Cybersecurity stock images are predictable at this point: a hooded man with a shadowy face in front of a keyboard or a mysterious person in front of binary code. OpenIDEO, the open innovation practice from global design firm IDEO, thinks…
4 Films to Explore Postmodernism in Architecture and Urbanism
“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…
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…
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…
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…
International graffiti artists flock to street art festival
Freshly painted street art by local and international artists adorns numerous walls in Yekaterinburg. The Russian city is host to Stenograffia, the country’s largest street art festival. Do not adjust your set, this homage to YouTube is part of a…
Award-winning Latin American photography – in pictures
In the second annual Latin American Foto festival, on view at the Bronx Documentary Center in New York, a range of photographers from throughout the Caribbean and Latin America will exhibit their varied and vibrant work until 21 July Fred Ramos,…
Sometimes, Photography Sucks
Photography is a fun, creative field, where we get away from the tedium and soul-sucking nature of the 9-5 to chase our dreams, to be creative, to be our own bosses. It’s amazing, right? Meh, sometimes. Sometimes, it sucks. Before…