A sofa that deserves gawping at: The de Sede Terrazza sofa in film

Film and Furniture: Designed by Ubald Klug for De Sede in 1972, the DS-1025 Terrazza is less a sofa and more a landscape. Its stepped, modular form invites you to sit, recline, sprawl, or simply occupy it like a piece of terrain.

Here's What You Can Expect With the Burning Man Temple 2026

mymodernmet.com: The legendary Burning Man is a temporary city that is reconstructed, in differing forms, year after year. Artists and architects build structures with the intention of removing them. How can they impart meaning to something that will soon be dismantled? For 2026, designer James Gwertzman approaches this challenge with the Temple of the Moon, a project that combines parametric design, environmental responsiveness, and ritual space. The forthcoming structure will be at the heart of this year’s event.

‘Arcadia’ brings everything to the stage, from mystery, passion, time travel to science

The NATRAT: How do you discuss every idea in the universe within three hours? The late playwright Tom Stoppard tried to answer this in his play, “Arcadia,” which was performed by the School of Drama from Feb. 26 to March 16 and directed by Kyle Haden, the senior associate head for the School of Drama.

Moment Factory designs an interactive botanical world

AV Magazine: An immersive experience that invites visitors to explore a vibrant botanical world that responds to their every movement has opened at the Futuroscope theme park in France. Entertainment studio Moment Factory was brought in to turn the park’s 360 into an attraction that shifts guests from observation to active, free-flow engagement.

▶️ Super Bowl LX Halftime Show: In The Shop With All Access

Live Design Online: Joey Brennan, Halftime Staging Supervisor for All Access Staging takes us into the shop for a deep dive into the sets for the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show, with production design spearheaded by Bruce Rogers of Tribe Inc.

Decor and Design Details to Love in Fennell's Wuthering Heights

Film and Furniture: Emerald Fennell’s 2026 adaptation of Wuthering Heights moves decisively away from traditional windswept naturalism and treats design as emotional voltage, using architecture and surface to heighten every feeling.

Haiti’s Hand-Painted Winter Olympics Uniforms Are a ‘Story of Resistance’

news.artnet.com: Just weeks before the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan on February 6, Olympic officials blocked Haiti’s plan to feature a painting of revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture on its team uniforms, prompting a race against time that culminated in a radically altered, hand-painted redesign—the first in the games’ 100-year history.

Towering mushrooms adorn Grand Palais for Chanel couture show

www.dezeen.com: French fashion house Chanel filled Paris's Grand Palais with Alice in Wonderland-style mushrooms and real trees, which created a runway for the brand's Spring Summer 2026 haute couture show.

Grammys 2026 stage features "modern sculptural" gramophone

www.dezeen.com: The stage and scenography for the Grammy Awards ceremony in LA this coming weekend is designed by New York-based Yellow Studio and anchored by a giant golden gramophone. The Recording Academy's annual celebration of musical achievement, which takes place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on 1 February 2026, is Yellow Studio's fifth production design for the Grammys.

'Frankenstein,' 'Warfare,' 'Bone Temple' Case Studies Hosted at Focus

variety.com: The 10th anniversary edition of production event Focus, which takes place at Business Design Centre, London, on Dec. 8–9, includes case studies of “Frankenstein,” “Warfare” and “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.” The session titled “Crafting Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’” features Tamara Deverell, production designer on “Frankenstein,” Kate Hawley, the film’s costume designer, and Mike Hill, who worked on creature design and character prosthetics make up FX.

What Do the Colors on the Gulf Tower Mean?

Pittsburgh Magazine: When the pyramid-shaped cap to the Gulf Tower first started giving a weather report, it was a binary prediction. Beginning in 1956, the pyramid atop the 44-story skyscraper would glow orange for fair weather, blue for foul — a practice that continued into the 1970s.

'Hedda' Artisans Break Down Costumes, Sets, and Makeup Design

variety.com: In creating the world of Nia DaCosta’s “Hedda,” hair and makeup artist Sharon A. Martin created a new phrase to explain the aristocratic world of mid-century England. “I coined the phrase ‘classic modernity’ to it because it’s [a] very period [film], but then it could also be [a mix of] today and the period that we had to play with,”

Visit an 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' setting with concept artist Dylan Cole

www.goldderby.com: Like any kid fortunate enough to be of moviegoing age in 1989, Dylan Cole's life was forever changed by a brush with Batman, specifically the Tim Burton version that loomed large in movie theaters throughout that pivotal summer.

Boo! How Artists Have Envisioned Ghosts Throughout the Centuries

news.artnet.com: People have believed in ghosts since time immemorial. Our enduring fascination with these spooky spectres has seen them haunt all manner of popular media, from folklore to film, and art. But, trapped between our earthly realm and whatever awaits, ghosts are often felt as an intangible presence. Only sometimes are sightings reported, so how best to represent the supernatural?

Amanda Parker on tech use in theatre

www.thestage.co.uk: Typically, we bridle against change: innovators attract criticism in their lifetime, only for ideas to become standard practice later. Edward Gordon Craig’s ideas to make stage performances a three-dimensional experience – replacing flat backdrops with moving, built designs and lighting – may have been anathema then, but are the origin story of modern theatre staging now.

Are The Ordinary Bits Of Beauty Being Designed Out Of Our Lives?

Butts In the Seats: Tyler Cowen of the Marginal Revolution blog posted a short video meant as a preview of a long movie project discussing how we have eliminated ordinary beauty from our lives in the name of efficiency. Sheehan Quirke moves about London comparing ornate, though mass produced objects from the Victorian era like lamp posts, door fixtures, etc., arguing that design has moved toward simple functionality and abandoned offering beauty in every day objects.

Denver pizza restaurant transformed into modular gallery by 11 x 17

www.dezeen.com: Architecture studio 11 x 17 had to leave historic details intact when converting a restaurant in a mixed-use building in Denver, Colorado, into a gallery space for the Architectural League of New York.

Which Directors Are People Using AI to Rip-Off The Most?

No Film School: The thing that bugs me the most about AI is that it's never someone making something wholly original. Often, what I find is that the things that go viral or the things people want to show you at parties are just rip-offs or direct imitations of other people.

Holly Loulan: 2025 Designer of the Year

www.specialevents.com: Holly Loulan is a visionary event designer celebrated for her creative problem-solving and relentless pursuit of excellence. From transforming a convention center street into a legendary block party to turning a mountaintop into an enchanted forest celebration, Loulan pushes the boundaries of experiential design, crafting unforgettable experiences that leave lasting impressions.

First look at SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render, the latest immersive exhibition at NYC's ARTECHOUSE

www.timeout.com/newyork: Dancing penguins, trippy flamingos and colorful blocks make up just some of the surrealist scenes in ARTECHOUSE's new exhibit. Titled "SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render," this immersive art experience in Chelsea showcases surreal landscapes, digital worlds and trippy dream-like sequences accompanied by house music from Zedd.