Design Archives — Colossal

people stands beneath an illuminated installation with lights resembling the underside of a mushroom

A Monumental Immersive Installation by ENESS Prompts Joy and Togetherness

February 24, 2025

an aerial view of the rear of an inflatable public installation of a fantastical, brightly-colored figure perched on the edge of a city building, illuminated at night

Fantastical Figures Illuminate Urban Buildings in Amanda Lobos’ Murals and Installations

February 20, 2025

a sculpture resembling a retro, green computer or device with a hinged closure, shown open with a white surface, a black toggle stick and black buttons, and a small screen with a pixellated game image

Beep Boop! Computers and Game Consoles Blink to Life in Love Hultén’s Retrofuturist Tech

February 14, 2025

the interior of handbuilt cabin with a chair, bookshelves, and lamps

Matt Bua’s ‘Repurposed City’ in Upstate New York Just Hit the Market

February 13, 2025

a group of sculptural white lamps made from pieces of fabric coated in bio resin and knotted, illuminated and displayed in a white gallery space

An Otherworldly Garden of Lights Emerges from Hemp and Resin by Ross Hansen

February 12, 2025

a large-scale fabric installation in a museum with different segments illuminated in the colors of a prism

‘Imagining the Future’ Honors Aleksandra Kasuba’s Trailblazing Installations and Environments

February 10, 2025

an extravagantly decorated house in New York, home to Prophet Isaiah Robertson, who turned the entire structure into an artwork in myriad colors with large pinwheel-like sculptures and paintings

Visit Dozens of Incredible Artist-Built Environments, Homes, and Studios Around the U.S.

February 6, 2025

a small paper tunnel book depicting large mushrooms and a figure hiking through a landscape

Imaginative Scenes Vibrantly Expand in Shelley Aldrich’s Illustrated Tunnel Books

February 4, 2025

four white jellyfish-like lamps made of white knitted plastic

Plastic Packaging Gets New Life in Xuanhao Li’s Elegant Jellyfish Lamps

January 31, 2025

a sculpture of a piece of cake on a plate with a knife, but the cake is sliced open and appears like a hunk of tree, with raw wood inside and bark on the outside

Uncanny Objects by Joyce Lin Blur Distinctions Between Reality and the Fantastical

January 21, 2025

a detail of a vibrantly colored architectural pavilion made of metal poles and rope at night

Vibrant, Immersive Installations by Poh Sin Studio Emphasize Vulnerability as a Strength

January 15, 2025

a large wooden acorn rests in a forest

An Enormous Fractured Acorn Seeds Meditation Among the Trees

January 11, 2025

the interior of Ron Gittins' apartment in Birkenhead, England, featuring a very ornate, hand-sculpted fireplace of a bull's head with murals all around on the walls

Near Liverpool, a One-of-a-Kind Art Environment by Ron Gittins Is Saved

January 3, 2025

a monumental public art installation of a star shape made from LED strips inside of a concrete and steel building at night

Beams of Light Lance Monumental Architecture in Jun Ong’s Astral Installations

December 30, 2024

three ceramic vessels with shiny enamel coating that is intersected with curves of white neon lights

Döppel Studio’s ‘Néophore’ Vessels Illuminate Ancient Pottery Traditions with Neon

December 18, 2024

a tray of various shapes of ceramic pieces glazed with different colors

Thousands of Josiah Wedgwood’s Glazed Ceramic Samples Paved the Way for 18th-Century Ingenuity

December 18, 2024