Design
Mathilde Wittock: Design Has a New Material
A Brussels-based biodesigner, Mathilde Wittock, is slicing industrial waste, growing plant roots, and engineering absolute silence. In Brussels, a Belgian designer is completely redefining how we experience our everyday spaces. Mathilde Wittock studied material research…
20 Washington: An Icon Reborn
How Minoru Yamasaki’s 20 Washington Masterpiece Found a Second Life, and Why Its Next Chapter May Be Its Most Public Yet The first thing people do when they arrive at 20 Washington is look up….
LEA LUND & ERIK K: THE ART OF LOVING AND BEING SEEN
Since 2011, Lea Lund and Erik K have turned an entire life into one uninterrupted photograph Since 2011, Swiss photographer Lea Lund and her husband Erik K, originally from the former Zaire, have turned their…
Emily Frances Barrett : Raw Beauty, Radical Craft
Emily Frances Barrett reveals the poetic alchemy of her work, transforming raw nature into wearable sculpture. London based artist Emily Frances Barrett redefines contemporary jewellery by turning adornment into narrative sculpture. With a background in…
Suivez le fil ! Hôtel des Arts: Redefining the Material
How a century of designers turned fabric into architecture, sculpture, and memory From 27 June to 31 October 2026, the Hôtel des Arts in Toulon presents Suivez le fil ! Design & Textile. The exhibition explores…
Loan Favan: Designing the New Human
Loan Favan combines Oceanian traditions and transhumanism to redefine the human body. Loan Favan is an artist and designer from New Caledonia. After founding Naula studio, Favan began connecting her Pacific roots with futuristic ideas….
Luzinterruptus: Lights Up the City
For fifteen years, the Madrid-based collective Luzinterruptus has transformed public space into a site of interruption, reflection, and now, touch. Luzinterruptus is an anonymous art collective. Since 2008, they have worked from Madrid, using light…
Amelie Satzger Builds Technicolor Worlds Out of Her Own Life
Amelie Satzger, a nomadic photo-artist who has called more than a dozen countries home, turns her own face into surreal, candy-colored dreamscapes that stop strangers in their tracks. Who is Amelie Satzger? A German photo-artist…
OFF Arles Festival 2026
Summer is here, and for IRK that means a trip to Arles to see both the Rencontres d’Arles and the OFF Arles Festival: Images Beyond the Margins. Every summer, Arles becomes one of the leading…
