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Concrete Hong Kong: learn about architecture through foldout models

Creative Boom

A new book celebrates the architecture of Hong Kong public housing in the 1950s-1980s. During the 1950s-1980s, when the colony was under British rule, public housing embraced the modernist architectural approach, and Hong Kong initiated mass housing projects that dramatically redeļ¬ned urban living. Weird, isn't it?

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After Summer: Roberto Badin's photobook gets under the skin of Basque coastal life

Creative Boom

In 2018, Roberto published his first book, Inside Japan , which presented a different perspective on the Asian nation's cities. It was a hit with the press and public alike, with two consecutive reprints, and was featured in several exhibitions in France, including the International Photography Festival in Aries.

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DATMA Issues National Call for Public Art Commissions Based on Shelter

Colossal

As part of this initiative, DATMA is issuing a National Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a public outdoor installation on the theme of shelter. The public outdoor installation will be scheduled for viewing from June 16 to October 10, 2023, at a designated area by the corner of Union Street and Route 18 in New Bedford.

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Jacob Lindgren Recommends 7 Publications That Take An Expansive Approach To Graphic Design

Eye on Design

The opening took place in August of 2019, and we spent the year prior plotting how it would work and sourcing publications via friends and our connections to existing publishing networks. That arrangement mostly remains the same now, but we also find it important to take things that are decidedly not publications that weā€™re familiar with too.

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Riken Yamamoto Wins 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize

Azure Magazine

Demonstrating a diverse mastery of scale, one side of the building features an expansive uniform faƧade, while the other unlocks its own city that evokes medieval towns of Switzerland imbued with new technologies evolved for present and future lifestyles. Here, too, private homes meet the civic space ā€” a tree-lined central square.

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15+ Best Design Thinking Books to Read

Inkbot Design

1 The Design Thinking Playbook: Mindful Digital Transformation of Teams, Products, Services, Businesses and Ecosystems (Design Thinking Series) Lewrick, Michael (Author) English (Publication Language) 352 Pages – 05/22/2018 (Publication Date) – Wiley (Publisher) −$11.01 $25.99

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Cem Ƈevikayakā€™s Cartoons Of A Yellow Pencil And Pop Culture

Design You Trust

I have exhibited these cartoons I drew in various publications. Afterward, I started to share my cartoons on my Instagram blog called ā€œKartun Ƈizimā€ as of 2018. Here, I present a collage of these cartoons I have drawn over the years. I prepared the cartoons I shared here in a yellow frame and yellow tones and integrated them.