The Dutch designer Wieki Somers (b. 1976), whose work began to garner attention even before she’d completed her education at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, is being honored by the Stedelijk Museum ’s‑Hertogenbosch with a survey of her projects, a singular amalgam of function, poetic narrative

Abstract, Experimental, Functional, Joyful, Serene

Jaime Hayon was born in Madrid, Spain in 1974. He trained as an industrial designer in Madrid and Paris and started working for Fabrica, benetton group's communication research centre in Treviso, italy. In 1998 he was appointed head of the design department, responsible for overseeing the develop

Bright, Dreamy, Functional, Playful, Pop, Quirky

Born 1932 on the Island of Reichenau, Lake Constance, Germany. Training as typo-grapher in Germany and in Switzerland. Studied graphic design from 1954 to 1958. Emigrated to the United States in 1960. Worked as a freelance designer in New York and San Francisco before returning to Europe in 1963.

Abstract, Charming, Conceptual, Functional, Funny, Pioneering, Playful, Psychological

When Bertrand Goldberg returned to his native Chicago in 1936 the city was in the midst of an architectural revolution. The emergence of steel-frame architecture in the final years of the previous century had ushered in a generation of soaring buildings, earning Chicago a reputation for architectural

Architectural, Biomorphic, Dense, Domestic, Functional, Geometric, Organic, Pioneering, Repetition, Urban