Korean designer Taekhan Yun dreams of filling the world with chairs of your dreams
Sep 19, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Sep 19, 2026
The Cambodia-based designer’s practice is developing processes for everyone—especially young children—to transform their ideas into real-life objects.
EAEFF 2026: Experimental cinema moves beyond the screen in Kolkata
Sep 18, 2026by Vandana Kalra Sep 18, 2026
The Emami Art Experimental Film Festival in Kolkata is set to present screenings, moving-image installations, workshops and conversations from India and around the world.
Tending and living-with sensitive landscapes at the International Garden Festival 2026
Sep 16, 2026by Pia Bhatia Sep 16, 2026
Under the theme Mapping Sensitivity, the 27th edition of the Festival in Québec, Canada, showcases six new projects that consider eco-spatial experience as more-than-human.
Designer Shahar Livne examines the violence of rubber in The Devil’s Milk triptych
Sep 14, 2026by Pia Bhatia Sep 14, 2026
Within the complex history of rubber, the conceptual material designer has created a collection that integrates the industrial, spiritual and ethical dimensions of this material.
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...
Ankur Hooda’s The Calf Doll evokes rural existential dread through cinema
Sep 17, 2026by Zohra Khan Sep 17, 2026
Haunting dreams and landscapes of grief and loss and a slowly eroding rural life mark this no-script-led Haryanvi film in which the literary and the cinematic coalesce.
Reflections on artificial intelligence and the moral burdens of What We Owe the Dead
Sep 09, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 09, 2026
Stefano Gualeni’s book, What We Owe the Dead, is a speculative fiction set in a world where cyborgs are part of larger society, inviting questions on the nature of culture today.
How a feminist future remains unfulfilled
Sep 03, 2026by Vandana Kalra Sep 03, 2026
Eight South Asian women artists across generations examine power, memory and labour in an exhibition at the Vadhera Art Gallery in New Delhi.
When sound becomes design
by Pranjal Maheshwari, Zohra Khan Sep 04, 2026
Two exhibitions explore the auditory dimensions of our artificially curated environments and, in turn, their influence on manipulating our perception.
Seamus Murphy on photography, war and the everyday
Sep 16, 2026by Vandana Kalra Sep 16, 2026
In a conversation with STIR, the Irish photographer reflects on three decades of his practice and how time can transform our understanding of an image.
PK_iNCEPTiON on championing freedom of learning through architecture in rural India
Sep 10, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Sep 10, 2026
The Nashik-based studio’s founder, Pooja Khairnar, discusses the trials and aspirations of designing learning spaces in Indian villages and uncovering their ‘generic essence’.
Popcorny Unicorny evokes Korean folklore through horrifyingly delightful furniture
Aug 29, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Aug 29, 2026
In conversation with STIR, Seoul-based furniture designer Hanee Shin reveals how her eerie creations harness the comforting power of beliefs in times of grief and uncertainty.
Kulpreet Singh on how art, activism and farming intertwine in his practice
Aug 28, 2026by Srishti Ojha Aug 28, 2026
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