📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Antonia Gentry on Fashion, Beauty, and Celebrating Style Inclusivity 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17T15:01:24+03:00 📄 Summary: In the latest installment of "Payment Processing," actress Antonia Gentry shares her thoughts on fashion and beauty, embracing style inclusivity and openness—a refreshing opposite to gatekeeping. Known for her versatile acting talents, Gentry reveals her favorite buys and how she champions embracing fashion and beauty without barriers. Her insights highlight a well-rounded approach to personal style that resonates beyond just the screen. 🔗 https://fashionista.com/2025/10/antonia-gentry-fashion-beauty-interview-jared-jewelers-campaign 🗞️ Source: Fashionista - 💓 #StyleInclusivity #FashionFreedom #BeautyForAll

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Porcelain Tableware Collection Applies Neuroscience to Enhance Taste Perception 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17 📄 Summary: This innovative porcelain tableware collection beautifully pairs a swirling glossy dessert plate with a textured salty bowl, creating a unique sensory experience. By integrating principles of neuroscience, the collection aims to subtly enhance the perception of taste, marrying art and science in everyday dining. Designed by HAK Studio, these pieces invite us to rethink how we interact with food through tactile and visual stimulation. 🔗

designboom | architecture & design magazine

porcelain tableware collection applies neuroscience to enhance taste perception

hak studio presents uma, a tableware collection developed through research in gastrophysics, a field of neuroscience.

🗞️ Source: designboom | architecture & design magazine 💓 #TablewareDesign #NeuroscienceInArt #SensoryExperience

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Elmgreen & Dragset Craft Hyperrealistic Cinemagoer Sculptures in Immersive Prada Installation 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17 📄 Summary: Titled "The Audience," this stunning project by Elmgreen & Dragset is currently on display at Town Hall in King’s Cross, London, running from October 17th to 19th, 2025. Coinciding with Frieze London, the installation features hyperrealistic sculptures of cinemagoers, offering an immersive experience that beautifully fuses art and fashion through a collaboration with Prada. 🔗

designboom | architecture & design magazine

elmgreen & dragset craft hyperrealistic cinemagoer sculptures in prada mode installation

elmgreen & dragset craft hyperrealistic cinemagoer sculptures in an immersive cinema installation for prada mode london.

🗞️ Source: Designboom | Architecture & Design Magazine 💓 #ContemporaryArt #ImmersiveExperience #PradaCollab

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: OK Go Turns a Music Video Into an Open-Source Playground for Design and Animation 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17T14:00:00+03:00 📄 Summary: Renowned band OK Go has transformed their latest music video into an innovative open-source project, inviting fans and creators worldwide to explore and remix its design and animation elements. This groundbreaking move not only celebrates creativity but also fosters an interactive community where users can learn and experiment with visual storytelling techniques. By making the creative assets freely accessible, OK Go continues to push the boundaries between music, design, and technology in inspiring ways. 🔗 https://www.example.com/ok-go-open-source-music-video 🗞️ Source: Design Indaba - 💓 #CreativeCommunity #OpenSourceArt #VisualInnovation

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Uchronia Designs Celadon-Hued Suite at Mandarin Oriental Hotel as "Weird Underwater World" 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17T14:00:00+03:00 📄 Summary: Design studio Uchronia has transformed a suite at London's Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park into a striking celadon-green retreat for Frieze Art Fair. The suite, featuring a bedroom, bathroom, and lounge, is inspired by an underwater world and includes works by British artists such as extruded plastic chairs and seafoam-green glass sculptures. The palette, developed in collaboration with Pantone, reflects the hotel's signature shade, adding a surreal yet calming ambiance to the space. 🔗

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Uchronia designs celadon-hued suite at Mandarin Oriental hotel as "weird underwater world"

Design studio Uchronia has showcased works by British artists, including chairs made from extruded plastic and seafoam-green glass sculptures, in a...

🗞️ Source: Dezeen 💓 #InteriorDesign #ArtInspired #CeladonChic

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Ten things to look forward to at Dutch Design Week 2025 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17 📄 Summary: Dutch Design Week, Northern Europe's largest design festival, kicks off in Eindhoven from 18 to 26 October. The city-wide event will feature a diverse mix of installations and exhibitions by both established and emerging designers and studios, taking over multiple locations across Eindhoven. This year's festival promises an inspiring showcase of creativity and innovation in design. 🔗

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Ten things to look forward to at Dutch Design Week 2025

Dutch Design Week kicks off tomorrow. On the eve of northern Europe's biggest design festival, we have rounded up things to look out for durin...

🗞️ Source: Dezeen 💓 #DutchDesignWeek #DesignInnovation #Eindhoven

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: The MAAK Incorporates Apartheid-Era Demolition Rubble into Cape Town School Library 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17T14:01:40+03:00 📄 Summary: In a thoughtful blend of history and sustainability, local studio The MAAK has crafted the Rahmah Library in Cape Town’s District Six using clay and rubble salvaged from buildings demolished during Apartheid. Completed in collaboration with The Otto Foundation for Rahmaniyeh Primary School, this project transforms remnants of a painful past into educational bricks and fittings, honoring the community’s resilience and promoting literacy through architectural innovation. 🔗

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The MAAK incorporates Apartheid-era demolition rubble into Cape Town school library

Local clay and rubble from buildings razed during Apartheid were fired into bricks and fittings for the Rahmah Library in Cape Town, completed by T...

🗞️ Source: Dezeen - 💓 #SustainableDesign #CulturalHeritage #CommunityArchitecture

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Avoid the Apple Tax with These Premium Alternative Laptops 🗓️ Published: 2025-03-12T15:11:31-04:00 📄 Summary: For those seeking high-end performance without the hefty price tag of a MacBook Pro, several premium laptops offer excellent alternatives. These options provide powerful specs, sleek designs, and robust ecosystems that rival Apple's offerings, catering to creative professionals and everyday users alike. Whether you're focused on graphics, speed, or portability, these laptops make top-tier computing more accessible. 🔗

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📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: SANAA, Sou Fujimoto, and DS+R Among Five Teams Shortlisted for the Louvre’s Transformation 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17 📄 Summary: Following an international call that drew over a hundred submissions, five distinguished teams including SANAA, Sou Fujimoto, and Diller Scofidio + Renfro have been shortlisted for the ambitious transformation of the Louvre. This marks a significant milestone in the Nouvelle Renaissance project, promising a fresh chapter in architectural innovation at one of the world’s most iconic cultural landmarks. 🔗

designboom | architecture & design magazine

SANAA, sou fujimoto, and DS+R among five teams shortlisted for the louvre's transformation

france’s ministry of culture unveils the five shortlisted teams to reimagine louvre, part of the nouvelle renaissance project.

🗞️ Source: designboom | architecture & design magazine 💓 #ArchitectureInnovation #LouvreTransformation #NouvelleRenaissance

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: ‘Design Comes Alive When It Touches People’: Studio Empathy’s iF DESIGN AWARD Library 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17T00:00:00+03:00 📄 Summary: Designboom interviews Studio Empathy about their innovative "Assembled Void" library at the New York Korea Center, which recently won the prestigious iF DESIGN AWARD. The project exemplifies how thoughtful design can create meaningful experiences by engaging people on a deeper level. Studio Empathy’s work highlights the transformative power of architecture and design in public spaces. 🔗

designboom | architecture & design magazine

'design comes alive when it touches people': studio empathy's iF DESIGN AWARD library

designboom interviews studio empathy about their iF DESIGN AWARD-winning assembled void, library at new york korea center.

🗞️ Source: designboom | architecture & design magazine 💓 #InteriorDesign #ArchitectureInnovation #IFDesignAward

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: UMA Porcelain Tableware Collection Applies Neuroscience to Enhance Taste Perception 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17T13:01:00+03:00 📄 Summary: The UMA porcelain tableware collection creatively pairs a swirling glossy dessert plate with a textured salty bowl, applying principles of neuroscience to heighten the sensory experience of taste. This innovative design by HAK Studio seeks to deepen the connection between visual and tactile elements and flavor perception, offering a unique dining experience that blends aesthetics with science. 🔗

designboom | architecture & design magazine

porcelain tableware collection applies neuroscience to enhance taste perception

hak studio presents uma, a tableware collection developed through research in gastrophysics, a field of neuroscience.

🗞️ Source: designboom | architecture & design magazine 💓 #TablewareDesign #NeuroscienceInDesign #TastePerception

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Mason & Fifth Offers Short and Long Stays in Canal-Side Building by AHMM and TiggColl 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17T13:01:00+03:00 📄 Summary: London studios AHMM and TiggColl have completed a striking 12-storey building near Notting Hill that uniquely combines co-living and hotel accommodations under one roof. Situated beside the scenic Grand Union Canal on the site of the former Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association headquarters, Mason & Fifth Westbourne Park marks the third property for the operator. This development presents a fresh approach to flexible living in one of London’s most vibrant neighborhoods, blending community, comfort, and convenience. 🔗

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Mason & Fifth offers short and long stays in canal-side building by AHMM and TiggColl

London studios AHMM and TiggColl have completed a 12-storey building near Notting Hill combining co-living and hotel stays under the same roof.

🗞️ Source: Dezeen 💓 #UrbanLiving #ContemporaryArchitecture #LondonDesign

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: "A Cathedral of Wood" Says Commenter on Dorte Mandrup’s Diabetes Health Centre in Copenhagen 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17T13:01:00+03:00 📄 Summary: This week’s discussion highlights the striking design of a new diabetes health centre in Copenhagen by Danish studio Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. The wood-lined building features a graceful curved, gabled form and interior walkways organized around a soaring 15-metre-high central atrium. Readers praised the project’s "flawless execution of space," with one calling it a "cathedral of wood," celebrating its warm and inviting atmosphere. The centre stands out as a thoughtful architectural response dedicated to health and wellbeing. 🔗

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"A cathedral of wood" says commenter

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a wood-lined diabetes health centre in Copenhagen created by Danish studio Dorte Mandru...

🗞️ Source: Dezeen 💓 #ArchitectureLovers #SustainableDesign #DorteMandrup

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Undercoders' David Jaumandreu on Faithfully Mashing Up Japanese Train Culture with Jet Set Radio's Style 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17T13:01:22+03:00 📄 Summary: David Jaumandreu of Undercoders shares insights into his creative process of blending Japan’s iconic train culture with the vibrant and stylized aesthetics of Jet Set Radio. This unique combination pays homage to urban art and motion, capturing the spirit of both worlds in a faithful and dynamic way. Fans of pop culture and street art will find this fusion especially compelling. 🔗

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This indie game turns Japan’s railways into a pop-art skateparks

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🗞️ Source: Creative Bloq – 💓 #UrbanArt #JapaneseCulture #JetSetRadio

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Kelly Mackenzie on Embracing Humanity Over Perfection in Design 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17T12:01:39+03:00 📄 Summary: Kelly Mackenzie, co-founder and creative director of White Bear Studio, shares her philosophy on design with a focus on authenticity. Representing clients like Freshways, Tom Parker Creamery, and Thrift+, Mackenzie advocates for being "real, not robotic," emphasizing that humanity fosters deeper connections in design. Her thoughtful approach challenges the pursuit of perfection, highlighting the value of genuine connection in creative work. 🔗

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design leader: White Bear Studio’s Kelly Mackenzie

Kelly Mackenzie is co-founder and creative director of White Bear Studio, whose clients include the dairies Freshways and Tom Parker Creamery and s...

🗞️ Source: Design Week 💓 #AuthenticDesign #CreativeLeadership #HumanCenteredDesign

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Luke Rogers’ New Exhibition "Coughing in the Pipes" Explores California’s Water Control Systems 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17T12:01:00+03:00 📄 Summary: Inspired by Joan Didion's reflections on water and control, Luke Rogers presents a compelling series of paintings at Moskowitz Bayse in Los Angeles. His work intricately depicts the vast infrastructure that sustains life in California—from aqueducts and siphons sprawling across the state to the intimate plumbing of his own studio. Through this poetic exploration, Rogers invites viewers to consider the complexity and necessity of water management in an arid landscape, blending technical detail with artistic sensitivity. 🔗

Juxtapoz Magazine - Luke Rogers "Coughing in the Pipes" @ Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles

“Water is important to people who do not have it,” Joan Didion wrote, “and the same is true of control.” She was talking about California, ...

🗞️ Source: Juxtapoz - 💓 #ContemporaryArt #LukeRogers #WaterArt

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Zeitgeist 2.0 Exhibition Transforms Artist's Home into Showcase for "New Norwegian Design Movement" 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17 📄 Summary: During the Designers' Saturday festival in Oslo, curators Kirsten Visdal and Per Olav Sølvberg transformed artist Paul Hellsegg’s home into an immersive exhibition titled Zeitgeist 2.0 (Tidsånden 2.0). This interactive show artfully combines vintage and contemporary Nordic design objects, highlighting a fresh wave of Norwegian creativity and craftsmanship. The exhibition invites visitors to experience the evolving narrative of Scandinavian design in an intimate and innovative setting. 🔗

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Zeitgeist 2.0 exhibition transforms artist's home into showcase for "new Norwegian design movement"

As part of Designers' Saturday festival in Oslo, curators Kirsten Visdal and Per Olav Sølvberg displayed an array of contemporary Nordic desi...

🗞️ Source: Dezeen 💓 #NordicDesign #DesignersSaturday #ContemporaryArt

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Who Has Won the Most Trophies Over 12 Years of the Brand Impact Awards? 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17T12:00:00+03:00 📄 Summary: Discover the top-performing agencies that have dominated the Brand Impact Awards over the past 12 years. This exclusive overview highlights the most successful brands recognized for their innovation, creativity, and impact in the branding industry. Learn which agencies have consistently set the standard and achieved the highest number of trophies, shaping the future of brand excellence. 🔗

Creative Bloq

Brand Impact Awards 2025: the 20 top-performing agencies since the BIAs began

Find out who

🗞️ Source: Creative Bloq 💓 #BrandImpactAwards #CreativeAgencies #DesignExcellence

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Smartphone KARRI Lets Kids Stay in Touch Without Screens Like Walkie-Talkie 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17 📄 Summary: Designed as a screen-free alternative to traditional phones, the smart messenger KARRI offers children aged five to 13 a safer way to communicate. Emulating the simplicity of a walkie-talkie, this innovative gadget allows kids to record and send voice messages without the distractions or risks associated with screens. Created with both parents and children in mind, KARRI promotes healthy communication habits while ensuring security and ease of use. 🔗

designboom | architecture & design magazine

smartphone KARRI lets kids stay in touch without screens like walkie-talkie

pentagram designs screenless smartphone KARRI, a device that lets kids record, listen to, and send voice messages like a walkie-talkie.

🗞️ Source: designboom | architecture & design magazine 💓 #SmartTech #ChildSafety #ScreenFreeCommunication

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: 1996 vs. 1995: Which Vintage Triumphs in the Connoisseur's Eye? 🗓️ Published: 2025-10-17T11:01:40+03:00 📄 Summary: While 1996 is widely hailed as one of the finest vintages, an exclusive tasting hosted by Elite Traveler’s drinks columnist challenges this notion by comparing it with the 1995 vintage. Through a detailed and memorable tasting experience, the article explores why some aficionados argue that 1995 could be the true connoisseur’s choice, offering insights into the unique qualities of each year and the nuances that distinguish them. 🔗 https://elitetraveler.com/finest-dining/wines-and-spirits/vintage-comparison 🗞️ Source: Elite Traveler - 💓 #WineTasting #VintageWine #FineWines