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Logic, Material, and Curiosity: Inside the World of Custom Design Stories

Custom Design Stories is a vision built on the idiosyncrasies of curious minds. The team experiments, dares, designs, and remains absorbed in what they do while appreciating the work being done all around them. The studio engages computational and material intelligence, and spatial explorations with colour as operative design variables, as it surfaces from the […]

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Designing Intuitive Spaces: Ninada Kashyap and Komal Mittal of Alkove-Design

Based in Pune, Ninada Kashyap and Komal Mittal are the Principal Architects and co-founders of Alkove-Design, an architecture and interior design practice known for crafting spaces that feel deeply personal, intuitive, and emotionally resonant. Both architects hold degrees in Architecture—Ninada further pursued a Master’s in Advanced Architecture from Barcelona, while Komal completed her Master’s in Project Management from

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Wong Ping and Heidi Lau Named Joint Winners of the 2025 Sigg Prize

In a year that underscored the diversity and dynamism of contemporary art from Greater China, artists Wong Ping and Heidi Lau have been announced as joint winners of the 2025 Sigg Prize, Hong Kong’s most prestigious award for contemporary art. Presented by M+, the museum of visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District, the biennial prize recognizes outstanding artists born

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Entangled Futures: The 2025 Taipei Biennial Explores Hybrid Worlds and Radical Imaginations

The 2025 Taipei Biennial, organized by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), opens with a question central to our fractured epoch: how can we sense and imagine the world when boundaries between the artificial and organic, human and machine, are dissolving? Curated by Phong Bui, the Vietnamese-American artist, curator, and publisher of The Brooklyn Rail, this year’s edition—titled Entangled Futures—ushers

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Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban Awarded 2026 AIA Gold Medal

Shigeru Ban has been awarded the 2026 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Gold Medal, recognizing his pioneering contributions to architecture through innovative use of sustainable materials and humanitarian design. Award Significance The AIA Gold Medal, established in 1907, is architecture’s highest honor bestowed by the institute and one of the profession’s most prestigious awards. Past

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Orange Tree’s Utsaah Collection: A Celebration of Handcrafted Artistry With Contemporary Designs

Orange Tree has introduced the ‘Utsaah Collection’, a new furniture range that celebrates Indian heritage crafts through a contemporary design language. The homegrown lifestyle brand positions this collection as a fusion of handcrafted artistry, sustainable materials, and modern silhouettes aimed at elevating everyday living. The Utsaah Collection is conceived as a festive edit that blends

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A Palette of Time: Translating Lived Experience and Epochs

One among the art productions that is attracting a lot of spectators in the initial days of the 6th edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale is the young artist Sujith SN’s painting series titled Untitled (2025), Elsewhere or Otherwise (2025), and Gateway to the Botanical Gardens (2025). Through this painting, the artist aims to create

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