Hide & Seek

Open Architecture’s perfectly considered projects either disappear into the landscape or become new landmarks

Treasure Island

The latest addition to Japan’s Benesse Art Site, Tadao Ando’s Valley Gallery is a geometric gem that makes the most of its remote setting

Green Gold

Yinka Shonibare’s new artists’ residency space, in a remote part of Nigeria, offers a lush landscape for cultural and creative discovery

Bubble Vision

Danish artist Jeppe Hein's installation for champagne house Ruinart invites visitors to embrace the moment through words and drawings

WEB MASTER

The latest artist to take over the vaulted depths of Copenhagen’s subterranean Cisternerne, Chiharu Shiota has woven together a poetic landscape of white yarn to create a ‘labyrinth within a labyrinth’ that is both serene and unsettling

Opposites attract

Dries Van Noten’s love of dramatic contrasts and unusual combinations shines through in his perfectly packaged new beauty range

LESS IS MORGUE

Elmgreen & Dragset’s new show at Milan’s Fondazione Prada is an uncanny exploration of our dematerialising bodies and increasingly discomforting homes

True to form

Entering her tenth decade, Bodil Kjær continues her lifelong exploration of the interplay between design and architecture

DREAM TICKET

Dior’s global flagship in Paris reopens its doors with a new look, a museum, a restaurant and an apartment for overnight stays

Against the grain

Dior Maison branches out from its exquisitely patterned fare with a new collection of pared-back solid wood accessories by Pierre Yovanovitch

Café Cultures

A new diner in Berlin's Mitte offers an appetisingly harmonious juxtaposition of Asian and Western worlds

Smart Hub

Smart hub Design duo Formafantasma settle into a chic new live/work space in Milan cultural complex Assab One

Global Interiors

Our international survey singles out six design hotspots. Turn the page for this year's inside story

Into the Wild

We take a walk in a Surrey garden that combines sharp architecture and naturalistic planting to great effect

Inside story

Candida Höfer's powerful portraits of public spaces around the world are the subject of two new exhibitions in Berlin and Liechtenstein

Spheres of influence

From small, mysterious orbs to large disc-shaped light installations, Helen Pashgian's pioneering practice pushes the limits of perception

PAST PERFECT

A nostalgia-infused Milanese pad by Studio Luca Guadagnino has real screen presence

Heavy hitters

Multidisciplinary Berlin studio Vaust digs deep into the German capital's weighty brutalist legacy to create impactful designs and interiors

Digital delights

Leveraging quantum-powered AI, Libby Heaney transforms Hieronymus Bosch's 15th-century masterpiece for her Berlin show

BEAM TEAM

A Chilean practice reaches new heights with a contemporary tree house on stilts on Chiloé Island

A Cut Above

Herno CEO Claudio Marenzi on the brand’s transformation from raincoat maker to outerwear behemoth

Body Language

German artist Alexandra Bircken knows how to get under our skin

Best Retreat

Ballen Houses, El Retiro, Colombia, by LCLA Office and Clara Arango

FLAW SHOW

Japanese ceramicist Kazuhito Kawai’s quest for ugly beauty inspires his deliberately deformed kaleidoscopic creations

STATES OF PLAY

Celebrating seven young American labels and their unique, fun-filled take on fashion

Paradise found

We’re jetting off to Caribbean climes in a glass

Trail blazer

Chloé’s pioneering creative director Gabriela Hearst seamlessly weaves together style and sustainability

Shore winners

Day-to-night beachwear for seductive silhouettes

Escape artists

Get-away-from-it-all gear in heavenly high-energy hues

BRIGHT SIDE

Jiamini’s powerful jewellery pieces celebrate the strength and resilience of Kenyan women, and their traditional crafts