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#BeOpenDESIGN Camping in the summer could soon feel a lot more comfortable thanks to a Red Dot Award-winning concept that turns the tent itself into a solar-powered cooling system. Designed by Zhong Xu, Li Baoyu, Pan Yiyuan, and Li Xueyan, the innovative shelter uses its…

#BeOpenDESIGN Japanese design studio YOY's Book is a book-shaped flower pot that transforms a familiar object into a functional planter. Made from waterproof PVC, the design opens like a book and stands upright, revealing soil and plant roots within. Whether used as a…

#BeOpenDESIGN Charlotte Kingsnorth's Hi!breed series transforms discarded chairs into sculptural, creature-like furniture that blurs the line between design and art. By wrapping salvaged frames in hand-carved foam, rich upholstery, and shaggy textiles, the London-based designer…

#BeOpenDESIGN Jihyun Kim uses gloop glaze to create "gravity-defying" Salty Fairy Ring ceramics, a series of porcelain salt containers that reinterpret a South Korean household ritual through the symbolism of fairy rings. Inspired by the tradition of placing a jar of salt by…

#BeOpenART British artist Lewis Prosser, who describes himself as an "absurdist basketmaker," uses basketry as a lens to explore labor, place, material culture, and the future of making. His project Making Merrie draws on the 500-year tradition of mummers' plays along the…

#BeOpenNEWS #BeOpenART BE OPEN Art is pleased to announce Gintare Maskaliuniene (Lithuania) as the July Regional Artist of the Month in the Central Europe stage of its 2026 global art competition. As the third monthly winner in this regional stage, she joins the growing…