Author: Serra Utkum Ikiz

Serra is passionate about researching and discussing cities, with a particular love for writing on urbanism, politics, and emerging design trends.

Japanese architect, urban designer, and theorist Arata Isozaki passed away today, December 29, at the age of 91. Arata Isozaki is considered “the emperor of Japanese architects”, for the avant-garde and pioneering nature of his work. For some architects, he was a visionary, who always approached his work as an architect with a “deep commitment to the art of space.”

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1. The Noun Project The Noun Project has more than 5 million icons and photos collection and was co-founded by Sofya Polyakov, Edward Boatman, and Scott Thomas in 2010. Noun Project described symbols offering: “A silent language visible to the world.” Based in Los Angeles, the project serves as a help for people looking for typographic symbols as well as a design history of the genre. The site follows four stylistic guidelines: include only the essential elements of the idea conveyed, maintain a consistent design style, prefer an industrial look over a hand-drawn one, and avoid conveying personal opinions, feelings,…

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The Monologue Art Museum, designed by Wutopia Lab, is located in the open green space where three residential clusters intersect on the Weilan Beach campus, dividing the 1272 sqm building into different wholes joined by walls, corridors, and vague spaces in Aranya Park, Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao, China. Starting from the small entrance theater where the light is refracted from the corners, the water courtyard entering the art gallery gradually reveals itself along the open corridor with changing lights, passing from the colorful yoga room to the bright art gallery. The Monologue Art Museum is a multifunctional building; It allows different people…

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