designboom weekly

PETER MARINO RECEIVES THE DESIGN PRIZE 2021

peter marino receives THE DESIGN PRIZE 2021 in the category 'best exhibition' for the peter marino art foundation, which recently opened its doors in southampton. we recently visited marino in his art-filled office in manhattan to deliver the golden madonnina trophy – watch the ceremony here.

OBJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST STUDIO VISIT IN NEW YORK

while in new york, we also delivered the golden madonnina to another winner of THE DESIGN PRIZE 2021: eleni petaloti and leonidas trampoukis of objects of common interest, who received the trophy for ‘experimentation’. the greece and US-based design duo gave us a tour of their studio in brooklyn, where we got to learn more about their ongoing projects and latest material experimentations.

INTERVIEW WITH AZUMA MAKOTO 

designboom spoke with japanese botanic sculptor azuma makoto to find out more about his upcoming installation at SFER IK.  titled ‘mexx’, the site-specific project will incorporate an enormous array of live indigenous flowers that will bloom into the museum space. read our conversation in full here, and discover more recent interviews here.

A VEHICLE ACCESSORY THAT FILTERS AIR POLLUTION

‘reverso’ is an accessory that can be installed on top of vehicles in cities to filter harmful particles from the air. the module does not require electricity and does not have to be connected to the vehicle – users can simply anchor it to the roof of the vehicle, like a luggage rack. 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.