Design

March 4, 2026

Art Basel Awards Trophy Eschews Gold for Cloud-Like Glass That’s One of a Kind

When the newly established Art Basel Awards invited Swiss architect Jacques Herzog to design its inaugural trophy in 2025, he knew exactly what he did not want. Herzog rejected the idea of a gilded statuette or a triumphant knight. Instead, he pursued something lighter and more poetic. The final design is a hand-blown swirl of clear glass that is shaped, in part, by breath, evoking a drifting cloud caught mid-formation.

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March 2, 2026

Ingenious Gift Wrapping Paper Looks and Feels Like Bread

There’s a particular hesitation that arises when receiving a beautifully wrapped gift, where you almost don’t want to tear the paper. Tokyo-based designer Tsujio Ippei takes things a step further with his creation called Bakermee. The series of hyperrealistic wrapping paper is one that you’d not only want to visually savor but it might even make you want to take a bite!

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February 24, 2026

Body Parts Emerge From the Walls of This Surreal Art Bar in Rome

Inspired by Italy’s art bars of the ’70s and ’80s, sculptor Clementine Keith-Roach and painter Christopher Page created Bar Far in Rome, Italy. The surreal space—featuring plaster-cast body parts emerging from walls, floors, and furniture—invites visitors to have a drink in an eerie, dreamlike world. Vittoria Bonifati, founder and creative director of the non-profit space Villa Lontana, approached the artists while searching for an imaginative way to introduce the organization’s new home in Trastevere.

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