“Films have been studied by architects and other professionals who are interested in the field of architecture and urbanism because they offer a more subtle and responsive perspective of our discipline,” Finnish Architect and Professor Juhani Pallasmaa tells us. Through its…
The Arts
How to Take Better Nighttime Photos With Your Smartphone
Smartphone cameras perform so much better than they used to, but they’re still a bit limited when it comes to nighttime photography. Whether you’re snapping photos in a bar or outside under the moonlight, your phone’s camera sensor is probably…
The world’s first image from the world’s first 64MP camera phone… is of a cat
It looks like the first device to use Samsung’s new Isocell Bright GW1 sensor won’t actually be made by Samsung, with Redmi beating the tech giant to the punch. The company already makes phones with an impressive 48MP resolution, however…
UK Artist Designs Building From Shipping Containers
UK Artist Designs Sculptural Building From Shipping Containers, The showpiece of a planned new development at Edinburgh Park will be UK
Forget FaceApp — now you can turn your selfie into a classical painting
The dust hasn’t quite settled from the FaceApp privacy debacle and yet a new selfie-alteration trend could be on the rise. AI Portrait Ars was built by researchers at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and it can turn your selfie into a museum-worthy classical…
Avoid One of the Biggest Traps Newly Professional Photographers Fall Into
Taking the leap in to professional photography is daunting and full of traps for you to fall into, but there’s one that you can jump in willingly and without realizing it’s a trap at all. There is a plethora of…
Exquisite portrait paintings by British artist Sarah Ball that focus on the subject of identity
For her latest exhibition, Themself, British artist Sarah Ball looks to anonymous and eclectic historic photographs and more ubiquitous modern sources such as social media to find inspiration for her portrait paintings. With an inevitable absence of additional available information on her…
The 11 Most Stylish New Restaurants in New York City
It’s no secret that New York’s restaurant scene is ever evolving. Just when you’ve finally managed to check out last year’s hottest restaurants, a whole crop of new openings is shaking up the scene. This year’s most stylish new restaurants represent…
Wall-to-wall Europe: the continent’s manmade barriers – in pictures
The Wall of Europe, Spain, 2014 Young Africans try to climb the double fence that separates Africa from Europe, near Beni Enza on the border of Spanish exclave Melilla Photograph: Sergi Cámara Roma Wall, Michalovce, Slovakia, 2010 A group of…
Top five architecture and design jobs in China including positions at UNStudio and Aedas
This week Dezeen Jobs has selected five architecture and design opportunities based in China, including vacancies at UNStudio and Aedas. Experienced site architect at UNStudio UNStudio has a vacancy for a site architect with seven years’ experience to join its Hong Kong office. The practice has recently…