Enlightenment: teamLab in Kyoto
Digital technology transforms the Shimogamo Shrine into an interactive art space.
From 17 August until 2 September , teamLab (represented by Pace Gallery) will turning the Shimogamo Shrine into interactive art space with digital technology. Their exhibit Resisting and Resonating Ovoids and Forest will light up trees along the road approaching Kyoto’s UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Forest of Tadasu at Shimogamo Shrine , and their Floating, Resonating Spheres, will illuminate the inside of the tower gate with light and sounds.
A representative from sponsor Tokio Inkarami explains, ‘With the concept of ‘delivering Japanese beauty and culture to the world,’ we fuse opposing elements like technology and nature, progress and tradition, or strength and beauty, and cherish the balance between them while we work to create a global beauty culture’.
Resisting and Resonating Ovoids and Forest – Forest of Tadasu at Shimogamo Shrine
teamLab, 2018, Interactive Digital Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi
The Latest
Restraint meets richness
This apartment designed by Carl Gerges features green hues throughout
A Dose of Culture Without Losing Comfort
BLINK Design Group has drawn deeply from the well of ancient Lingnan culture to craft a design narrative that’s rooted in tradition yet thoroughly modern at Banyan Tree Dongguan Songshan Lake in China
id most wanted: MORPHO chair by Tomorrowland
Tomorrowland, the world-renowned music festival, has collaborated with designer Dieter Vander Velpen and Ethnicraft through its architecture and design studio, Great Library Studio, to create a contemporary Art Nouveau furniture collection
First Armani Beach Villas Launched in Ras Al Khaimah
Giorgio Armani and RAK Properties launch the first Armani-branded villas in the world
6 design-led museums in the UAE
Here are the current and upcoming design-led museums in the UAE that you should know about
What are the bathroom trends in 2025?
Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard unveil a fresh perspective on bathroom design for 2025
identity Design Awards 2025 is now open for submissions
Access our submissions link, criteria, deadlines, and checklist here.
A Sensory Escape
Soft pastels, natural materials and artistic craftmanship take centre stage at Villa Miraé
Things to Covet – Summer 2025
Here are the bold and statement pieces that caught our eye this month
A Ruin Turned Intimate Retreat
Tucked away in the Andalusian countryside near Gaucín, a small town located between Marbella and Gibraltar, Cortijo Genesis in Spain has recently been renovated by Victoria-Maria Geyer
A Parisian Touch
Interior designer Juliette Spencer of Atelier RO revives a storied pre-war apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side with an elegant fusion of New York structure and French soul.
A Local Connection with a ‘70s Twist
Designed by Barcelona-based studio El Equipo Creativo, the newly renovated Kimpton Los Monteros hotel in Marbella, Spain is deeply inspired by Marbella’s rich landscape and cultural heritage.