A guest lounge at ARCO Madrid reinterprets burned forest timber as architecture, shaping a space of light, memory, and collective experience.
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Nolastar aluminium by Pablo Octavio introduces a refined material evolution of the brand’s modular room divider system. Produced through laser cutting and hand brushing, the aluminium surface captures light while maintaining a tactile quality. Designed for flexibility, the system can define or dissolve space as needed, offering a versatile solution for contemporary interiors.
The Lapis Daybed expands a sculptural seating collection defined by the contrast between rough appearance and soft material. Made from torn foam and coated with a durable flexible finish, the piece challenges perception while offering a tactile and spatial experience that blurs the boundary between furniture and sculpture.
Concrete Utopia reimagines discarded concrete pipes as a fragmentary urban system, proposing new ways of thinking about reuse, climate, and the future of the material city.
An interactive installation in Yangzhou reimagines the wedding as a playground of movement, shade, and shared experience shaped by fabric and wind.
At OCT LOFT in Shenzhen, Twirl Tower by Daxing Jizi Design turns collective movement into a shared urban experience through a system of rotating tiers.
Moulding the Arc is conceived as a spatial meditation on the origins of human settlement. Drawing from prehistoric modes of living, the installation reflects on the moment when nomadic existence began to give way to collective inhabitation. It approaches this transition not through literal reconstruction, but through an abstract language of geometry, material, and relational space.
Swiss artist Roger Reutimann explores the intersection of sculpture and functional lighting through a series of limited edition light objects created between 2025 and 2026, where materials such as bronze, concrete, carbon fiber, and resin transform illumination into sculptural presence.
Designed for desert environments, the Interactive Sand Reflecting Cone transforms sand into a participatory landscape where mirrored steel, solar energy and human interaction create an evolving public installation.
RF Studio presents Atol Lavascape, a sculptural landscape made of recycled bronze, resin and stone exploring volcanic island formation.
