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The newly inaugurated Shanghai Film Museum is a long awaited project which highlights Chinese film industry both past and present. Designed by Tilman Thurmer, founder of the practice of Coordination Asia and the Art Director of the museum...

'I’ve Looked Up To Heaven And Been Down To Hell ' is a vibrantly energetic exhibition which is currently being held at the Scream Gallery in London. What I am about to describe is a biographical exploration of the life and times of Chris Bracey, a UK based light artist who learned his craft with his father, a fairground sign maker, and has been practicing it for 37 years now.

A meeting between pro skateboarder Gianfranco De Gennaro and Ezequiel Galasso, an artisan who specializes in the creation of stringed instruments, resulted in the founding of the Buenos Aires based company of Skate Guitars. 

In a village near Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais state in Brazil is the Inhotim Centre for Contemporary Arts. A fascinating project funded by businessman Bernardo Paz, rather than housing the exhibits under one roof, various pavilions and structures are located throughout the lush green parkland of 35 hectares, surrounded by a verdant native forest.

After its introduction at the Manchester International Festival in 2011, Biophilia, a series of albums by the unconventional Icelandic entertainer Bjork, was incorporated into a unique event entitled the Biophilia Education Program. 

Set to make a debut at the Milan Design week is a down scaled prototype of a series of self-assembling furniture. An experimental project of Belgian designer and engineer Carl de Smet, the furniture design is computer generated and created from an innovate new age material, shape memory polyurethane (SMPU).

The sports apparel giant Nike teamed up with the Shanghai based practice of Studio-at-Large to create a futuristic installation as part of a one day launch event for their latest footwear product, the Nike Free.