WEEK IN REVIEW

DECA ARCHITECTURE ON LANDSCAPE-SENSITIVE ARCHITECTURE

designboom speaks with athens-based DECA architecture to learn more about the firm's landscape-sensitive approach to architecture, as well as their impressive 'voronoi’s corrals' project on the greek island of milos. 'for us, to integrate a building into its landscape, it is essential that environmental strategies be present within all the major design decisions,' note the studio's principals, carlos loperena and alexandros vaitsos. read our conversation in full here, and discover more recent interviews here.

MICHELIN DEBUTS AIRLESS, PUNCTURE-PROOF TIRE ON A MINI

michelin and general motors unveil the 'michelin uptis prototype', a new generation of wheel technology for passenger vehicles that is completely airless and puncture-proof. the visionary tire system took its first spin in public at IAA 2021, on an electric MINI cooper SE.

PIXELATED FURNITURE + A PSYCHEDELIC TABLE EXPLORING THE INFINITY MIRROR EFFECT

bringing together art and design, the ‘dans un nuage de pixels’ furniture collection by french digital artist miguel chevalier and A+A cooren gives users the opportunity to ‘sit down in a cloud of pixels’. meanwhile this table plays with the infinity mirror effect, blending reflections of joyful patterns, fully programmable RGBW lights, and hand-sculpted low polygon koi. see more submissions by our readers here, and find out here how to upload your own project here.

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