The Jeddah We Remember: Inside the Exhibition Preserving a City’s Architectural MemoryBringing together Saudi artists, architects and researchers alongside Studio65 founder Franco Audrito, Built Memories: Where Time Settles revisits the buildings that shaped modern Jeddah. Behind the exhibition is a dedicated team of volunteers working to document an architectural heritage at risk of disappearing.Show More
In Conversation With: Martine AssoulineFrom a first book on a hotel she loved to libraries from New York to AlUla, Martine Assouline reflects on instinct, family, and the patience it takes to make a book worth keeping. Read our exclusive interview with Martine Assouline.Show More
In The Hills Of Qornet El Hamra, An Old Lebanese Villa Learns How To Live In The Present Without Forgetting Where It Came FromDori Hitti Architects transforms an existing family residence through light, material and a precise dialogue between old and new. Behind its white arches and contemporary lines is a house that understands that modernity does not always require starting again.Show More
Protected: What Makes an Object Worth Keeping? Hermès and The Art of Emotional LongevityHermès explores what gives an object a life beyond the moment of desire, through craftsmanship, material and the quiet luxury of time. Its 2026 home collection is a study in pieces designed not simply to be acquired, but to become part of the way we live.Show MoreLoad more
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Spain, Designed: Four Decades of Objects That Changed the Way We LiveAt Feria Hábitat València 2026, a landmark exhibition looks back at four decades of Spanish design. From iconic objects to material innovation, it reveals how craftsmanship, industry and creativity have shaped the country's distinctive design culture — and continue to influence its future.Show More
The 2026 Arab World Institute Design Prize: Six Winners, One VisionSix winners, chosen from twenty-six finalists across ten countries, prove that Arab design's boldest ideas are rooted in earth, clay and inherited craft. From Tiznit's rammed-earth walls to Beit Chabeb's last working kiln, this year's prize rewards heritage kept alive rather than preserved behind glass.Show More
14 Makers, One Region: The MENA Artisans of Homo Faber 2026Fourteen artisans from six countries across the Middle East and North Africa bring alabaster, bronze, brass and rattan to Venice this September. Different materials, different histories — the same instinct to let the hand have the last word.Show More
Yayoi Kusama, Artist Who Turned Obsession Into Infinity, Dies at 97From a hallucinating child in provincial Japan to the world's most-visited living artist, Kusama spent seven decades turning polka dots and mirrored rooms into a singular vision of infinity. She died August 14 in a Tokyo hospital at 97, her gallery and museum announced.Show MoreLoad more




