LANZA Atelier has revealed their curving, brick Serpentine Pavilion.
For their 2026 Serpentine Pavillion, Mexico City-based LANZA Atelier turned to one of architecture’s most quietly radical forms: the crinkle-crankle wall. Curved by design, it required fewer bricks than a straight wall because it gained strength from its geometry, a principle that architects frame as “a timely lesson for our current era of overconsumption.” The result is a pavilion that is ancient and contemporary at the same time, a geometry that achieves more with less.
Willy Chavarria and Adidas have developed a World Cup capsule.
Fashion designer Willy Chavarria and Adidas found a creative way to enter World Cup season: “Comienza Con El Sueño“—It Starts With a Dream—a fully accredited Selección Nacional de México capsule collection that brings Mexican football heritage and Chavarria’s signature design language together through sneakers, jerseys, tailoring, and embroidery. First previewed on his A/W 2026 Paris runway, the footwear lineup is built on the Megaride sole with exaggerated uppers and bold red detailing.
Koto rebranded the Norton Museum of Art by refreshing a long-dormant wordmark.
The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach has a new look, and it’s been hiding in the archive for 80 years. Koto’s rebrand resurrected a long-dormant wordmark and reimagined it for today, reworking the 40-degree angle of the “N” across the entire lettering system to capture what they call the brand’s “against-the-grain nature.” The color palette takes its cues from the Florida landscape: sun-soaked yellows, sky blues, and oranges anchored by Klein blue and warm black.
Delcy Morelos brought 30 tons of soil to the Barbican.
Colombian artist Delcy Morelos has transformed the Sculpture Court of the Barbican forecourt with Origo, a monumental, hand-sculpted oval built from over 30 tons of soil, clay, hay, and spice. Organized around a central void and carved with tunnel-like openings inspired by ancient burial sites, the four-meter-tall structure invites visitors inside, where mud-cloaked walls, filtered daylight, and the scent of cinnamon and clove creates an atmosphere of quiet, sensory immersion.
Opening spring 2028, America’s first LGBTQ+ museum has already offered a first look.
The American LGBTQ+ Museum is set to open in spring 2028 in New York City as the first museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to preserving and celebrating LGBTQ+ history. Located on the top floor of The New York Historical’s new 71,000-square-foot Tang Wing for American Democracy, the museum will present a permanent exhibition tracing American history through a queer lens—from Indigenous understandings of gender and sexuality and colonial life to urbanization, the civil rights movement, the HIV/AIDS crisis, and the digital age—alongside rotating exhibitions on topics including fashion, music, sports, activism, and trans, Black, and femme histories. Founded in 2017 by a coalition of LGBTQ+ leaders and directed by Ben Garcia since 2022, the institution is also building a collection of historical artifacts, including a brick from the original façade of the Stonewall Inn, while positioning itself as a national center for research, exhibitions, and public programming focused on the breadth of American LGBTQ+ experience.
Today’s attractive distractions:
The New York Knicks make it back to the finals—with a logo unchanged since 1992.
A&K Sanctuary introduces a lodge in Amboseli, Kenya that frames Kilimanjaro through floor-to-ceiling glass.
Bottega Veneta launches Alta, the brand’s new fragrance collection, under the creative vision of Louise Trotter.
Artist Sanya Kantarovsky establishes an atmospheric world within Venice’s Palazzo Loredan.
