Notes on Book Design is a collection of 50 texts written by designers Siri Lee Lindskrog and Amanda-Li Kollberg of graphic and type design studio Formal Settings, based on books from the collection of Hopscotch Reading Room in Berlin. The texts draw pa …

The scarcity of resources, climate change, and the digitalization of everyday life are fuelling the economy of swapping, sharing, and lending—all of which are in some way linked to a culture of commoning. In this context, we understand commons as commu …

Display ist kein objekt, keine skulptur. Architektur oder performance display ist objekt, skulptur. Architektur und performance. Display bewegt sich zwischen kunst. handwerk und design. Display ist modularer rahmen und container. Display ist immer eine …

Spike’s Autumn issue is decoding AI. As the release of ChatGPT set off an official flurry of brisk developments and prognostications, how is this newest of techs crashing into creativity, labor, and everyday life? Perhaps it’s a cheat code to liberate …

European architecture is characterised by an ongoing exchange of cultures, ideas, and influences. In recent decades, this process has intensified. Ideas developed in one region can migrate and bear fruit elsewhere. Existing architectural conventions ar …

Over the last few decades the term “bootlegging” has become understood as a creative act. The debates about homage, appropriation, and theft that are common in the art world are now being held in the sphere of corporate branding, social media, and the …

The third issue of the annual magazine that promotes know-how and technique in design, craft or industry, dedicated to folding. Tools magazine is the brainchild of Clémentine Berry. The magazine aims to simultaneously promote and investigate the detail …

English architect and writer Sir Peter Cook, renowned for his free-thinking spirit translated into architectural lines and shapes, is perhaps most well-known as the co-founder of the avant-garde architectural group Archigram in the 1960s. A selection o …

The world is made up of a thousand colors, and no sound is like another. It’s noisy! We have finally accepted the dissonances because we are not all cut from the same cloth. Yet, we live under the same sun together. This year’s key visual, created by H …

Letters and typefaces not only transport information but also create a feeling and have a personality. Lettering takes this a step further—with its movement, artistic strokes, and variety, it has the potential to radiate a whole range of energies and t …