Gio Ponti’s Rich Design Legacy to Be Celebrated in Huge Paris Retrospective
Of the cohort of Modern designers working in postwar Italy, few rivaled Gio Ponti—either in sheer prolificacy or in blending industrial…
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Chicago Exhibit Spotlights Charlotte Perriand’s Alpine Ski Resort
The legendary designer and Le Corbusier collaborator broke the mold with her Modernist, male contemporaries, according to a show at Matthew Rachman Gallery.
A New Show in London Celebrates Postmodernism’s Comeback
On View at the Sir John Soane’s Museum, Return of the Past presents a broad, if not myopic, view of ‘70s and ‘80s English buildings.
New Cooper Hewitt Exhibit Takes a Fresh Look at the History of Color
Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color delves into product design, subway wayfinding, industrial standardization, consumer culture, and more.
This Architect-Designed Furniture Is More Conceptual Than Conventional
A pair of exhibitions at Manhattan gallery Friedman Benda show what happens when architects give furniture design a whirl.
The Devil Went Down to Georgian: An Artist Investigates Britain’s 300-Year Architectural Infatuation
In a new drawing show at RIBA, London-based artist Pablo Bronstein reimagines and reorients the ubiquitous Georgian-style building.
The Top 10 Most-Anticipated Exhibitions of 2018
From video game design to Yugoslavia's overlooked architectural legacy, 2018 promises exhibitions that will delve into unexplored territories.
Adam Nathaniel Furman Condenses Rome's Architectural Wonders into Vibrant Ceramics
The designs are being hosted at the Sir John Soane's Museum in a newly-opened basement gallery.
New Exhibition Showcases Works from the Italian Radical Design Movement
SuperDesign, curated by Maria Cristina Didero, is on view at R & Company in New York City through January 4.
Patricia Urquiola's Diverse Designs Go on View at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
The exhibit also celebrates Urquiola as this year’s recipient of the Design Excellence Award from Collab, the museum’s group that supports contemporary design.
RAAD’s Enigmatic Installation at the Seoul Biennale is a Meditation on Time
Firm principal, James Ramsey, employed the same solar technology he is using in New York’s Lowline underground park.
Model Behavior: The Best Models at the Chicago Architecture Biennial
A range of architectural maquettes by Francis Kéré, Caruso St. John, Barkow Leibinger, and others demonstrates the breadth of imagination at the exhibition.
Top 10 Things to Do and See at the Chicago Architecture Biennial
The biennial officially opens to the public on September 16 and runs through January 7, 2018. Here's your guide to this year's big event.
Scaffolding Will Get Its Due at a New Center of Architecture Exhibition
An upcoming exhibition looks at the ubiquitous architecture of scaffolding.
"5x5" Exhibition Proves Architects Can Still Tackle Thorny Political Issues
The show, currently at the Center for Architecture in New York, uses architecture to explore themes beyond it.
LACMA Highlights California and Mexico's Shared Design Cultures
A new exhibition explores the reciprocal influences of both lands.
At BIO 25, Design Mends Political and Cultural Divisions
The latest iteration of BIO, Ljubljana’s design biennale, aims at the full socialization of design and miraculously succeeds.
The Architect Who Brought Modernism to the Pacific Northwest
An ongoing retrospective at the Portland Art Museum celebrates the life and work of John Yeon, who was also a conservationist and landscape designer.
A Model Life: New Exhibition Highlights Forgotten Midcentury Architect Gregory Ain
The FBI kept tabs on architect Gregory Ain, whose housing designs for Southern California were ahead of their time.
London Design Museum's "California" Shines Bright, Makes Few Waves
The new exhibition California: Designing Freedom explores the global ubiquity of Californian design and ideas in everyday life—but rarely dives deep.
