mirrors | architecture, design, and technology news and projects https://www.designboom.com/tag/mirrors/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:50:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 mirroring steel shards by gregory orekhov float across central park’s water surface https://www.designboom.com/art/mirroring-steel-shards-gregory-orekhov-central-park-water-surface-02-20-2025/ https://www.designboom.com/art/mirroring-steel-shards-gregory-orekhov-central-park-water-surface-02-20-2025/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:50:06 +0000 Orekhov https://www.designboom.com/?p=1116930

the work reconfigures the perception of space through reflective materiality.

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vincent leroy’s kinetic mirror cloud floats between earth and sky at normandy beach https://www.designboom.com/art/vincent-leroy-kinetic-mirror-cloud-normandy-beach-02-01-2025/ https://www.designboom.com/art/vincent-leroy-kinetic-mirror-cloud-normandy-beach-02-01-2025/#respond Sat, 01 Feb 2025 10:45:10 +0000 Vincent Leroy https://www.designboom.com/?p=1113287

its mirrored surfaces diffract the horizon and repeat it endlessly, as the landscape is reflected in a phantasmagorical and moving vision.

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mirrored facades of ‘tan-mok-won’ korean bakery dissolve into healing landscape https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mirrored-facades-tan-mok-won-korean-bakery-healing-landscape-01-29-2025/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mirrored-facades-tan-mok-won-korean-bakery-healing-landscape-01-29-2025/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:50:00 +0000 Suk Lee https://www.designboom.com/?p=1113055

emerging from the ashes of a 2013 fire, the building is clad with charred wood as a tribute to the trees' endurance.

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ying gao’s robotic clothes shine with broken mirrors that dance on their own https://www.designboom.com/technology/ying-gao-robotic-clothes-all-mirrors-11-19-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/ying-gao-robotic-clothes-all-mirrors-11-19-2024/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:30:57 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1102367

broken pieces of soft mirrors are pieced together using medical cotton gauze and 18-carat gold finishing, while the electric components installed allow them to move autonomously.

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with jagged volumes painted cobalt blue, vincent decat’s furniture reimagines ruins of delphi https://www.designboom.com/design/jagged-volumes-cobalt-blue-vincent-decat-furniture-ruins-delphi-11-19-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/design/jagged-volumes-cobalt-blue-vincent-decat-furniture-ruins-delphi-11-19-2024/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:00:49 +0000 Decat https://www.designboom.com/?p=1102284

the bench, chair, and mirror recalls the sanctuary of athena's worn state through solid wood, matte finishes, and subtle steel accents.

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mirrored installation by mta+v reflects día de muertos traditions in mexico https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mirrored-installation-mta-plus-v-dia-muertos-traditions-mexico-11-06-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mirrored-installation-mta-plus-v-dia-muertos-traditions-mexico-11-06-2024/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:30:51 +0000 mta+V https://www.designboom.com/?p=1099974

a central mirrored wall serves as a threshold and bridge, where visitors face their reflections as they step into the installation by mta+v.

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SpY’s steel and glass ORB installation reflects fragments of urban montreal https://www.designboom.com/art/spy-steel-glass-orb-installation-reflects-fragments-urban-montreal-10-22-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/art/spy-steel-glass-orb-installation-reflects-fragments-urban-montreal-10-22-2024/#respond Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:00:13 +0000 SpY urban art https://www.designboom.com/?p=1096893

SpY reinterprets a familiar, everyday object — the convex traffic mirror — transforming it into a vast artistic element.

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NZZ x pamela rosenkranz release screen-printed mirrors depicting animalistic patterns https://www.designboom.com/art/nzz-x-pamela-rosenkranz-screen-printed-mirrors-animalistic-patterns-09-29-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/art/nzz-x-pamela-rosenkranz-screen-printed-mirrors-animalistic-patterns-09-29-2024/#respond Sun, 29 Sep 2024 14:01:07 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1091763

a commentary on nature and culture, the 30 unique serial pieces mirror back patterns, easily recognizable due to human evolution, as our own reflections.

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metallic screen conceals shoppers at CLUBE’s pop-up store in downtown são paulo https://www.designboom.com/architecture/metallic-screen-clube-pop-up-store-downtown-sao-paulo-pinga-ao-09-17-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/metallic-screen-clube-pop-up-store-downtown-sao-paulo-pinga-ao-09-17-2024/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 03:10:52 +0000 CLUBE https://www.designboom.com/?p=1089388

as an urban dressing room, the metallic biombo, based on Oscar Niemeyer’s architecture, mirrors the store's curvilinear window, mediating between interior and exterior spaces.

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stainless steel and mirrors reflect keburia retail space’s futuristic interior in georgia https://www.designboom.com/architecture/stainless-steel-mirrors-keburia-retail-space-futuristic-interior-georgia-sandro-kvirikadze-09-03-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/stainless-steel-mirrors-keburia-retail-space-futuristic-interior-georgia-sandro-kvirikadze-09-03-2024/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:00:42 +0000 Sandrik https://www.designboom.com/?p=1086744

digital monitors around the floor edges, adding a modern twist to the store's interior.

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