•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Aarthi Mohan Nov 21, 2025
By pairing sketches with realised lamps, the book by Daniel Schofield and Rhys Kearns shows how designers map illumination, shadow and intent before prototypes take shape.
by Erik Augustin Palm Nov 14, 2025
Prism of the Real: Making Art in Japan 1989 – 2010—on view at The National Art Center, Tokyo, co-curated with Hong Kong’s M+—uses its titular prism metaphor to examine Japan’s cultural transformations.
by Aarthi Mohan Sep 09, 2025
OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu stages the Maison’s codes and crafts as a sequence of inhabitable spaces at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka.
by Aarthi Mohan Jul 14, 2025
The recent architectural exhibition offered an intimate lens on five studios of the Chinese artist, shaped by necessity and defiance at the Aedes Architecture Forum, Berlin.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 03, 2025
In a recent book, Hara reproduces sketches of projects from a career spanning almost 40 years, revealing his belief in the potential of sketching as an answer to the ‘what ifs’ of life.
by Karen Chernick May 12, 2025
In an exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the artist uses her body and found objects to create raw, tactile works.
by Anushka Sharma Mar 10, 2025
Aalto University, Finland, launches an online portal presenting two decades of the iconic company’s workings—sketches, photographs and raw ideas—to the public.
by Kwame Aidoo Jan 13, 2025
The Ghana-based artist speaks to STIR about his open studio exhibition Beyond Rubber, on view at Afrobutylism Studio in Accra.
by Manu Sharma Jan 04, 2025
The show's curators discuss the Spanish artist’s phantasmagorical site-specific installation work in an interview with STIR.
by Bansari Paghdar Dec 21, 2024
STIRred 2024: From drawings, sketches and posters to digital illustrations, typeface designs and data visualisations, STIR revisits the best of graphic and visual designs from the year.
by Aarthi Mohan Dec 06, 2024
With a minimalist approach and a focus on storytelling, the New York-based production designer brings global events to life through his innovative stage designs.
by Sunena V Maju Dec 05, 2024
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion, celebrating the life and work of the Belgian fashion designer, makes its North American debut at the Skirball Cultural Center.
by Bansari Paghdar Nov 23, 2024
The concrete residence in the Czech Republic's suburbs has seven levels connected by a central staircase, prioritising space efficiency and minimalist design.
by Manu Sharma Nov 19, 2024
The 2023 publication explores the artistic practice of Balkrishna Doshi, better known as a pioneer of Indian architecture.
by Aarthi Mohan Nov 14, 2024
The immersive retrospective at Liljevalchs in Stockholm honours the Swedish design house's century-long journey of crafting homes that inspire, warmth, creativity and character.
by Sunena V Maju Oct 23, 2024
The exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art revisits Rudolph’s contributions to architecture, from his early modernist roots to his bold experiments in brutalism.
by Manu Sharma Oct 03, 2024
The legendary Indian artist continues to go strong, past the age of 90. STIR engages with his multidisciplinary practice in a show at Bikaner House.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jul 17, 2024
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with co-curator Shirley Surya, who distilled some of the key aspects of the Chinese architect’s career and pinpointed this monumental show’s highlights.
by Devanshi Shah Jul 15, 2020
Sergei Tchoban, a Russian and German architect, and the 2018 recipient of the European Prize for Architecture, speaks with STIR about his transcontinental practice.
by Architecture BRIO Mar 13, 2020
Robert Verrijt, the co-founder of Mumbai-based Architecture BRIO, explains the 14-step design process of the sea-facing Plantation Retreat that puts emphasis on the built form.
by Meghna Mehta Jan 06, 2020
Gianluca Gimini's collection of 376 sketches of a bicycle - sleek, with strangely shaped frames, misplaced vital components – was brought to life through digital renders.
by Julius Wiedemann Aug 21, 2019
Julius Wiedemann reviews this book to revisit the idea of drawing, questioning its origin and re-establishing its significance to communicate thoughts.
by Rahul Kumar Aug 01, 2019
STIR speaks to the Mumbai-based visual artist, who while travelling prefers to make 'visual notes' by creating real-time sketches, as against taking pictures on his mobile phone.
by Georgina Maddox Jul 26, 2019
A Poem That Is Not Our Own, William Kentridge’s first major solo exhibition in Switzerland, is on till October 13, 2019, at the Kunstmuseum Basel.
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