The Weekend With Claire Marie Healy
Girlhood Studies founder Claire Marie Healy shares a weekend of London galleries, books, films and convivial meals as her project begins a new chapter.
Inside a culture writer’s ideal off-duty weekend.
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Fantastic Plants Spring from Taehyoung Maria Jeon’s Digital Illustrations
Taehyoung Maria Jeon reimagines everyday plants as exuberant digital creatures and shapes, now gathered in the proposed monograph Folium.
Ordinary houseplants turn into a vividly unfamiliar universe.
Aurora season is back! Pilot captures spectacular northern lights from 37,000 ft
Pilot Matt Melnyk photographed rippling green auroras from a Boeing 787 flight deck as the northern night returned to a Calgary-to-London route.
An aurora photograph gains a different scale when the foreground is a flight deck.
MSCHF Twists and Stretches Lexus Cars Into Surreal Sculptures
MSCHF transforms two Lexus vehicles into physical sculptures that bend and twist like objects manipulated in 3D software.
These cars look Photoshopped, but the sculptures are real.
Red Moons and Lightning Illuminate Sarah Lee’s Uncanny Landscapes
Sarah Lee’s oil paintings turn glaciers, lakes and skies into quietly uncanny worlds, with auroras, red moons and flashes of lightning.
These landscapes feel peaceful until their strange light draws you closer.
Photographer’s Artistic ‘Conversation’ With Silk Weaver Practicing Ancient Chinese Art
Jing Huang's photographic collaboration with silk weaver Jingwei explores how two very different image-making practices depend on patience, material and attention.
A film photograph and a woven silk image have more to say to each other than they first appear.
A Paul Rudolph Original Is Rebuilt for Modern Coastal Living
A six-year reconstruction brings Paul Rudolph’s 1955 Biggs Residence into contemporary coastal life while preserving its tropical modernist character.
A bag of old drawings helped bring this modernist house back to life.
30 “Daddy Daze” Comics That Turn The Relatable Moments Of Parenthood Into Humor
John Kovaleski’s father-and-son comic turns baby babble, everyday mishaps and parental uncertainty into small, affectionate absurdities.
This toddler speaks in babble; his dad supplies the beautifully baffled translation.
Seven Places in Europe That Legends Say Were Built by Giants, Devils or Dragons
Stone columns, stacked bridges and an Alpine peak become a visual tour of the stories people invented to explain extraordinary places.
Before a geological explanation, there was often a giant—or a devil.
Hannah Buechler Finds Inspiration in Music, Fashion + Experimentation
Hannah Buechler reveals how music, fashion, collecting and material experiments feed richly layered textiles made with beads, wool and found objects.
Broken jewelry and saved scraps become intricate textile worlds.
These Are the Trending Destinations in the West You Need to Visit This Fall
From mountain foliage to chile harvests and dramatic coastlines, Sunset’s fall selection offers eight distinct ways to experience the American West and nearby British Columbia.
Golden aspens, bright red chiles and moody coastlines set the scene for fall.
Crafty cargo trailer collapses accordion-style to save garage space
A folding frame and articulated load bed let the Faltos trailer shrink into a compact garage footprint, turning a familiar piece of equipment into an exercise in spatial design.
The engineering story is what happens to the trailer after the trip.
Jessica Hische turns her hand-made lettering into emotional first aid for kids
Jessica Hische uses expressive lettering, bright colors and animal characters to help young readers make room for difficult feelings in her forthcoming picture book.
Even the letters carry the feelings in Jessica Hische’s new picture book.
A Workforce of Creatures Chugs Along in Kate Renshaw-Lewis’ Hand-Drawn Film “Busy Bodies”
Tiny factory creatures turn glove-making and fish packing into a delightfully strange hand-drawn chain reaction.
Who is making those rubber gloves?
In Scotland, NASA Scientists Search for Clues About Mars’ Past
NASA scientists are studying ancient Scottish rocks to help interpret possible traces of past microbial activity on Mars.
The search for clues about Mars leads to Scotland’s sea cliffs.
The 'Verity' house has a midcentury modern pedigree that's to die for
A rare Jens Quistgaard house and purpose-built sets shape the unsettling domestic world of the upcoming film Verity.
This thriller's striking lake house is a real architectural rarity.
At a ‘Molecular Level,’ Mu Pan Composes Meticulous Mandalas in Acrylic
Mu Pan packs animals, humans, and uncanny hybrids into small paintings that unfold like entire worlds.
Zoom in: this small painting holds a universe.
I tested Vivo’s 400mm teleconverter lens with the X500 Pro Max, and no other phone from Oppo, Honor, or Apple can rival it
A field test explores how Vivo’s 400mm phone attachment handles long-distance photography while retaining access to the camera’s shooting modes.
This phone wears a 400mm lens.
Tour a fantasy midcentury modern house in Palm Springs where Barbarella meets Polly Pocket
Jessica Ayromloo reimagines a sprawling Palm Springs home with science-fiction references, mirrored surfaces and playful pastel rooms.
A Palm Springs house becomes a pastel science-fiction fantasy.
On Concrete Remnants of London’s Aylesbury Estate, Harriet Mena Hill Preserves a Community
Harriet Mena Hill turns salvaged concrete and soft wool into intimate portraits of a changing London housing estate.
A demolished home's fragments become its portrait.
Catching the Light: Taking the Pulse of Puerto Rico’s Forests
NASA field researchers install instruments and survey trees in Puerto Rico to help satellites read the faint light emitted by plants.
Plants give off a faint glow, and this forest team is measuring it.
12 uplifting design projects from Finland
A Helsinki Design Week roundup brings together wood experiments, reused interiors and other ways Finnish designers are shaping everyday spaces.
Three tree trunks helped make an entire wooden pavilion.
illya goldman gubin embraces cardboard boxes, shaping them into stools for bottega veneta
Illya Goldman Gubin hugs and crumples cardboard boxes into individual stools, then fixes their folds with resin and fiberglass.
This fashion-show seat began as a cardboard box.
This Fiat 500 is pushing into all-out 6-figure territory
A family Fiat rescued from decades in a barn has inspired an extensively reworked classic with a projected collector-car price.
A tiny Fiat gets a painstaking second life.
Wangari Mathenge Reassembles Memory in ‘Re-membering’
Wangari Mathenge's New York exhibition pairs richly detailed paintings with her first publicly exhibited sculptures to explore inheritance and Kenyan history.
Memory becomes something to rebuild in paint, wood and thread.
céleste boursier-mougenot brings his floating ceramic orchestra outdoors in athens
Floating porcelain bowls turn water currents, collisions, and Athens weather into a changing musical composition.
These bowls are the orchestra.
Cushy bedroom on wheels mods to become 3 campers in 1
Campanero’s compact tent trailer uses add-on rooms and awnings to grow from a two-person sleeper into a larger family camp.
A camper that can grow with the family.
Cincinnati’s Fidelity Hotel Gives a Beaux-Arts Landmark New Life
Cincinnati's former Procter & Gamble headquarters becomes a hotel whose layered rooms and local art preserve the character of its Beaux-Arts setting.
A Cincinnati landmark gets a new life without losing its history.
es devlin’s rotating library holds 2,000 books inside london’s design museum
Es Devlin's new retrospective leads to a rotating, mirrored library holding more than 2,000 color-arranged books.
A library that turns into its own reflection.
The Fujifilm Instax Pal 2 Is the most addictive camera of the year — and the most frustrating
A new review finds playful retro controls and a tiny body make the Instax Pal 2 engaging, while shutter lag, battery life and price limit its appeal.
This tiny camera is as much a tactile toy as a picture maker.
Church Edit’s LA Headquarters Rethinks the Editing Studio
Argyle Design adds warm woods, vintage lighting and inviting lounge spaces to an industrial Los Angeles building that houses a working film-editing studio.
This film-editing studio is designed to feel more like a home.
26 New Pics From “Yes, But” That Perfectly Capture Expectation Vs. Reality
Anton Gudim's two-panel comics turn familiar conveniences and habits into quick expectation-versus-reality surprises.
Every perfect plan has a 'but.'
Modular pouch unfolds into a mobile EDC workstation
The crowdfunded Vault M3 opens at several angles and swaps tool-holding panels to turn a compact pouch into a portable workstation.
Unzip a pouch and stand your tools upright.
A creative road trip through New England in the fall
Artist and musician Sean W Spellman maps a New England road trip through independent restaurants, art-filled stays and music-minded gathering places.
Follow an artist's route through New England's creative corners.
This Page Shared 34 New Pics Of Animals Which Turned Ordinary Situations Into Pure Comedy
A fresh collection of pet photographs finds comedy in feline lounging, improvised beds, and unlikely cuddles.
Pets keep finding new ways to steal the scene.
Headphones in a half-shell: Nothing Headphone (1) Pro are sonically gifted and feature-filled, but they struggle to justify their premium asking fee — especially when I fear most of your money goes on their heavy case
TechRadar’s review praises Nothing’s audio and comfort upgrades but finds the heavy carrying case complicates the premium headphones’ appeal.
The headphones impress; their case makes the reviewer hesitate.
Cycling tourism is shifting gears, bringing travellers closer to cities
From dawn rides in Bangkok to cycling clubhouses and bike-friendly hotels, a travel feature explores how riding can connect visitors with local places and people.
Some of a city's best moments arrive before the streets wake up.
Design Bridge and Partners turns Leone's Turin sweet factory into a Willy Wonka world
Leone's new Happiness Factory mixes a live sweet-making line with playful rooms, colorful packaging, and tactile displays.
A real sweet factory opens its doors to wonder.
'Heroes' at 20: The hit show that brought superheroes to primetime
A twentieth-anniversary retrospective revisits how Heroes used ordinary people with extraordinary abilities to make superhero television a shared weekly event.
Twenty years ago, saving the cheerleader became a television obsession.
Maison Margiela SS27 Deconstructs a Garden Tea Party
Maison Margiela's latest Paris runway turns domestic references into deconstructed fashion, including crushed silverware and floral fabrics that evoke vintage tablecloths.
A garden tea party becomes a deconstructed runway wardrobe.
No bag? No problem: Aldi unveils a new jacket that transforms into a shopping bag
Aldi UK's limited giveaway jacket folds into a grocery bag, making a familiar shopping mishap the premise of a visual campaign.
Forgot a shopping bag? Wear one.
'Star Trek: Enterprise' at 25: The Trek show that failed to live long and prosper
A new anniversary feature reassesses Enterprise’s creative risks and the later seasons that gave its early Starfleet adventures a stronger identity.
Enterprise turns 25, and its journey looks different in hindsight.
Al Diaz on the Real Meaning Behind SAMO With Basquiat
In a new interview, Al Diaz revisits his collaboration with Jean-Michel Basquiat and explains the satirical street messages behind SAMO.
One of SAMO's creators wants its story told in his own words.
Niklas Roy Constructs a Functional Pendulum Clock Made Entirely of Trash
A cardboard dial, bottle weights and scavenged parts become a working pendulum clock in Niklas Roy’s playful experiment with timekeeping.
This working clock began as locally scavenged trash.
Largest rocket ever built successfully enters orbit
Starship reached orbit and deployed satellites on a test flight shortened after an engine problem.
The world's largest rocket has reached orbit.
Matthew Maldonado on why LAIKA made everything by hand for new film Wildwood
LAIKA’s art director reveals the physical sets and puppets behind Wildwood as a London exhibition prepares to show how the film was built.
Wildwood’s miniature worlds are bigger than you think.
YouTuber builds 8-wheel electric wooden camper that spins 360-degrees and rides like a tank
Quiet Nerd builds a wooden electric camper with eight driven wheels and tank-style steering, then puts the prototype through a revealing overnight trip.
This handmade wooden camper can turn on the spot.
Lufthansa fleet approved for new bionic 'shark' skins
A shark-inspired film is headed for Airbus A330 testing, using microscopic grooves to reduce drag.
An airliner's next efficiency upgrade takes its cue from shark skin.
Heart of Glass: why Venice is once more the centre of the glassmaking world
Venice’s glassmakers turn molten material into experimental sculptures and chandeliers, with contemporary artists working alongside Murano’s furnaces.
An octopus-inspired chandelier shows what Murano glass can become.
Fantastical, Elemental Hybrids Persevere in Jon Ching’s Metaphysical Paintings
Jon Ching turns dandelions, flowers and smoke into unlikely companions for animals in paintings about resilience, family and the natural world.
A lioness wears a dandelion mane in Jon Ching’s imagined ecosystem.
Voge's hybrid motorcycle concept looks like a cruiser for cyborgs
Voge's CU-X concept pairs a proposed hybrid powertrain with striking cruiser bodywork, though production plans and specifications remain scarce.
This futuristic cruiser is still a concept, but its details demand a closer look.
Joseph Clark on why he's keeping AI out of Oh Studio, and the protest film that went viral saying so
Animator Joseph Clark explains how his lean, remote studio channels its budget into artists and why he made the creators’ rights film We Are Better Than This.
Inside an animation studio built around human hands.
A Giant Gold Coil by Plastique Fantastique Created a Loopy Portal on the High Line
A monumental inflatable gold coil briefly transformed New York’s High Line into a walk-through sculpture that seemed to hold up the building above it.
The High Line briefly had a giant gold portal tucked under a building.
Brightin Star’s Wild 50mm f/2 Tri-Sight With Customizable Bokeh Is Here
A new manual-focus lens lets photographers change the character of background blur using a third control ring and shaped inserts.
A twist of this lens changes the personality of its blur.
Quest is a highly designed sci-fi and fantasy magazine built for web fiction
Quest gives each science-fiction and fantasy story its own typography and artwork, making an online magazine feel like a world to explore.
A different visual universe for every story.
A Folding Tiny Home That Refuses to Feel Like Camping
Atelier Lune’s Camping House concept explores a trailer-sized shell that unfolds into an A-frame interior with modular spaces for living, utilities and guests.
A tiny-home concept imagines unfolding a roomier A-frame from a trailer.
Snapdragon’s New Camera Pipeline Has More Pixels and More Questions
Qualcomm's latest imaging pipeline can treat parts of a photo differently, leaving phone makers to decide how much control reaches photographers.
Your next phone camera may make more decisions before you press save.
Designer Alexis Cros champions his local community through grungy, distorted graphics
Lyon designer Alexis Cros mixes Xerox textures, airbrush and digital tools into graphics that give local music and DIY communities a visual identity.
The rough edges are part of the design.
A Reoriented Stair and a Glass-Walled Dining Room Just Fixed This House’s Worst Flaw
RX Architects reconnects a Sussex home to its rear garden by changing the route through the house and adding a glazed dining room with a sheltered window seat.
One house extension starts by changing how people move through the home.
Five Ways You Can Build the Ideal Handheld Camera Rig
A filmmaker builds one handheld camera setup through five stages, showing what each accessory adds and what it costs in weight and handling.
Watch a simple camera grow into a documentary rig.