WEEK IN REVIEW

INTERVIEW WITH RACING LEGEND ROMAIN DUMAS

designboom spoke with french racing driver romain dumas, who recently battled dunes at dakar 2022 together with the official timekeeper of the race and designboom partner, rebellion. read our conversation in full here, and discover more recent interviews here.

LIMITED EDITION BMW 'DREAM CAR' BY JEFF KOONS

THE 8 X JEFF KOONS made its debut during frieze los angeles, following exclusive previews at munich’s pinakothek der moderne in september 2021 and then at the concorso d’eleganze villa d’este in october. koons has transformed the elegant, high-performance BMW 8 series gran coupe into a rolling sculpture, limited to just 99 editions.

SWISS ARTIST JOHANNES GEES TALKS NFTS

during the 2022 edition of the engadin art talks (E.A.T.), designboom had the chance to talk with johannes gees about the evolution of digital art and how NFTs are changing the game for artists. find out more about the swiss artist's fascination with new technologies and their potential and read our interview in full here.

HIGH -ALTITUDE HUT OVERLOOKS ITALIAN ALPINE VALLEY

BCW collective’s site-specific ‘bivacco bredy’ hut is designed for a high altitude location in italy's valle d’aosta region. overlooking the alpine surroundings, the hut pays tribute to the life of claudio bredy — a well-known politician and alpinist who tragically lost his life in a climbing accident at the end of 2017. 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.