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Construct Your Own Miniature Paper Brutalist Circuses with ‘Cirk’

In Guadalajara, a Ceramic Tile Mural Mimics a Sun-Drenched Ecosystem

‘State Fairs: Growing American Craft’ Surveys Agriculture, Ingenuity, and Community

Diana Beltrán Herrera’s Embroidered Paper Sculptures Mimic Plants and Wildlife

Children’s Imaginations Run Wild in Taekhan Yun’s Collaborative Design Workshops

‘Big Walk’ Is a New Video Game about … Walking and Talking

This Wood-Fiber Dress Was Made from a 17th-Century Shipwreck

‘BlowUp Jubilee’ Celebrates Inflatable Public Art in the Center of The Hague

Eight London Underground Restrooms Get Vibrant Refurbs with Illustrated Tiles

130+ Artists Illuminate the Vast Creative Possibilities of the Nightlight

Gaia Sleeps Amid Sarah Eberle’s Award-Winning Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Tugboat Printshop Marks 20 Years of Making Meticulously Crafted Woodblock Prints

Zendaya Taps into the Creative Process in a Quirky Ad Directed by Spike Jonze

Mirei Monticelli’s Handwoven Banana-Fiber Lamps Swell Between Material and Movement

Bespoke Glass Studio’s Sculptures Challenge Traditional Conventions of Stained Glass

Bubbles, Algae, and Plastics Go Haute Couture in ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’

Gijs Van Vaerenbergh Gracefully Reimagines a 16th-Century Belgian Abbey Church in Steel

Dozens of Suspended ‘Halos’ Glimmer in a Florentine Factory

Spell Your Name with NASA’s Earthly Alphabet of Aerial Images

Joe Macken Spent 21 Years Hand-Assembling a Vast Model of New York City

An Interactive Archive Celebrates the Wide Ranging Projects Inviting ‘Unruly Play’

A Wooden Canopy by Kengo Kuma Casts Dappled Light Around a Copenhagen Museum

A Line of Mural Wallpapers from Astek Celebrates ‘Eterna Nouveau’

Explore a Growing City of Meticulously Crafted Miniature Paper Buildings by Charles Young

Marc Fornes’ New Sculptural Pavilion Reimagines the Architectural Folly

You’ll Need a Magnifying Glass to Read Some of the World’s Smallest Books at the V&A

Mischief’s Genius Ads for NPR Provoke Urgent Questions About the Right to Information

An Animated Look at Noguchi’s Experimental Playgrounds That Were Never Built

In Paraguay, Architecture Doesn’t Come at the Expense of Nature at ‘Un Bosque en La Casa’

‘Lettres Décoratives’ Is a Celebration of Fin de Siècle Sign Painters’ Vibrant Letterforms

Scale the Dramatic Verticality of Grundtvigs Kirke in David Altrath’s Dreamy Photos

‘Architectural Fantasies’ Chronicles Elaborate Creations by Self-Taught Artists

Maximum’s Upcycled ‘Billex’ Process Turns Discarded Bank Notes into Furniture

Ethereal Kites by Hai-Wen Lin Transform into Elegant Garments and Sculptures