How the cities of literature, cinema, and speculative design have always been more than stories they are blueprints for the real, rehearsals for the possible, and warnings about the probable.…
The Silent Funeral of Architecture Architecture often appears immortal. Stone survives centuries, timber can be restored and monuments continue to stand long after their makers have disappeared. Yet beneath every…
Phenomenological architecture and the quiet intelligence of the body in space Before a single word is read on an architect’s drawing, a building has already been spoken. It speaks in…
Is there a place where one can read about art, architecture, and culture, attend movie screenings by diverse artists, and visit exhibitions? Yes, there is, thanks to Arthshila. A place…
Light is one of the most powerful visual tools. It does much more than just helping people to see; it sets the mood, shapes emotions, directs attention, and greatly influences…
What changes when architecture is imagined not as an object, but as a lived story? In the earlier essays, I suggested that one way to understand space is to think…
Coachella emerged from the visions of Paul Tollett and Rick Van Santen. These co-founders of Goldenvoice, a well-known concert promotion company based in Southern California, sought to recreate an experience…
Architectural Photography is rapidly evolving from a tool of documentation into a medium of storytelling, experience, and interpretation. As architecture responds to technological advancements, environmental concerns, and changing human needs,…
Studio Ghibli, founded in 1985 by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and Toshio Suzuki (Miyazaki and Takahata are primarily directors and writers, while Suzuki acts as a producer). Films by Studio…
Flora Borsi’s Suffocating Truth is a provocation wrapped in restraint: a figure consumed by a black latex hood, a solitary flame erupting at the jaw line, bare shoulders emerging from…
Milan Design Week is regarded as one of the largest and most influential design festival in world. It was founded in 1961 as the salone del Mobile furniture fair, it…
Coachella 2026 fashion now matters more than the music. The festival has become a commercial runway, a branded backdrop and a temporary design city rolled into one. What started as…