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Sarah McCarthy

Framework

Saturday, 23 May 2026

Learning to Learn

Inspired by the Dalton Plan, the Learning to Learn Framework unites pedagogy, curriculum, space, and technology. It reimagines education through three strands: assignment a digital hub where students access and prepare core content; lesson shifts classroom time from content delivery to teacher led analysis, guided discussion, and collaborative application, and study student driven enquiry, supported by adaptive Learning Centres for quiet, semi collaborative and collaborative study.

Akbank Service Design Team

Phygital Customer Onboarding Experience

Friday, 22 May 2026

Nextgen SME sales and service model

Akbank Service Design Team integrates customer digitization and diverse products on one platform with a Phygital approach for access outside branches. Unlike competitors, they offer personalized multi-product bundles in a single flow, enabling digital activation of up to 7 products. Their first point of mobile use innovation eliminates paper and physical presence through digital contract approvals. They employ a reward-based sales model to increase both customer relationship depth and sales efficiency.

Fumihiko Fujii

Hotel

Thursday, 21 May 2026

OMO5 Hakodate

As a brand of urban hotels that boost your travel excitement, Hoshino Resorts is expanding its OMO hotels across Japan. This time, an existing hotel in a prime location in front of Hakodate Station, Hokkaido, has been rebranded as an OMO property, with extensions and renovations. This hotel's concept of 120 percent Hakodate incorporates unique local elements of Hakodate that are expressed throughout the hotel, aiming for a design that enhances the excitement of travel in true OMO style.

TORU TERAOKA

Hotels

Wednesday, 20 May 2026

Three Roofs Timber Hall

Set within the forests of Karuizawa, this hall is conceived as a place where architecture, nature, and community intersect. Developed over nearly a decade through collaboration between client, builder, and architect, it forms part of an evolving landscape with dog friendly facilities. The building serves as a communal lounge and indoor training space. When large openings are opened, the interior aligns with the forest, allowing landscape to flow through. A layered roof brings soft daylight, creating a calm atmosphere. Simple timber construction shows how modest means integrate with nature.

Fundesign.tv

Exhibition

Tuesday, 19 May 2026

2023 Taoyuan Land Art Festival

Since 2013, the Taoyuan Land Art Festival has transformed the art experience, seamlessly merging natural landscapes with interactive public engagement. Aligned with the 2023 World Hakka Expo, it captures the essence of Taoyuan Lia Lia, a Hakka term for leisurely gatherings and socializing. By choosing Longtan, the heart of the Hakka community, and Qingpu, the World Hakka Expo venue, as central hubs, the festival warmly invites global travelers and locals to immerse themselves in Taoyuan's captivating narrative.

Muchuan Xu

Resort Hotel

Monday, 18 May 2026

DHAWA Jinan Daming Lake

The feature of Dhawa Jinan Daming Lake is that the building was the Jiangxi Guild Hall, which was built in the Qianlong era (the middle and late 18th century), involving historical and cultural protection buildings. As the idea of the design, new knowledge of hometown extracts the traditional elements and culture through translation, constructs the design formal framework, and endows the original traditional architecture with new composition, material, and texture.

Designer of the day

Special Coverage

Saturday, 16 May 2026

World's best designers, artists and architects.

Good design deserves great recognition. Everyday, we are pleased to feature amazing designers who create original and innovative designs, amazing architecture, stylish fashion and creative graphics. Today, we are presenting you one of the World’s greatest designers. Checkout an award-winning design portfolio today and get your daily design inspiration.

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