designboom weekly

FREDDY MAMANI ON NEW ANDEAN ARCHITECTURE IN EL ALTO

designboom attends the 'in focus: radical repair' conference, organized by the world around and the fondation cartier pour l’art contemporain at the triennale milano. on the event's occasion, we had the chance to speak with bolivian architect freddy mamani, known for his transformation of the monochromatic cityscape of el alto in bolivia with his vibrant and flamboyant nuevo andino (new andean) style. 'to my architecture peers, I want to say that each culture and society in the world is different and, in order to deal with climate change and other globalized issues, we have to always respect our history in the face of modernity,' mamani tells us. read our conversation in full here, and explore more recent interviews here.

MARCO BRAMBILLA'S MONUMENTAL ELVIS PRESLEY ARTWORK IN LAS VEGAS

this week, film director and video artist marco brambilla unveiled KING SIZE, a monumental digital artwork celebrating the ‘king of rock’n’roll’, elvis presley. using state-of-the-art AI and CGI technologies, the project immerses the audience in elvis’s world at the recently-completed sphere in las vegas. in our recent conversation here, brambilla unpacks the hypnotic production of KING SIZE, as well as its haunting symbolism.

SHA-KO-SEKI: STONES THAT CAPTURE LIGHT

light-reflecting stones of various sizes, shapes, and colors take shape in artist kazutaka shioi's SHA-KO-SEKI project. each stone is meticulously crafted through a process of ink-jet printing on washi paper, which is then affixed onto its surface, allowing it to change colors when consistently exposed to direct sunlight. 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.