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Designer Bo Ah Kim stitches the beauty of emptiness in the biiit lighting collection
Jul 06, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Jul 06, 2026
Using hanji paper and stitches, Seoul-based MANO Design Studio channels the Korean concept of yeobaek-mi in a recent lamp series to restore 'thingness' to design through craft.
A network of palm trusses and a double-layered roof define a guesthouse in rural Iran
Jul 04, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Jul 04, 2026
Comprising three accommodation units, Nedarag Guesthouse is designed by Tehran-based practice NextOffice and built by the people of Kahnanikash village.
MOM by J. MAYER H. is a joyful assemblage of confusions, confessions and clutter
Jul 04, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Jul 04, 2026
Designed by the Berlin-based firm, the vibrant renovation of an apartment features dramatic sculptures and wave-like forms cut into walls and furnitures.
Ocean futures and rooted practices take centre stage at Hastings Contemporary
Jul 01, 2026by Srishti Ojha Jul 01, 2026
The British coastal gallery’s 2026 summer programme of sea-centric exhibitions and institutional collaborations marks a shift in the art world’s response to urgent global issues.
STIRpad: a launch pad for your new
by Amit Gupta Jul 01, 2021
Explore STIRpad, our brand NEW digital launch pad to help creators, studios, galleries and manufacturers share and demonstrate their NEW collections, exhibitions, special projects, new designs, collaborations, milestones and much more...
How good is your city, and can it care?
Jun 26, 2026by Cristina Mateo Jun 26, 2026
Through examples of Paris, Copenhagen and Madrid, Cristina Mateo investigates urban conditions where experience and innovation can coexist without cancelling each other out.
Backrooms: Tales of hauntings and disembodiments in junkspace
Jun 25, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 25, 2026
The recent A24 film, Backrooms, illuminates popular culture’s fascination with liminal spaces, and the disorientation we associate with their eerie affect.
Michael Sorkin’s manifestos for radicality for People Who Cross Against the Light
Jun 19, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 19, 2026
Marking the first retrospective of the American architecture critic and designer’s work, People Cross Against the Light: Michael Sorkin’s New York insists on a new radicalism.
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Marcel Duchamp at MoMA: Controversy and the critique of unconventional art
by Srishti Ojha Jun 19, 2026
The gallery presents the largest retrospective of the modern artist in the last 50 years, enlivening eternal debates about what ‘real art’ is for 21st-century audiences.
Behnaz Farahi on gaze, mindfulness and thinking through materials
Jun 24, 2026by Sunena V Maju Jun 24, 2026
In a conversation with STIR, the interdisciplinary designer discusses her research practice and why the most interesting designs ask questions rather than settle on answers.
Max Milà Serra’s kinetic objects are engineered as invisible tools of perception
Jun 11, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Jun 11, 2026
In a conversation with STIR, the Barcelona-based designer talks about the creative ethos and visual language behind his ethereally complex objects and installations.
Global Design Forum Istanbul framed multiple lived worlds of design in contact
Jun 02, 2026by Jigyasa Sharma, Zohra Khan Jun 02, 2026
Presented in collaboration with People Places Ideas, London Design Festival’s global design discourse—held outside London—attracted the passerby as much as design specialists.
Design
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The Milan Edit by STIR x The Third Space: Design and people beyond the Milanese fair
Jun 19, 2026by Jincy Iype Jun 19, 2026
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