WEEK IN REVIEW

SIX N. FIVE AND FULVIO FERRARI JOIN THE DESIGN PRIZE'S 2021 LIST OF WINNERS

this week we revealed the two final recipients of THE DESIGN PRIZE 2021! on monday, we announced six n. five founder ezequiel pini as winner in the ‘communication’ category. designboom traveled to his new studio in barcelona to hand over the golden madonnina trophy and talk with him about his personal style, and how he balances between commercial works and purely artistic research. then on friday, we announced fulvio ferrari as 'best curator' for ‘museo casa mollino’, the apartment of italian architect, designer, and photographer carlo mollino, which ferrari and his son turned into a museum in 1999. for this we travelled to turin, where ferrari gave us a special tour and uncovered some of the secrets of this magical ‘egyptian book of the dead’.

INTERVIEW WITH HAJIME SORAYAMA

designboom spoke with hajime sorayama to learn more about his latest collaboration with heavy metal magazine. more than 40 years after he first contributed artwork for the famed publication, the japanese artist has now created three new covers with his trademark sci-fi robots in sensual poses. read our conversation in full here, and discover more recent interviews here.

FROZEN ICE CUBES COMPOSE NEW CULTURAL TOURISM CENTER IN CHINA

nine architectural blocks shaped as ‘ice cubes’ form the recently-completed xinxiang cultural tourism center in china. led by architects qiang zou and mathieu forest, the unusual design features glass facades with many tangled and translucent ice crystals that filter the light and give the project a subtle yet complex appearance. see more submissions by our readers here, and find out how to upload your own project here.

the weekly is an inside review curated by sofia lekka angelopoulou.