Design Cult

Design Cult

Design Cult featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

The Lighthouse of Wishes

This is a special project made possible after its selection as the "best new years eve architectural proposal" by the community's residents in an open poll. This is not only an installation art, but also a community participation activity. Both locals and visitors can draw their vision for the New Year on building facade materials. In addition, an activity was promoted and launched through social media which received a large number of submissions. Each person who submitted a design became an architect of the art installation.

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Moon Trace

This project draws inspiration from China and France's cultural heritages, focusing on lunar phases and the dragon. The design team blends Eastern full moon unity with Western crescent moon hope, incorporating the dragon symbol. The installation fuses lunar cultures with dragon motifs, using lighting and smoke techniques. It creates a visual feast, celebrating China and France's friendship and shared aspirations, inviting audiences to appreciate the beauty of both cultures and their harmony.

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Fountain of Life

This sculptural piece, located at İstanbul Airport's Kaimakk Restaurant, combines traditional travertine stone with large scale glass splashes to represent the concept of time. The stone fountain symbolizes the past, while the glass splashes, appearing to emerge from the fountain, capture the present moment. The design stands out through its integration of contrasting materials and its symbolic representation of time, blending craftsmanship with a narrative that reflects both history and the present in a dynamic form.

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Nesting Plan VII Formosan Wild Boar

Nesting Plan VII Formosan Wild Boar is inspired by the nesting behavior of Taiwan's native wild boar. The work reflects the animal's instinct to build protective shelters using natural materials and to position itself with its snout facing the entrance as a form of vigilance. Made from native cedar and bamboo, the structure incorporates traditional joinery techniques along with digital design tools to create a nestlike space that visitors can enter. The curved seating orients the body toward the opening, echoing the boar's posture and encouraging interaction with the forest surroundings.

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Free Air

This artwork seamlessly blends art and healing, showing how aesthetics enhance mental wellbeing. The artist envisions a dynamic yet static sculpture, making invisible air visible and transforming heavy metal into lightness and freedom. A key challenge was balancing material weight with perceived lightness, making stainless steel and bronze feel ethereal. The result is a sculpture that transcends physicality, delivering a visually striking and emotionally uplifting experience. This piece affirms art’s power to heal, proving that it not only enhances spaces but also transforms emotions.

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Rebirth

The project is an immersive commercial art space with the theme of Rebirth, which relates that an AI girl who recreates our home earth by memory extraction and remodeling in the future, through various technical means such as physical production, mechanical construction, and control programming. The unique visual experience and conceptual thinking, combined with technology, art, and fashion elements, fits perfectly with the commercial space, bringing people an unusual journey to welcome rebirth, and reflect on the value of life and fashion.

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Legendary designers and their award-winning works.

Design Legends are extremely famous designers who make our World a better place with their good designs. Discover legendary designers and their innovative product designs, original art works, creative architecture, outstanding fashion designs and design strategies. Enjoy and explore original design works of award-winning designers, artists, architects, innovators and brands worldwide. Get inspired by creative designs.

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