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designboom. com > design > audemars-piguet-swatch-pocket-watch-playful-pop-twist

audemars piguet and swatch revive the pocket watch with a playful pop twist

1+ hour, 49+ min ago  (209+ words) The Royal Pop collection pushes the silhouette of the Royal Oak into unfamiliar territory. Each model arrives in either L'pine or Savonnette style, referencing historic pocket watch typologies while embracing a brighter, more playful aesthetic rooted in Pop Art. The…...

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designboom. com > architecture > art-deco-interiors-mikou-architecture-yves-saint-laurent-pierre-berge-former-paris-atelier

art deco interiors by miko" restore yves saint laurent and pierre berg's former paris atelier

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (273+ words) all images by Filip Dujardin Positioned beneath the glass roof, the staircase forms the central architectural element of the project by Miko" Architecture Studio. Reconstructed in black metal and wood, the structure references the material language of Maison de Verre…...

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designboom. com > readers > gold-meteorite-architect-timepiece-mauron-musy-arturo-tedeschi

gold and meteorite shape "the architect" timepiece by mauron musy and arturo tedeschi

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (246+ words) Architect of Golden Cosmos MU05-109 | all images courtesy of'Mauron Musy'and'Arturo Tedeschi This approach extends to the case itself. Mauron Musy is the only watch manufacturer in the world to use a fully mechanical water-resistance system without gaskets, glue, or screws. Its…...

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designboom. com > design > hermes-theater-mechanics-sound-watches-wonders-2026-jean-simon-roch-pierre-ronin

Herm's stages a theater of mechanics and sound at watches and wonders 2026

4+ week, 19+ hour ago  (383+ words) Composer Pierre Ronin scores a soundscape that animates the scenography, transforming it into a vast string instrument. Together, the installation reflects how Herm's thinks about time: not as something to be measured or ordered, but as a space for emotion,…...

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designboom. com > technology > toy-car-aesthetics-domestic-driving-simulator-curved-aluminum-plywood-adriano-design

toy car aesthetics inform domestic driving simulator made of curved aluminum and plywood

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (300+ words) Nivola is a home driving simulator designed by Adriano Design to integrate technologically complex systems within a domestic environment. The project addresses the relationship between performance-driven devices and the formal, spatial, and symbolic qualities of interior spaces. Rather than replicating…...

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designboom. com > technology > rolls-royce-phantom-centenary-private-collection-100-years-10-22-2025

masterpiece in motion rolls-royce phantom centenary private collection 100 years in making

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (274+ words) the Rolls-Royce Phantom Centenary Private Collection is an ode to the nameplate's 100th anniversary all images courtesy of Rolls-Royce Super Champagne Crystal coating achieves a deep metallic shimmer through iridescent particles of crushed glass special disc wheels complete the exterior, each…...

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designboom. com > technology > rolls-royce-streamline-moderne-project-nightingale-electric-concept-coachbuilding

rolls-royce channels streamline moderne with 'project nightingale' electric concept

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (734+ words) Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announces Project Nightingale to reset what coachbuilding looks like for them now. It's based in Goodwood, limited to 100 cars, and built around long-term collaboration with clients rather than a one-off commission. The proportions of this electric production…...

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designboom. com > design > shipping-containers-maison-margiela-shanghai-exhibition-oma-amo-china

shipping containers frame maison margiela's shanghai exhibition by OMA / AMO in china

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (147+ words) all images courtesy of Maison Margiela Maison Margiela's Artisanal: Our Creative Laboratory unfolds along Yan Dang Road in Shanghai extending the scenography of the house's Fall/Winter 2026 runway into the city couture looks from 1989 to 2026 are displayed within container structures…...

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designboom. com > events > calder-rever-en-equilibre

Calder. R'ver en "quilibre

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (212+ words) Fondation Louis Vuitton presents Calder. R'ver en "quilibre (Dreaming in Balance), a major exhibition marking the centenary of Alexander Calder's arrival in France and fifty years since his death. Spanning five decades of work, the exhibition traces his practice from…...

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designboom. com > design > tribute-watch-nasa-shell-ceramic-tiles-space-shuttle-amida-digitrend

tribute watch for NASA glistens with shell inspired by ceramic tiles around the space shuttle

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (117+ words) all images courtesy of AMIDA Watches AMIDA releases the Digitrend NASA Tribute watch wrapped with a shell inspired by the ceramic tiles the timepiece design builds around the visual and material language of the Space Transportation System the case is…...