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Parting Shot
Architecture Memes

An Instagram meme account has achieved the unthinkable: it has made architecture funny. Now tag...

Design
When Algorithms Become the Designer

Computers take the lead in Chinese designer Zhang Zhoujie's world.

Tickbait
Arm Candy

A collection of poppy wristwatches by Richard Mille is equal parts delightful and divisive.

Critical
Mark Foster Gage is the Most Prolific Architect of Buildings That Don’t Exist

Blade Runner meets The Wizard of Oz in the New York architect's fantastical work.

Surfacing
This Hammer Museum Curator Uses Cinema to Educate and Empower

Erin Christovale creates inclusive new communities around gender, race, and class.

The Art Issue
These Chinese Bookstores Feel Like Infinity Rooms

Li Xiang, the founder of Shanghai design firm X+Living, dreams up illusory bookstores that forge...

SITE SPECIFIC
The Parisian Shop Making Made-to-Measure Bikes

At its exacting atelier and showroom, Parisian bicycle company Maison Tamboite carries on the...

MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE
Benjamin Shine Sculpts Feminine Faces Out of Tulle

Cosseting ballerinas and society swans, tulle has long been admired for its ineffable delicacy....

The Art Issue
The New York Art Advisor Curating the Boldest Family Dinners in Town

Eleanor Cayre doesn’t hesitate to break bread in a room filled with daring contemporary art and...

PERSONAL UNIFORM
The Fashion Bricolage of Job Smeets

The Dutch provocateur wears his irreverence on his sleeves.

OBJECTIFIED
These Unconventional Wares Are Sculptures in Their Own Right

UPSTARTS
Don’t Want No Scrubs?

Direct-to-consumer brand FIGS is giving the health care industry a dose of millennial cool.

SURFACING
A Japanese Design Studio Threads the Line Between Human and Nature

Takt Project’s lighting fixtures melt and grow like icicles.

EXTREME BEAUTY
Meet Tokyo’s Most Daring Florist

Floral artist Makoto Azuma pushes the boundaries of art, fashion, and nature with his experimental...

THE VANGUARD
Design Miami/’s Aric Chen Name Checks His Five Favorite Things