mirrors | architecture, design, and technology news and projects https://www.designboom.com/tag/mirrors/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Sun, 22 Dec 2024 09:20:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 ying gao’s robotic clothes shine with broken mirrors that dance on their own https://www.designboom.com/technology/ying-gao-robotic-clothes-all-mirrors-11-19-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/ying-gao-robotic-clothes-all-mirrors-11-19-2024/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:30:57 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1102367

broken pieces of soft mirrors are pieced together using medical cotton gauze and 18-carat gold finishing, while the electric components installed allow them to move autonomously.

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with jagged volumes painted cobalt blue, vincent decat’s furniture reimagines ruins of delphi https://www.designboom.com/design/jagged-volumes-cobalt-blue-vincent-decat-furniture-ruins-delphi-11-19-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/design/jagged-volumes-cobalt-blue-vincent-decat-furniture-ruins-delphi-11-19-2024/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:00:49 +0000 Decat https://www.designboom.com/?p=1102284

the bench, chair, and mirror recalls the sanctuary of athena's worn state through solid wood, matte finishes, and subtle steel accents.

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mirrored installation by mta+v reflects día de muertos traditions in mexico https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mirrored-installation-mta-plus-v-dia-muertos-traditions-mexico-11-06-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mirrored-installation-mta-plus-v-dia-muertos-traditions-mexico-11-06-2024/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:30:51 +0000 mta+V https://www.designboom.com/?p=1099974

a central mirrored wall serves as a threshold and bridge, where visitors face their reflections as they step into the installation by mta+v.

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SpY’s steel and glass ORB installation reflects fragments of urban montreal https://www.designboom.com/art/spy-steel-glass-orb-installation-reflects-fragments-urban-montreal-10-22-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/art/spy-steel-glass-orb-installation-reflects-fragments-urban-montreal-10-22-2024/#respond Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:00:13 +0000 SpY urban art https://www.designboom.com/?p=1096893

SpY reinterprets a familiar, everyday object — the convex traffic mirror — transforming it into a vast artistic element.

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NZZ x pamela rosenkranz release screen-printed mirrors depicting animalistic patterns https://www.designboom.com/art/nzz-x-pamela-rosenkranz-screen-printed-mirrors-animalistic-patterns-09-29-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/art/nzz-x-pamela-rosenkranz-screen-printed-mirrors-animalistic-patterns-09-29-2024/#respond Sun, 29 Sep 2024 14:01:07 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1091763

a commentary on nature and culture, the 30 unique serial pieces mirror back patterns, easily recognizable due to human evolution, as our own reflections.

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metallic screen conceals shoppers at CLUBE’s pop-up store in downtown são paulo https://www.designboom.com/architecture/metallic-screen-clube-pop-up-store-downtown-sao-paulo-pinga-ao-09-17-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/metallic-screen-clube-pop-up-store-downtown-sao-paulo-pinga-ao-09-17-2024/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 03:10:52 +0000 CLUBE https://www.designboom.com/?p=1089388

as an urban dressing room, the metallic biombo, based on Oscar Niemeyer’s architecture, mirrors the store's curvilinear window, mediating between interior and exterior spaces.

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stainless steel and mirrors reflect keburia retail space’s futuristic interior in georgia https://www.designboom.com/architecture/stainless-steel-mirrors-keburia-retail-space-futuristic-interior-georgia-sandro-kvirikadze-09-03-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/stainless-steel-mirrors-keburia-retail-space-futuristic-interior-georgia-sandro-kvirikadze-09-03-2024/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:00:42 +0000 Sandrik https://www.designboom.com/?p=1086744

digital monitors around the floor edges, adding a modern twist to the store's interior.

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kaito sakuma’s liquid mirror creates rippling reflections around malaysia’s historic penang https://www.designboom.com/art/kaito-sakuma-liquid-mirror-reflections-malaysia-historic-penang-preserving-memory-09-03-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/art/kaito-sakuma-liquid-mirror-reflections-malaysia-historic-penang-preserving-memory-09-03-2024/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:50:01 +0000 Kaito Sakuma https://www.designboom.com/?p=1086782

'preserving memory' pops across the UNESCO world heritage site, distorting rippled reflections and echoing a heartbeat.

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kinetic mirror pavilion’s living facade rhythmically reflects french monument for paris 2024 https://www.designboom.com/architecture/kinetic-mirror-pavilion-living-facade-french-monument-paris-2024-gonzalez-serrano-studio-j-af-architecture-08-02-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/kinetic-mirror-pavilion-living-facade-french-monument-paris-2024-gonzalez-serrano-studio-j-af-architecture-08-02-2024/#respond Fri, 02 Aug 2024 09:10:41 +0000 J-AF https://www.designboom.com/?p=1081499

the installation features 572 3D printed pieces, CNC-cut wood structures, and nearly 600 laser-cut mirrors.

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angled mirrored surfaces reveal abstract patterns forming silver lining installation by rob ley https://www.designboom.com/art/angled-mirrored-surfaces-abstract-patterns-silver-lining-installation-rob-ley-06-21-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/art/angled-mirrored-surfaces-abstract-patterns-silver-lining-installation-rob-ley-06-21-2024/#respond Fri, 21 Jun 2024 09:00:03 +0000 rl https://www.designboom.com/?p=1072894

the installation features interconnected sculptures formed through origami-like folding of metal.

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