in Vancouver, Canada. Tour around this Vancouver office here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Luis Valdizon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pittsburgh\u2019s Andy Warhol Museum feted its 30th anniversary last year with \u201cKAWS + Warhol,\u201d which featured the painted bronze, nearly 6-foot-tall GONE from 2018 by Brian Donnelly, aka KAWS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography courtesy of KAWS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Last July at Tokyo\u2019s Roppongi Museum, \u201cMiss Dior: Stories of a Miss\u201d was a 9,150-square-foot exhibition by OMA<\/a> that surveyed the 77-year history of the House of Dior scent, the dominant color derived from the pinks found in iterations of the perfume\u2019s tinted formula and bottle designs. Capture the essence of Miss Dior here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Daici Ano\/courtesy of Dior.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Also last July, Unreal<\/em>, the Argentine artist Andr\u00e9s Reisinger<\/a>\u2019s three-day pop-up installation in New York, cloaked a NoLIta storefront in 850 yards of polyester to celebrate the launch of a liquid blush product of the same name by cosmetics brand Hourglass. Explore this dreamy installation in New York here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Roc\u00edo Lamastra.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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29-year-old Lithuanian Barbora \u017dilinskaite<\/a>\u2019s anthropomorphic, 10-piece solo exhibition \u201cChairs Don\u2019t Cry\u201d at Friedman Benda Los Angeles last winter included the 6-foot-long Sunbather bench and 3-foot-tall Mr. Judgy mirror, both in pigmented reclaimed sawdust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Timothy Doyon\/courtesy of Friedman Benda.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Whimsical apertures, butter-yellow tile, and graphic accents welcome spontaneity at Lanwuu Imagine, a studio designed by Aurora Design<\/a> in Kunming, China, that specializes in wedding and portrait photography through a surrealistic lens. Discover this photo studio capturing the imagination.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Xin Na\/Inspace Studio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Occupying the 9,000-square-foot mezzanine level at The National Gallery Prague is ATLAS\u2014the acronym for Creative Studio and Laboratory of Associative Dreaming in Czech\u2014a public art gallery by No Architects<\/a> absconding with traditional museum bounds in favor of a reductive Mondrian palette, yoga platforms, movable seating, and touchable art. Pique curiosity at ATLAS inside the National Gallery Prague.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Studio Flusser.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Toasting its 20th anniversary, Toronto\u2019s famed Lee Restaurant redesigned by Bent Gable Design<\/a> and Future Studio<\/a> relocated to the city\u2019s 1932 art deco Waterworks building, where its 6,000 square feet feature walnut walls bisected by velvet patchwork banners in retro hues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Britney Townsend.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Paying homage to Yeun Long, Hong Kong\u2019s agricultural roots, Shun Fook Barn by ARK<\/a> reimagines the humble farmhouse as a 30,000-square-foot shopping mall with indoor\/outdoor appeal, from living green walls, earthy hues, and a massive woodlike tree sculpture in the atrium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Harold de Puymorin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Celebrating the Carpathian landscape, Hay Boutique and Spa by Edem Family in Polyanytsya, Ukraine, and designed by YOD Group<\/a>, has dried grapevines appointed to thermos-spruce paneled walls in its Vinotheque restaurant, where local industrial designer Andrey Galushka\u2019s pressed-hay pendant fixtures illuminate rustic tables and Emilio Nanni\u2019s Croissant chairs. Find solace in this tranquil mountain escape.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Yevhenii Avramenko.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The first solo show since Fernando Campana\u2019s untimely passing in 2022, and the first with older brother Humberto as sole principal designer, \u201cOn the Road,\u201d by Est\u00fadio Campana<\/a> last spring at Friedman Benda in New York, included their 2017 cast-bronze Branches sofa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Fernando Laszlo\/courtesy of Est\u00fadio Campana and Friedman Benda.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Celebrating late Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez, Brazilian studio Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos<\/a> curated \u201cChromatic Inductions\u201d last fall at Sim\u00f5es de Assis gallery in S\u00e3o Paulo, where large PVC sheets hung from the ceiling creating an interactive mazelike experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography courtesy of Estudio em Obra and Sim\u00f5es de Assis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The 47th iteration of architect Emmanuelle Moreaux<\/a>\u2019s 100 Colors series, Timeline<\/em> is also her first permanent one in Paris, occupying the eight-story atrium of Le Lumi\u00e8re office complex, with 3,200 steel, color-graded numbers suspended in rows, each denoting a year. Unlock the magic of numbers in this captivating installation.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Theo Baulig.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Photography by Raphael Metivet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Debuted during Art Basel Miami Beach, the city\u2019s first-ever floating and transportable padel ball court by Yntegra Group<\/a>, moored just off Fisher Island in Biscayne Bay, was constructed of recycled steel sourced from old shipyard materials, surrounded by glass walls, and clocked in at 84 tons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Florent Longetti.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n