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Photo Source: Adobe Stock White Elephant exchanges are known for mixing humor, surprise, and practicality, and winning the game often comes down to choosing a present that everyone wants.  The best presents balance creativity and function, sparking conversation while remaining genuinely useful. Whether the gathering includes coworkers, family, or friends, finding something that feels fresh …

Local firm Estúdio Leonardo Zanatta has completed a white pavilion with a large sloped roof for commercial activities and cultural events in São Paulo, Brazil. Read more

Chinese studio ZAO/standardarchitecture has created the Xiao Feng Art Museum in Hangzhou, housing galleries within an angular concrete form that loops around a central courtyard. Read more

Next in our 2025 review, we look at concept cars that grabbed readers’ attention this year, including an art deco Mercedes-Benz, a minimalist Audi and a car informed by rocket ships. Read more

Designer Ab Rogers has created a colourful fold-out architecture book for children that showcases the work and ethos of his late father, the British architect Richard Rogers. Read more

English interiors studio North End Design drew on 1980s Japanese and American boardrooms, British car companies from the 60s and wood-panneled recording studios when designing this restaurant in London with an unusual cut-out feature. Read more

Brightly coloured furniture and quirky finishes add character to the otherwise minimal interior of this historic townhouse in Athens, Greece, which has been modernised by architecture studio Local Local. Read more

You spend six months simplifying a complex enterprise dashboard. You remove 70% of the clutter. User errors drop by 40%. Support tickets plummet. The engineering lead thanks you. It is, by every professional metric, a resounding success. Then you open your portfolio. Next to the sleek e-commerce concept with the immersive scroll animations and the …

Design studio Rockwell Group has completed the theatre-style interiors of a Korean steakhouse at The Venetian resort in Las Vegas. Read more