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Architecture

Fen & Marble Reveal First Look at Rotterdam Flagship

By Tomas Adeyemi

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Culture

Milan Design Week Opens With Record Number of Independent Studios

By Sana Kovač

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Culture

Inside the Gallery Show Built Entirely From Borrowed Light

A new exhibition strips away every wall label and didactic panel, letting neon, steel, and shadow argue the point instead. We walked through opening night with the artist behind it.

By Priya Nakamura

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Last Call

The decisions nobody sees, told by the people who made them. Every week, we sit down with a working studio to talk through one project — start to finish, no polish, no pretending it went smoothly.

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Episode 17

The Studio That Won't Use a Mood Board

Why one branding studio refuses to pitch with a mood board — and what they do instead, even when clients ask for one by name.

Hosted by Idris Calloway · 42 Mins

Episode 16

No Straight Walls

An architect on designing a museum wing with no straight walls, why the client said yes on the first pass, and what almost went wrong in construction when the contractor's crew had never framed a curve before.

Hosted by Noor Fasi · 55 Mins

Episode 15

Three Years Without a Deck

Inside the studio that hasn't touched a computer for client presentations in three years, and how they've kept winning work without one.

Hosted by Idris Calloway · 37 Mins

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On Display

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Culture

A Photographer's 10-Year Study of Ceremony and Color in West Africa

By Sana Kovač

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Culture

The Documentary Series Turning Manual Labor Into Still Life

By Priya Nakamura

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Architecture

A Facade System Built Entirely From Salvaged Material

By Rena Osei

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Architecture

A Concrete Institute Built to Age on Purpose

By Rena Osei

Design News Before It's Polished

One email a week. Studio breakdowns, process notes, and the projects we're watching before anyone else is.