The Colorful Mansions of El Alto

Spread out across the Bolivian highlands, at 4,000 meters, the city of El Alto is predominantly ochre-red, with thousands of low, matchbox-like brick houses with unfinished and unpainted facades lining the sides of dusty, unpaved roads.

An Immersive Forest of 60,000 Rainbow Numbers

In celebration of The National Art Center of Tokyo‘s 10th anniversary, French architect Emmanuelle Moureaux was commissioned to fill the institution’s 6500 square foot exhibition space with her vision of the decade to come.

Creative Candle Holders Designed to Look Like Volcanos

As part of a collaboration with design brand Ubikubi, product designer Anca Fetcu has created Vulcano, a set of modern candle holders inspired by nature and available in various colors and sizes.

How To Make Your Balcony Awesome For Summer

The days are getting longer and the teperatures are rising. It’s time to make sure your balcony is summer ready! So we’ve put together some items to help you achieve the ultimate balcony.

Magical Metro Stations in Naples

Over the past decade, the city of Naples, Italy, has been transforming sections of the subway system into full-fledged art galleries by contemporary artists to make the urban area’s public transport centres more attractive. Under the direction of Achille Bonto Oliva, former director of the Venice Biennale, a total of 14 stations (as of 2014) distributed along the lines 1 and 6 of the Metro network, have been decorated with over 200 works by more than 100 artists and architects such as Alessandro Mendini, Anish Kapoor, Gae Aulenti, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Karim Rashid, and Sol LeWitt.

Possibly the most beautiful of them is the Toledo Metro Station opened in September 2012, and designed by the Spanish firm of architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca. Designed around the theme of water and light, it features two mosaics by South African artist William Kentridge, as well as works by Francesco Clemente, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Shirin Nehsat and Oliviero Toscani.

Toledo Metro Station