What to see at Paris Design Week 2018
As summer draws to a close, the design calendar starts filling up and Paris Design Week’s autumn edition is always a highlight. This year, the week’s cornerstone event Maison et Objet fair is restructuring its layout to align with its
Royal Academy to be flooded with water and mud for Gormley exhibit
Details of 2019 programme include Phyllida Barlow show and Lucian Freud self-portraits One of the Royal Academy of Arts’ historic main galleries is to be flooded with water and mud for a major solo exhibition devoted to the work of Antony Gormley. Other spaces
Stockholm’s revamped ArkDes centre champions design’s role in public life
New exhibition and project space put spotlight on civic activism and emerging voices Sweden’s national centre for architecture and design, ArkDes, has long been overlooked, tucked at the back of Stockholm’s mighty Moderna Museet. Until recently, the centre’s future was uncertain,
Tŷ Pawb review – an art gallery that truly is everybody’s house
A covered market in Wrexham has welcomed a new exhibition and performance space in an understated revamp that unites art and commerce There was a time when you would have known what to expect of a lottery-funded art gallery in a
Sophie, an athletic chair.
Sophie è agile e flessibile, la nervatura la sostiene e rinforza la sua resistenza alle sollecitazioni. Snella ed elastica, sorprende per eleganza e vigore. Sophie è una seduta in vetroresina o carbonio, la sua forma compatta e leggera comunica dati che
Art in 2017: major events and museum openings
by Louisa Buck Whatever else 2017 brings, there can be no doubt that it is a bumper year for major art events. Here are a few stand-outs in a very crowded calendar. The Grand Tour Once every decade, international contemporary art’s three most
Sand & Birch Studio Robotics and Automation
Sand & Birch Design would like to announce that next year a new sister company of Sand & Birch Design will be established, specialising in robotics and applied biomimicry.
8 videos that explain the circular economy
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How megacities are changing the map of the world
"I want you to reimagine how life is organized on earth," says global strategist Parag Khanna. As our expanding cities grow ever more connected through transportation, energy and communications networks, we evolve from geography to what he calls "connectography." This
Building resiliency in the face of a rising sea: How coastal communities can learn from nature
By Jacques Chirazi Climate change is one of the biggest challenges the world has ever faced. Flooding, storm surge, and sea level rise are serious threats to natural resources, infrastructure, and human communities in coastal areas. In effort to adapt to these changing conditions, planners and policymakers should consider nature’s strategies when developing coastal resiliency plans to protect communities from increasing coastal erosion and flooding due to rising sea levels.
The recent Paris agreement sets out a global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to below 2°C. However, given the high concentration of carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere, the climate will continue to change (see Figure 1), impacting both human communities and the environment.
