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by Almas Sadique Apr 03, 2026
The expansive Brera Design Week is set to host its 17th edition during Milan Design Week 2026 with dynamic designs and discourses amid the neighbourhood’s historic core.
by Almas Sadique Mar 28, 2026
The upcoming edition of the design fair urges creatives to decenter the image of the final design to focus on its materiality, process and craftsmanship.
by Jincy Iype Mar 25, 2026
From Salone del Mobile.Milano to Fuorisalone, Superstudio to Porta Venezia; STIR presents a comprehensive guide through Milan Design Week’s most compelling offerings this year.
by De Beers Feb 27, 2026
The immersive installation by De Beers, featuring artist Lakshmi Madhavan, framed natural diamonds through art, nature and human expression at India Art Fair 2026.
by Aarthi Mohan Jan 19, 2026
From neighbourhood-based projects to broader urban questions, this year’s design festival foregrounds how design engages identity, material and responsibility across Toronto.
by Chahna Tank Jan 05, 2026
As part of the Jaquar Pavilion Park, a constellation of human-scaled matchboxes by Anagram Architects translates Mumbai’s ‘average everydayness’ into a cinematic montage.
by Aarthi Mohan Dec 29, 2025
Conceived by Suchi Reddy for the Jaquar Pavilion Park, the pavilion, supported by Godrej properties, formulates the rice sieve as an architecture rooted in craft and sustainability.
by Bansari Paghdar Dec 08, 2025
The second edition of Journeying Across the Himalayas by the Royal Enfield Social Mission comprises an expanded showcase with immersive installations, talks and vibrant crafts.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Dec 08, 2025
On view in India as a collaboration with the Australian institute, KNMA presents a showcase detailing the transcendental creation saga of Australia’s First Nation inhabitants.
by Aarthi Mohan Dec 06, 2025
From immersive installations to conversations on AI and future homes, the second edition of the design showcase hopes to offer a gaze that is unafraid of the unfamiliar.
by Chahna Tank Oct 15, 2025
Dutch ecological artist-designer and founder of Woven Studio speaks to STIR about the perceived impact of his work in an age of environmental crises and climate change.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Oct 14, 2025
The inaugural edition of the festival in Denmark, curated by Josephine Michau, CEO, CAFx, seeks to explore how the discipline can move away from incessantly extractivist practices.
by Sunena V Maju Oct 09, 2025
Under the artistic direction of Florencia Rodriguez, the sixth edition of the biennial reexamines the role of architecture in turbulent times, as both medium and metaphor.
by Aarthi Mohan Oct 07, 2025
At Melbourne’s Incinerator Gallery, a travelling exhibition presents a series of immersive installations that reframe playgrounds as cultural spaces that belong to everyone.
by 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”.
by Srishti Ojha Aug 21, 2025
Jameel Art Centre’s survey exhibition, The Peasant, the Scholar and the Engineer, charts the artist and researcher’s ecocentric approach to contemporary art.
by Bansari Paghdar Aug 20, 2025
Terms and Conditions, The Other Side of the Hill and other projects on thermal inequity and designing for discomfort earmark a provocative foray into the curator’s exhibition.
by Chahna Tank Aug 18, 2025
With four new installations, this year’s edition of the festival reimagines the garden as a space to interrogate how borders, both political and ecological, define the world we inhabit.
by Bansari Paghdar Aug 14, 2025
Jazia Hammoudi and Matthew Niederhauser tell STIR how the hybrid studio fosters creative agency, curates immersive exhibitions and shapes new media culture.
by 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.
by Lee Daehyung Aug 08, 2025
The three contemporary artists counter digital acceleration with art that demands stillness and introspection.
by Anushka Sharma Jul 22, 2025
An immersive exhibition in Copenhagen unites Rick Owens’ monumental furniture with the curatorial vision of Lamy and Gustav, transforming space into ritual and art into experience.
by Louis Ho Jun 26, 2025
An exhibition of contemporary art in a stunning new Japanese museum, designed by Shigeru Ban, speaks to the natural environment as well as the industrial suburbs around it.
by Jincy Iype Jun 06, 2025
STIR interviews Maia Garau and Tristan Hupe-Guimarães of Tellart, reflecting on how the experiential design studio operates from the intersection of culture, nature and technology.
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 Asmita Singh May 23, 2025
Curated by Katerina Gregos, the exhibition at ΕΜΣΤ outlines the institutional mechanisms of violence & exploitation of non-human species & reaffirms their roles as sentient beings.
by Eleonora Ghedini May 08, 2025
Icarus is the Japanese artist’s first major retrospective to date in Europe and reveals a topicality with the current geopolitical and environmental crisis.
by Anushka Sharma Apr 30, 2025
In its fifth collaboration with the luxury brand, the OMA-designed exhibition at DDP, Seoul, evokes the experience of "walking on a Parisian street, inside a skirt or a jar."
by 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.
by STIRworld Apr 14, 2025
The Contemporary and Bawwaba sections of Art Dubai 2025 anchor artistic inquiries into ecology, migration and identity through context-rich, geographically informed works.
by Anushka Sharma Apr 12, 2025
STIR enlists striking interventions dotting Brera during Milan Design Week 2025, emphasising art, technology, environment and their intersections.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 10, 2025
For Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025, the Oscar-winning Italian director gives shape to the condition of waiting through an evocative and near surreal installation.
by Anushka Sharma Apr 10, 2025
Art Dubai 2025 elevates the art fair experience by augmenting its gallery programme with an array of commissions and conferences.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 10, 2025
Highlighting its theme for Milan Design Week 2025, 'armonie invisibli', STIR presents a selection of the best projects that strike a balance between functionality and art.
by Anushka Sharma Apr 09, 2025
The American artist presents his interpretation of Michelangelo’s Pietà Rondanini, using light and music to enliven the spectators’ experience of the installation.
by Preciosa Lighting Apr 08, 2025
The Czech company debuts Crystal Links at Salone del Mobile.Milano’s Euroluce, alongside a cutting-edge generative visualisation tool, Preciosa Signature Design Generator.
by Rémy Jarry Mar 03, 2025
The Bangkok Kunsthalle and the Khao Yai Art Forest opened in January 2024 and February 2025 respectively, both projects driven by philanthropist Marisa Chearavanont.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 21, 2025
STIR speaks with the filmmaker and artist duo about their ongoing project, which trains an unrelenting eye on the everyday life of the city and how people negotiate public spaces.
by Anushka Sharma Feb 19, 2025
Set to unfold in London from February 26 – 27, 2025, the design show will host a stellar lineup of brands, product showcases, installations and talks that speculate future workspaces.
by Almas Sadique Jan 22, 2025
The art and design festival hosts events that deliberate upon identity, heritage, loss, grief, migration, material exploration, neuroarchitecture and more.
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