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Humanity as practice: The 36th Bienal de São Paulo
Sep 23, 2025by Mercedes Ezquiaga Sep 23, 2025
Curated by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, the Bienal in Brazil gathers 120 artists exploring migration, community and what it means to “be human”.
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Landmark installations, district highlights and more at London Design Festival 2025
Sep 13, 2025by 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.
Global Design Forum 2025 proposes critical practices of Design At/From The Seams
Sep 11, 2025by 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.
Inside RIBA's 2025 Stirling Prize shortlist: big, beautiful architecture, but rarely bold
Sep 11, 2025by 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.
Spanning creative spectrums, LDF reveals winners of the 2025 London Design Medals
Sep 09, 2025by 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.
Eco-fables, mythmaking and probing the primal in Green Over Gray: Emilio Ambasz
Sep 05, 2025by Anmol Ahuja Sep 05, 2025
The film by Francesca Molteni and Mattia Colombo chronicles the celebrated architect’s legacy and pioneership in green architecture through four global projects and exclusive interviews.
Logo Rhythm: hot lips, drop Ts and other marques that made rock music immortal
Aug 14, 2025by 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.
More than Human at the Design Museum shapes a vocabulary for ecological design
Aug 13, 2025by Asmita Singh Aug 13, 2025
From seaweed pavilions to river-rights murals, the exhibition repositions design as relational, speculative and situated, looking beyond the human to more multivalent futures.
Building with voices: how communities led London Festival of Architecture 2025
Aug 11, 2025by 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.
The Bagri Samaya series celebrates and amplifies women’s voices
Jul 30, 2025by 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.
Serving ‘lewks’ and ‘aesthetics’ with Virtual Beauty at Somerset House
Jul 28, 2025by 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.
In her own image: The radical practice of Emma Amos
Jul 23, 2025by 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.
Nina’s House: A 1970s home in London turns fossil fuel-free through a natural retrofit
Jul 21, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jul 21, 2025
Nina+Co and ROAR partner on the regenerative retrofitting of a South Tottenham house, prioritising performance over footprint.
Between flame and form: After Ash traces possibilities of wood-fired ceramics
Jul 07, 2025by 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.
3daysofdesign and Other Circle sought design as an encounter, not a spectacle
Jun 25, 2025by 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.
A London exhibition reflects on shared South Asian histories and splintered maps
Jun 19, 2025by Samta Nadeem Jun 19, 2025
(Un)Layering the future past of South Asia: Young artists' voices emphasises regional interconnectedness, despite ongoing geopolitical tensions.
At the Hayward Gallery, Yoshitomo Nara asks you to feel what cannot be seen
Jun 13, 2025by Zohra Khan Jun 13, 2025
A travelling retrospective of the celebrated Japanese artist’s work comes to London, spanning four decades of practice.
A cabinet of curiosities, laid bare: V&A East Storehouse rethinks the museum archetype
Jun 13, 2025by 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.
Casa Mexicana chronicles the evolving morphology of Mexican homes
Jun 12, 2025by 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.
The Outer Forces, Power Lines and Inner Selves activating the Global Design Forum
Jun 09, 2025by 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.
Cosmology, science and spirituality converge in Sonia Leimer’s Cosmic Dust
Jun 05, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Jun 05, 2025
The Vienna-based artist presents Dust Buddies, a series of sculptures inspired by microscopic extraterrestrial particles as cosmological explorations.
“Temporality has a presence,” says Marina Tabassum on the Serpentine Pavilion 2025
Jun 03, 2025by 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.
London Design Biennale 2025 to paint the Somerset House in Surface Reflections
May 30, 2025by 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.
‘Walk the House’ explores Do Ho Suh’s poetic fabrications of home and belonging
May 29, 2025by 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.
In Minor Keys: Venice Biennale 2026 reveals its curatorial theme
May 27, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 27, 2025
The biennale's organisers acknowledged the passing of curator Koyo Kouoh, reiterating their support for her curatorial vision of "a collective score composed together with artists".
Andreu World toasts to 70 years with Travel well seated at Clerkenwell Design Week
May 24, 2025by 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.
Crafted modernism: Holloway Li’s vibrant reimagining of Club Quarters Hotel St Paul’s
May 20, 2025by 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.
Wick Lane by dRMM evokes and bolsters Hackney Wick's layered industrial context
May 17, 2025by Dhwani Shanghvi May 17, 2025
The dense, mixed-use, co-living scheme blends housing and workspaces through developer-led planning and a disciplined material language.
Triennale Milano dwells on the spaces and traces of 'Inequalities' in the modern world
May 16, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 16, 2025
STIR speaks to Stefano Boeri, president of the institution, on its 24th International Exhibition, elaborating on marginalised perspectives and alternative design strategies.
Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos on balancing acts of belonging to the land
May 09, 2025by 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.
An edifice of 'Voices': London Festival of Architecture maps sites of inclusion & care
May 09, 2025by 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.
OntheSq by Irenie Studio is 'a living wonderland' coloured by co-creation
May 08, 2025by 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.
Sony World Photography Awards 2025: documenting the world in transition
May 05, 2025by Aarthi Mohan May 05, 2025
From capturing fleeting moments to uncovering universal truths, the 2025 edition reveals the depth of visual storytelling across cultures, eras and disciplines.
From Milan to London: Global design weeks as barometers and battlegrounds
May 02, 2025by 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.
'Art For Your Oceans' gathers leading artists to raise funds for the WWF
May 01, 2025by 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.
‘Soleil.s’ at mudac spotlights various approaches to potential solar futures
Apr 29, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 29, 2025
The design biennale, initiated to promote clean energy, is hosted in Switzerland this year, with a focus on the power of the sun to imagine a sustainable future for humanity.
Probing ‘Intelligens’ in architecture: A guide to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025
Apr 26, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 26, 2025
STIR lists the best of projects curated by Carlo Ratti for his exhibition, national participations, special projects and collateral events as a guide to navigating this year’s expansive biennale.
Ghana-based Limbo Accra transforms urban wastelands into cultural hubs
Apr 25, 2025by Almas Sadique Apr 25, 2025
In conversation with STIR, Dominique Petit-Frère, co-founder of Limbo Accra, discusses the studio’s overarching motivations, ethos, intent and disparate outputs.
'Sections of the Mind' imparts creative agency to the humble architectural section
Apr 24, 2025by STIRworld Apr 24, 2025
An exhibition of 30 drawings by architect Sergei Tchoban, cutting across scales and typologies at the Paul Rudolph Institute in Manhattan, reveals layers of meanings.
The Mona Lisa, instagrammed: Simon Mordant weighs in on contemporary art
Apr 18, 2025by Manu Sharma Apr 18, 2025
STIR speaks with the investment banker and art collector on changemaking in today’s art world.
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