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in april, the world's "third smallest sovereign state" was established: liberland. established on a small patch of unclaimed land created by the border dispute between croatia and serbia, the new country founded on the principles of libertarianism is currently battling for international recognition – although as reported by the new york times magazine in august, this remains a steep uphill struggle. in spite of these challenges, the european micronation is seeking ideas through a global design competition on how to masterplan its seven-square-kilometer territory. zaha hadid architects' patrik schumacher is one of the many experts that have been summoned to judge the proposals, of which aim to establish a "multi-stage" plan that will reflect liberland's libertarian and anarcho-capitalist values

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by paolo rinaldi

premio chi è chi award 2014, best weekly online magazine

voyages

londra, london

http://www.visitbritain.com

architecture

left, fendi fashion house relocates to the palazzo della civiltà italiana, the squared colosseum, rome

right, the montegrappa building, milano, westway architects, ph moreno maggi

http://www.westway.it/, http://www.morenomaggi.com/en/

left, spiraling upwards towards the sky, this multi-faceted structure by daniel libeskind for the ceramics company casalgrande padana sits on the dinazzano roundabout in casalgrande, italy

http://libeskind.com/

right, observatory by arvydas gudelis, merkiné, lithuania

https://www.facebook.com/arvydas.gudelis

emre arolat architects expands turkish harbor with yalikavak palmarina

http://www.emrearolat.com/

hotels, restaurants and bars

the hotel juvet landscape, designed by architects jensen & skodvin, has just seven individual ‘cubes’, that all blend in with the natural environment and have been designed with dark interiors to avoid stealing focus from the scenery

http://www.jsa.no/, http://www.juvet.com/en

jacques ferrier architecture, cap d'agde, hérault, france

http://www.jacques-ferrier.com/en/

the book and bed hostel in tokyo has just opened on november 5th, 2015, and is sure to be a hit with the book lovers of the world

http://bookandbedtokyo.com/

baobao, budapest, ungheria, architects adàm bajor, peter szendò

https://twitter.com/archfeeds/status/660382472476078080

design

left, donna’s first collection of melamine tableware

http://www.donnawilson.com/

right, usually its cooking utensils such as pots and frying pans that have handles, not tableware. however, nendo wanted to give plates and bowls new functions so that they are easier to carry when hot, and can be conveniently stored on the wall by a hook. his ‘totte-plate’ for by | n aims to do just these things by offering a renewed way of using dishes

http://www.nendo.jp/en/

left, gamfratesi creates low-profile traveller daybed for porro

http://gamfratesi.com/, http://www.porro.com/

right, copenhagen-based architect kevin hviid has designed a collection of chairs that consists in four pieces: king, queen, jack and ace

http://www.kevinhviid.com/

left, israeli designer nir meiri launched a new series of objects that take a look at shapes and materiality. new mexico, unveiled at  the london design festival, explores the combination of handcraft and industrialism

http://www.nirmeiri.com/, http://www.londondesignfestival.com/

right, the noktuku moss clock contains the tops of real reindeer moss from norway, bringing an added dimension of nature into the home

http://noktuku.com/

spanish artist maximo riera homages a wide range of living species with his ‘animal chair collection’, including an octopus, a rhino, an elephant, and a hippo between others

http://maximoriera.com/

lumières

lightline and flutes glass collection designed by lucie koldova

http://www.luciekoldova.com/

2015 serpentine gallery pavilion, selgascano

http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/, http://www.selgascano.net/

art

frank stella, sainte-luce, the whitney museum of american art

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stella

http://whitney.org/

kazuya sakai

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/41644045_kazuya-sakai-argentina-1927-2001

artist and former inmate carves 20 years of prison life onto egg shells

ricco maresca gallery, new york

http://www.riccomaresca.com/

the vase and the forest, acrilico su stoffa, foglia oro

realizzazione tarshito with putli ganju, tribe of ganju

china art museum of shanghai, celebrating india

http://www.tarshito.com/

http://www.sartfair.com/2015/eweb/index.asp

interiors

showroom de padova, piero lissoni, milano

http://www.depadova.com/it/, http://www.lissoniassociati.com/

widawscy studio architektury have designed a unique world map for polish home decor brand, aledruciak

http://www.widawscy.pl/

expositions

left, untitled (opera 4), vetrina di otto luogo dell'arte, firenze

right, tappeto d'artista mythos by eleonora nencini

http://www.ottoluogodellarte.it

body ornaments

lora nikolova bijoux&art atelier

http://www.lora-nikolova.com/

musées

for an exhibition at the national museum of slovenia in ljubljana, presledek design collective aimed to encourage visitors to actively participate in the viewing of the pieces by guiding them through a series of different ambiences. the layout plan was based on the delineation or creation of several smaller areas inside a big space

hallo.presledek@gmail.com

decoro urbano

shade isn't hard to find in jerusalem's vallero square, thanks to these giant urban flowers designed by hq architects that bloom in the presence of pedestrians. "warde," as the installation is called, is a set of four inflatable flowers at the entrance of the city's market square and adjacent tram station that "open up" whenever pedestrians walk by or the tram is approaching

http://www.hqa.co.il/

et caetera

designcrowd, a marketplace for digital and graphic projects, has asked their community of creatives to imagine some of the world’s most recognizable political personalities with a hipster hair bun

http://www.designcrowd.com.au/