This year on Colossal, we published hundreds of articles across disciplines, and as we look back at those in the design world, we’re finding that readers gravitated toward stories about the world’s largest sheet of chainmail, geometric pastries, and tiny homes for bees. Be sure to take a look at 2022’s top articles across art and craft, and check out our favorite books of the year. You can always take a trip back in time by diving into the Colossal archive.
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A Massive Chainmail Shelter Prevents a Renowned Scottish Mansion from Dissolving in the Rain
English YouTuber and educator Tom Scott visits the largest sheet of chainmail in the world in a short documentary that reveals how the uniquely designed mesh structure has become a landmark of sustainability.
Image © Dinara Kasko
Impeccably Precise Geometries Are Baked into Dinara Kasko’s Bold Cakes and Tarts
Ukrainian pastry chef Dinara Kasko brings a healthy dose of geometry to her meticulously designed cakes.
Image © Catie Newell
Reimagining an Iconic Midwestern Structure, Catie Newell Cuts a Slice of Sky Out of a Michigan Barn
Conceived by Detroit-based architect and educator Catie Newell, this project reworks the iconic framework of an aging farm building to allow light through an unexpected aperture.
Image courtesy of A24
A tiny mollusk with a big personality, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On captivated audiences more than a decade ago with his quirky antics and endlessly entertaining use of human-sized objects. The adorable character returned this summer for a feature-length mockumentary with brilliant world-building by Liz Toonkel.
Image © Vertical Panorama Pavilion at the Donum Estate (2022), Studio Other Spaces, Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann, by Adam Potts
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A bold, conical structure by artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann casts a vibrant kaleidoscope of 24 colors underneath its canopy.
Image © Ulf Mejergren and Antti Laitinen
In a Remote Swedish Forest, A Nest of Branches and Hay Encircles a Tree with a Cozy Hideout
In April of this year, Swedish architect and artist Ulf Mejergren and Finnish artist Antti Laitinen gathered fallen branches from a forested area outside of Nykvarn and wove a structure around a tree, building a cozy refuge among the thawing spring landscape.
Image by Hiroyuki Oki, courtesy of Vo Trong Nghia Architects
42,000 Bamboo Shoots Construct an Illuminated, Latticed Welcome Center in Vietnam
The project of Vo Trong Nghia Architects, a glowing welcome center of interlaced bamboo stands at the entrance of the resort Grand World Phu Quoc in Vietnam.
Image © Green&Blue
Tiny Holes Drilled into Bricks Provide Miniature Homes for Solitary Bees
An innovative creation of Cornwall-based Green&Blue, Bee Bricks are designed to establish homes for fuzzy, winged insects.
Image © World of WearableArt
In the World of WearableArt, 88 Dramatic Garments Grace the Stage in a Spectacular Performance
Every year in Wellington, dozens of extravagant garments explode onto the stage for three weeks as part of the World of WearableArt competition.
All images © Noritaka Minami
Photos by Noritaka Minami Document the Famed Nakagin Capsule Tower Prior to Demolition
Artist Noritaka Minami documented the icon of Japanese Metabolism, the Nakagin Capsule Tower, that stood in the Ginza neighborhood of Tokyo from 1972 until it was demolished earlier this year.
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