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Editorial photograph of a sculptural outdoor gathering place in a New Zealand landscape, with several adults.

Nebbia’s Interlude asks a provocative question: should millennium-long design guarantee permanence—or leave future generations free to change it?

Editorial photograph in Zaragoza’s historic center, a planted public square beside an underground parking entrance, framed.

Zaragoza’s Plaza Salamero exposes the bargain beneath urban greening: keep the parking, but negotiate every root, drain and tonne of soil.

Editorial photograph of an illustrative renovated prewar apartment in Düsseldorf, with stepped timber platforms and movable.

Urselmann Interior’s Düsseldorf renovation exposes circular design’s weak link: will manufacturer take-back agreements outlast the companies signing them?

Editorial photograph inside a Japanese-inspired listening bar in London near the Barbican at blue hour. Two.

As Japanese listening bars go global, interiors face a choice: organise every seat around perfect sound, or leave room for conversation and conviviality.

Editorial photograph of a staged design-award reassessment in a German product-testing workshop: a scratched office chair.

What if design awards expired after three years? A provocative model that makes durability, accessibility and maintenance conditions of recognition.

Editorial photograph of drone-assisted reseeding in a wildfire-damaged boreal landscape in northern Quebec, Canada. An unbranded.

Flash Forest’s drones promise rapid reforestation. But forests must be judged by survival, biodiversity and resilience—not millions of seeds scattered.

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