•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by STIRworld Jul 25, 2023
Launched by The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects, the Temple Bar Trust, and the WAF, winners were announced across 7 categories, apart from 3 special prizes.
by Jincy Iype May 17, 2023
De Graaf discusses his satirical yet wholly contemplative book, architect, verb: The New Language of Building, tracing the history of the terms dominating architecture discourse today.
by Jincy Iype Apr 07, 2023
Influential, irreverent, iconoclastic: British architect and designer Nigel Coates is all this and more in his memoir, which he revisits and uncovers with STIR in this interview.
by Amarjeet Singh Tomar Jan 02, 2023
The Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA), New York, showcases Bruno Munari: The Child Within, exploring Munari’s works through the lens of his innovative books for children.
by Jincy Iype Dec 27, 2022
Best of 2022: From Oscar-nominated production designers to trend forecasters, STIR recalls compelling conversations centred on the disciplines of architecture and design.
by STIRworld Nov 23, 2022
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – the Polish designer highlights her favourite bits from her latest read, Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion.
by Zohra Khan Nov 16, 2022
Speaking with STIR, the French experimentalist discusses the premise of his book, Architecture for Disquiet Bodies – "an archipelago of ideas, tests and experiences."
by STIRworld Nov 15, 2022
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – the Lebanese interior architect and product designer is reading 4 books for his Masters in Art Criticism and Curation.
by STIRworld Nov 02, 2022
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – Italian architect Mario Cucinella reveals his favourite bits from his recent read, Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar.
by STIRworld Oct 17, 2022
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – American architect Bryan Young, founder of Young Projects, is perusing Circe by Madeline Miller.
by Rahul Kumar Oct 03, 2022
STIR interviews Yang Liu, an illustrator who highlights the distinctions between cultures, genders, and demographics around the world through simple yet hard-hitting pictograms
by Rahul Kumar Sep 21, 2022
Illustrative Chronicles: Investigating Eya Mordyakova's fairytale-inspired illustration approach as it appears in children's books, and discovering what drives her as an artist.
by STIRworld Sep 12, 2022
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – Lebanese product and interior designer Carlo Massoud indulges in the modern classic, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.
by Rahul Kumar Jul 31, 2022
Exploring book as an art object, in contrast with book as a medium of documentation: in conversation with Anshika Varma, founder of Offset Projects, New Delhi, India.
by Jincy Iype Jul 06, 2022
Conceived by OONN Metaworks and U.LAB, the Graphic bookstore in Seoul has a tiered, windowless form dressed in textured, ivory-coloured ceramic, as a home for graphic novels.
by Shraddha Nair May 28, 2022
Singapore-based artist, writer and researcher, Shubigi Rao, brings discussions of information, control of data and other pressing issues to the forefront at Venice Art Biennale 2022.
by Anmol Ahuja May 27, 2022
A graphic novel with near monochrome illustrations, The Planet After Geoengineering is a compendium of remedial environmental care that professes palliative care for the planet.
by Salvatore Peluso May 19, 2022
An exhibition and reconstruction of an interior at the Triennale Milano, and a monographic book published by Skira reveal three hidden aspects of the Italian design maestro.
by STIRworld May 04, 2022
Excerpts from Vladimir Belogolovsky’s new book, Imagine Buildings Floating Like Clouds, which juxtaposes 101 distinct visions of leading creatives.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Sep 29, 2021
Don Norman in his book The Design of Everyday Things blames the lack of user-friendly design of everyday things for the human inabilities to perform the everyday task with an ease.
by STIRworld Sep 15, 2021
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – Indian artist Alex Davis tells us his experience of reading Vitamin D3: Today's Best in Contemporary Drawing by Phaidon editors.
by STIRworld Jun 01, 2021
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – Montreal-based Prof. David Theodore indulges in the rather timeless A History of Architecture by Sir Banister Fletcher.
by STIRworld May 21, 2020
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – new media artist Maja Petric seeks to understand the complex meanings of love in Margaret Atwood’s True Stories.
by STIRworld May 20, 2020
American artist, sculptor and photographer Lauren Henkin is currently engrossed in Art Can Help, a collection of inspiring essays by photographer Robert Adams.
by Jincy Iype May 04, 2020
The American-Canadian writer-activist Jane Jacobs is known for her substantial penmanship devoted to cities, people, and community-driven urban design.
by STIRworld Apr 21, 2020
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives - Indian graphic and typeface designer Shiva N. is reading Homo Americanus: Collected Works by Raymond Pettibon.
by STIRworld Apr 13, 2020
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – Artist Asim Waqif traverses the dystopian adventures of English writer Anthony Burgess’ 1962 novel, ‘The Wanting Seed’.
by Sourabh Gupta Apr 09, 2020
Sourabh Gupta, the principal architect of studio archohm and design dean of The Design Village institute, recommends books to browse and reflect on during COVID-19 lockdown.
by STIRworld Apr 08, 2020
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – Architect Mariana Schmidt of MNMA Studio ponders on the future of Brazil reading Hans Ulrich Obrist’s Entrevistas Brasileiras.
by STIRworld Apr 06, 2020
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives - French architect Pauline Kerzerho is immersed in ‘Guns, Germs and Steel’, a much relevant quarantine read, by Jared Diamond.
by STIRworld Mar 31, 2020
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – the Indian graffiti artist delves into Vermillion Sands, a collection of new wave science fiction short stories by J. G. Ballard.
by STIRworld Mar 27, 2020
Here are 10 architecture and design books to read to evoke imagination as the coronavirus pandemic has forced social distancing, isolation and work from home scenarios.
by STIRworld Mar 21, 2020
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – Spanish architect Pia Mendaro is reading Greek Myths by Robert Graves while in quarantine due to Coronavirus pandemic.
by STIRworld Mar 19, 2020
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – the Italian designer re-visits The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda, relating it with our reactions to Coronavirus.
by Jincy Iype Mar 05, 2020
The Chinese architectural firm converts a former, abandoned church into an abode for poetry, housing 1000 books in various languages in its metallic, revamped interiors.
by Julius Wiedemann Nov 27, 2019
Julius Wiedemann reviews this book - a complete account of the first 50 years of the British architecture firm Foster + Partners, and a celebration of their built and unbuilt works.
by Rahul Kumar Oct 19, 2019
STIR visits Kathmandu studio of the artist for an exclusive and first-time ever demo-interview.
by Julius Wiedemann Oct 10, 2019
Julius Wiedemann reviews this book by Jens Müller, which is packed with design, and depicts the importance of the visual culture associated with the city of Berlin.
by STIRworld Sep 19, 2019
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – architect Takaharu Tezuka is fascinated by John Ruskin's The Stones of Venice, edited and abridged by J.G. Links.
by Julius Wiedemann Sep 13, 2019
Julius Wiedemann reviews this book to observe Hey Studio’s works, challenging design notions and the importance of colour in the perception of the world around us.
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