•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Aarthi Mohan Sep 24, 2025
An exhibition by Ab Rogers at Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, retraced five decades of the celebrated architect’s design tenets that treated buildings as campaigns for change.
by Anushka Sharma Sep 15, 2025
Turning discarded plastic, glass, textiles and bamboo into functional objects, the collection blends circular design with local craft to reimagine waste as a material of the future.
by Anushka Sharma Sep 13, 2025
London is set to become a playground for design with special commissions, exhibitions and district-wide programming exploring the humane and empathetic in creative disciplines.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 11, 2025
In partnership with STIR, this year’s programme for the Global Design Forum at LDF examines radical interdependence and multiplicities that design create.
by Bansari Paghdar Sep 11, 2025
With London at the heart of architectural enquiry again, the shortlist aims to tackle Britain's most pressing urban issues, but has a concerning geographic and functional concentration.
by Bansari Paghdar Sep 09, 2025
This year’s London Design Festival honours Michael Anastassiades OBE, Lord Norman Foster, Sinéad Burke and Rio Kobayashi, highlighting innovation and inclusivity in design.
by Avani Tandon Vieira Aug 18, 2025
The Hong Kong artist’s moving image work examines loss and persistence in a fragmented urban landscape.
by Jincy Iype Aug 14, 2025
In Circa Press’ Logo Rhythm, Jim K Davies and Jamie Ellul chart 90+ band logos, from Zeppelin’s sigils to Metallica’s bolts, unearthing the myths behind rock’s iconic symbols.
by Vamika Sinha Aug 12, 2025
This year’s Edinburgh Art Festival takes a slower, deeper curatorial approach, integrating within its home city more than ever before.
by Anushka Sharma Aug 11, 2025
From sonic journeys to inclusive design, LFA 2025 brought architecture to the streets—spotlighting lived experience and local agency in shaping London’s built environment.
by Bansari Paghdar Aug 07, 2025
A reflective essay on the Routledge publication harps on the two intertwined media to discuss collaborative worldbuilding, authorship, user agency and cultural memory.
by Srishti Ojha Jul 30, 2025
The Bagri Foundation’s series, A Woman Hums: Women, Voice, Creativity, brings together women curators, artists, filmmakers and writers from across Asia and its diaspora.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 28, 2025
An exhibition at the London-based institute curated by Gonzalo Herrero Delicado, Mathilde Friis, and Bunny Kinney harps on the effects of digital media on our physical lives.
by Jincy Iype Jul 25, 2025
Published by Routledge, the book redraws the built environment through satire, storytelling and speculative drawing – a reminder that architecture is, first and always, a fiction.
by Anushka Sharma Jul 24, 2025
Owen Hughes Pearce, founder of the UK-based studio, discusses with STIR the core tenets of his experimental practice and how it defies standardised models of architecture.
by Deeksha Nath Jul 23, 2025
Amos shaped a practice of formal innovation and political resistance, centring the frontal figure as a site of radical visibility and cultural critique.
by Sofia Hallström Jul 22, 2025
Amidst ecological crises and geopolitical disorientation, the Folkestone Triennial 2025 explores a deep-time ecology of ritual, resistance and repair.
by Anushka Sharma Jul 21, 2025
Nina+Co and ROAR partner on the regenerative retrofitting of a South Tottenham house, prioritising performance over footprint.
by Anushka Sharma Jul 07, 2025
London-based initiative County Hall Pottery unveils a group show with eight ceramic artists recasting wood-fired ceramics as innovative and experimental entities.
by Zeynep Rekkali Jensen Jun 25, 2025
3daysofdesign 2025 brought the design world to Copenhagen, but on the city’s terms: human, generous and grounded underneath the long light of Scandinavian summer days.
by Samta Nadeem Jun 19, 2025
(Un)Layering the future past of South Asia: Young artists' voices emphasises regional interconnectedness, despite ongoing geopolitical tensions.
by Jincy Iype Jun 13, 2025
STIR speaks to Elizabeth Diller and David Allin of DS+R, and Tim Reeve of V&A, on the accessible, custodial and generous nature of the new V&A Storehouse in London.
by Zohra Khan Jun 13, 2025
A travelling retrospective of the celebrated Japanese artist’s work comes to London, spanning four decades of practice.
by Aarthi Mohan Jun 12, 2025
From austere retreats to luxury villas, this book by Edmund Sumner and Jonathan Bell offers a vivid exploration of the building art of Mexican homes.
by Jincy Iype Jun 09, 2025
Under the title Design and the Invisible, GDF at the London Design Biennale 2025 unveils how unseen forces and radical ideas shape the future of design.
by Bansari Paghdar Jun 05, 2025
The Vienna-based artist presents Dust Buddies, a series of sculptures inspired by microscopic extraterrestrial particles as cosmological explorations.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 03, 2025
STIR interviews the Bangladeshi architect on her commission for the 25th Serpentine Pavilion, probing its parallels with her studio's work and its contextual and ephemeral ethos.
by Srishti Ojha May 30, 2025
The British artist’s new exhibition, Fabricating My Own Myth – Red Threads & Silver Needles, at Newcastle Contemporary Art highlights the political power of presence.
by Anushka Sharma May 30, 2025
Talks, installations, screenings and interactive pavilions await as London hosts a city-wide dynamic celebration of design, innovation and the forces that guide them.
by Aarthi Mohan May 29, 2025
The South Korean artist's ongoing showcase at the Tate Modern captures the essence of migration and layered memories of home.
by Andreu World May 24, 2025
From sustainable design roots to a global vision for hospitality, Andreu World’s 70-year celebration in London explores the future of spaces where we travel.
by Anushka Sharma May 20, 2025
In a conversation with STIR, Alex Holloway and Carrie Conings of Holloway Li dive into the project’s post-war charm, bespoke craftsmanship and contemporary functionality.
by Rhea Mathur May 16, 2025
A retrospective of the Japanese photographer’s work at Mead Gallery in Coventry highlights the zeal of an artist committed to combating oppression and capturing resistance.
by Anushka Sharma May 09, 2025
The LFA 2025, themed Voices, with an expansive programme of exhibitions, workshops, talks and more, challenges visitors to listen closely to the perspectives that shape urban life.
by Jincy Iype May 09, 2025
Speaking with STIR, the Mexican firm's partner, Fernando Sordo Madaleno, reflects on the multigenerational architectural practice's creative ethos and evolving identity.
by Jincy Iype May 08, 2025
'Curiouser and curiouser!': with eclectic scales, thresholds and illusions, the renovated Neo-Jacobean structure coalesces historic architecture and contemporary design.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 07, 2025
National participants at the architecture biennale explore resource efficiency, adaptability and sustainability, foregrounding national aspirations and universal applications.
by Debika Ray May 02, 2025
A case of two cities—both bona fide global cultural capitals—reveals insights on precarity in the creative industries, fleeting trends and engagement in making, beyond numbers.
by Manu Sharma May 01, 2025
This selling exhibition has been conceived as a collaboration between WWF, Artwise curators and Sotheby’s, to further ocean conservation initiatives across the UK.
by Rhea Mathur Apr 29, 2025
A museum at Cambridge University examines Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade between 1750-1850, and its collection’s dark past.
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