Stories by Editorial

Designing Privacy in a Noisy World
Framery’s smart office pods ask what concentration, comfort, and autonomy should look like in the contemporary workplace.

A Decade of Rain: Making Time Visible
In A Decade of Rain, communication design becomes a way to think about memory, duration, and the stories that images and words can carry.

The End of the Dream: Thomas Broening’s American Reckoning
The 2023 IPA Photographer of the Year uses the language of advertising photography to examine the distance between aspiration and reality.

Beyond the Headlines: Chaz Niell and the Human Face of Protest
With Roe V. Wade Fully Human, the 2024 IPA Photographer of the Year turns a divisive public debate into a study of presence, conviction, and lived experience.

A New Language for Sacred Space
At Wanbao Christian Church in Fujian, symbolic interiors connect religious narrative with the marine identity of Pingtan Island.

The Future of Water, by Design
AirOwater proposes a domestic object that draws moisture from the air, turning a resource challenge into a question of product design.

When Typography Becomes Art
Yiwen Zhang’s experimental graphic project draws on punk culture to explore expression, emotional experience, and the printed page.

Fashion as Cultural Memory
Julie Shaw and Bula’bula Arts bring Yolngu weaving knowledge into a dress that bridges couture and living cultural practice.

Architecture at the Water’s Edge
LYT-X Studio reimagines a historic harbor structure in Le Havre as a cultural place shaped by wind, memory, and public life.

The Architecture of Openness
How REX’s Perelman Performing Arts Center brings theatrical flexibility and a luminous civic presence to Lower Manhattan.
