• Magazine
  • Awards
  • Jobs
  • Events Guide
  • Showroom
  • School Shows
  • Courses
  • Competitions

Follow:

  • Architecture
  • Interiors
  • Design
  • Technology
  • Series
  • Features
  • Interviews
  • Opinion
  • News
  • Lookbooks
  • Talks
  • Videos
  • Podcasts
  • About
  • Comments
  • Newsletters
  • Preferences
  • Submit a story
  • Advertise
  • Privacy notice
  • Contact

Dezeen Magazine dezeen-logo dezeen-logo

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. Older page »
clear

Follow:

  • Awards
  • Jobs
  • Events Guide
  • Showroom
  • School Shows
  • Courses
  • Competitions
  • Series
  • Interviews
  • Opinion
  • Talks
  • Videos
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Magazine
  • Architecture
  • Interiors
  • Design
  • Technology

Search results:

Read more:

Refine your search:

Cats

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. Older page »

Ai Weiwei

  • Ai Weiwei installation

    Ai Weiwei designs large-scale camouflage installation for New York

    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has designed a large-scale installation with camouflage netting for the launch of the Art X Freedom public art program on Roosevelt Island in New York City. More about Ai Weiwei designs large-scale camouflage installation for New York

    Ellen Eberhardt | 25 April 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Ai Weiwei

    Every recognisable object is a "political work" says Ai Weiwei

    Multidisciplinary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei tells Dezeen why he thinks all objects have political significance in this exclusive interview. More about Every recognisable object is a "political work" says Ai Weiwei

    Jane Englefield | 7 August 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Photo of stones and design objects at the Ai Weiwei exhibition

    Five architecture and design events in July from Dezeen Events Guide

    UIA World Congress of Architects and the Ai Weiwei: Making Sense exhibition are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this July. More about Five architecture and design events in July from Dezeen Events Guide

    Sophie Chapman | 30 June 2023
  • Ai Weiwei at Design Museum London

    "The most important factor in design is time and place" says Ai Weiwei

    Design objects are a reflection of the issues humans face over time, says Ai Weiwei in this conversation with curator Justin McGuirk filmed exclusively by Dezeen for London's Design Museum. More about "The most important factor in design is time and place" says Ai Weiwei

    Jane Englefield | 25 May 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Ai Weiwei's Making Sense exhibition at the Design Museum

    Video reveals Ai Weiwei's Making Sense exhibition at the Design Museum

    Take a sneak peek at Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's first design-focused exhibition in this video created by Dezeen at the Design Museum in London. More about Video reveals Ai Weiwei's Making Sense exhibition at the Design Museum

    Tom Ravenscroft | 6 April 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Making Sense by Ai Weiwei

    Ai Weiwei's first design exhibition celebrates "how life goes on" after the pandemic

    Hundreds of thousands of cannonballs, donated Lego bricks and a marble toilet roll feature in Making Sense, the first design-focussed exhibition by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at London's Design Museum. More about Ai Weiwei's first design exhibition celebrates "how life goes on" after the pandemic

    Jane Englefield | 5 April 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Ai Wei Wei Life Jackets Quebec City

    Ai Weiwei covers historic Quebec City rampart in refugee life jackets

    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has formed a wall from 2,000 life jackets that were used by Syrian refugees while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea as part of an installation in Quebec City. More about Ai Weiwei covers historic Quebec City rampart in refugee life jackets

    Ben Dreith | 16 August 2022 | Leave a comment
  • View of Ai Weiwei's cage-like Arch sculpture

    Ai Weiwei unveils cage-like Arch installation in Stockholm

    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's steel sculpture Arch has been installed outside the Nationalmuseum gallery in Stockholm, ahead of getting a permanent home in the city. More about Ai Weiwei unveils cage-like Arch installation in Stockholm

    Cajsa Carlson | 12 July 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Salt Point Residence by Reddymade and Ai Weiwei

    Reddymade and Ai Weiwei add hexagonal extension to Salt Point home

    Architecture studio Reddymade has collaborated with Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei to design a corrugated metal extension with hexagonal ends for a weekend home in Salt Point, New York. More about Reddymade and Ai Weiwei add hexagonal extension to Salt Point home

    Jon Astbury | 11 August 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Ai Weiwei designs blue footprint flag to encourage people to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    Ai Weiwei designs footprint flag as a symbol for human rights

    Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has designed a light blue flag with a white footprint, to raise awareness about the importance of human rights. More about Ai Weiwei designs footprint flag as a symbol for human rights

    Natashah Hitti | 10 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Ai Weiwei's Beijing studio demolished

    Ai Weiwei's Beijing studio demolished by Chinese authorities

    Artist and activist Ai Weiwei took to Instagram to show Chinese authorities knocking down his studio in Beijing, with many of his artworks still inside. More about Ai Weiwei's Beijing studio demolished by Chinese authorities

    India Block | 6 August 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Fences by Ai Weiwei

    Ai Weiwei protests border walls with huge New York installations

    Chinese artist and human-rights activist Ai Weiwei has used metal fencing to create three monumental structures, in a campaign against Donald Trump's border-control measures. More about Ai Weiwei protests border walls with huge New York installations

    Eleanor Gibson | 11 October 2017 | 19 comments
  • Good Fences Make Good Neighbors by Ai Weiwei

    Ai Weiwei launches Kickstarter to build security-fence installations in New York

    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is crowdsourcing funds to erect more than 300 artworks based on themes of immigration, division and borders, in locations across New York City. More about Ai Weiwei launches Kickstarter to build security-fence installations in New York

    Dan Howarth | 25 August 2017 | 13 comments
  • Artists including Anish Kapoor and Ai Weiwei create magazine covers dedicated to recent London tragedies

    Wolfgang Tillmans, Anish Kapoor and Ai Weiwei are among the six artists that have designed covers for ES Magazine celebrating the "resilience of London" in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire and recent terror attacks. More about Artists including Anish Kapoor and Ai Weiwei create magazine covers dedicated to recent London tragedies

    Alice Morby | 6 July 2017 | 2 comments
  • Herzog and Ai Weiwei at Park Avenue Armory

    Drones stalk visitors to Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's Park Avenue Armory installation

    The movements of visitors navigating this installation, by architects Herzog & de Meuron and artist Ai Weiwei, are tracked by drones and played back to them – in a comment on surveillance in public spaces. More about Drones stalk visitors to Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's Park Avenue Armory installation

    Dan Howarth | 12 June 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Ai Weiwei says valid architectural talk is

    Chinese government sees architectural discussion as "dangerous" threat, says Ai Weiwei

    China's "fatalist" government is causing the country's architectural profession to stagnate, according to artist and political activist Ai Weiwei. More about Chinese government sees architectural discussion as "dangerous" threat, says Ai Weiwei

    Jessica Mairs | 8 August 2016 | 16 comments
  • F Lotus by Ai Weiwei

    Ai Weiwei creates lotus-like installation from refugee life jackets

    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has arranged 1,005 life jackets from refugees into the shape of lotus flowers for a floating installation in Vienna (+ slideshow). More about Ai Weiwei creates lotus-like installation from refugee life jackets

    Eleanor Gibson | 20 July 2016 | 5 comments
  • Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei

    Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion paid homage to its predecessors

    Movie: in the next instalment of our exclusive video series, gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones explains why Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei dug into the ground to create their 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. More about Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion paid homage to its predecessors

    Benedict Hobson | 14 February 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Ai Weiwei for Le Bon Marche exhibition

    Ai Weiwei installs monstrous sculptures at Le Bon Marché to "speak to our inner child"

    Artist Ai Weiwei has used traditional Chinese kite-making techniques to create mythological characters and creatures for windows, atriums and the gallery at Paris department store Le Bon Marché (+ slideshow). More about Ai Weiwei installs monstrous sculptures at Le Bon Marché to "speak to our inner child"

    Dan Howarth | 25 January 2016 | 1 comment
  • Gold jewellery by Ai Wei Wei at the London jewellery gallery, Elisabetta Cipriani

    Ai Weiwei's first jewellery collection is cut from a rod of gold rebar

    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has partnered with a London jewellery gallery to create "wearable sculptures" designed to look like reinforcing bars used in construction (+ slideshow). More about Ai Weiwei's first jewellery collection is cut from a rod of gold rebar

    Emma Tucker | 11 November 2015 | 1 comment
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. Older page »

More Ai Weiwei stories

Most
popular

Most
commented

  1. 1Jaguar "inaugurates a new era" with Type 01 electric car
  2. 2Chrysler Building set to be restored and overhauled after being sold
  3. 3Neom Stadium reportedly "shelved indefinitely"
  4. 4Residential architecture is getting more playful, says Kevin McCloud
  5. 5Šépka Architekti models prefab house in Prague on wooden wardrobe
  6. Jaguar
  7. Chrysler Building set to be restored and overhauled after being sold
  8. Neom Stadium reportedly
  9. Residential architecture is getting more playful, says Kevin McCloud
  10. Šépka Architekti models prefab house in Prague on wooden wardrobe
  1. 1Snøhetta "captures the magic of the mountains" with lookout in Lech
  2. 2Jaguar "inaugurates a new era" with Type 01 electric car
  3. 3Neom Stadium reportedly "shelved indefinitely"
  4. 4White-brick extension defines Design Museum Gent revamp
  5. 5Foster + Partners extends Bilbao Fine Arts Museum with bridge-like gallery
  6. Snøhetta
  7. Jaguar
  8. Neom Stadium reportedly
  9. White-brick extension defines Design Museum Gent revamp
  10. Foster + Partners extends Bilbao Fine Arts Museum with bridge-like gallery

Studio Font perches cliffside home in Mexico on inhabitable concrete columns

Casa Diez Pies by Studio Font

Open Studio designs izakaya-style restaurant with "half-dipped dumpling" lamp

Red dumpling above yellow seat

Studio NRG designs Lilium Chair out of recycled metal car rims

Studio NRG

Fabio Fantolino looks to 1960s offices for interior of retro Turin bar

Seating area beneath mezzanine

Subscribe

Subscribe

Subscribe to
our newsletters

Loading

We will only use your email address to send you the newsletters you have requested. We will never give your details to anyone else without your consent. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of every email, or by emailing us at [email protected].

For more details, please see our privacy notice.

Thank you!

You will shortly receive a welcome email so please check your inbox.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link at the bottom of every newsletter.











"Design weeks need to start framing repair as aspirational"

Design Preowned showroom Copenhagen

Parametricism "changed how we think" as architects says Melike Altınışık

Melike Altınışık portrait

Popular
jobs

Featured
jobs

  1. 1Part 2 architectural assistant/recently qualified architect at Marks Barfield Architects
  2. 2Part 2 architectural assistant/architect at 1050 Architects
  3. 3Part 2 architectural assistant at BLD Studio
  4. 4Interior designer at Herzog & de Meuron
  5. 5Associate architect at Useful Simple Trust
  6. Part 2 architectural assistant/recently qualified architect  at Marks Barfield Architects
  7. Part 2 architectural assistant/architect  at 1050 Architects
  8. Part 2 architectural assistant  at BLD Studio
  9. Interior designer  at Herzog & de Meuron
  10. Associate architect  at Useful Simple Trust
  1. 1Senior interior designer at Lambs and Lions
  2. 2Junior specifier at Studio Ore
  3. 3Project architect at Watershedd
  4. 4Project architect at Chapman Architects
  5. 5Classified sales intern at Dezeen
  6. Senior interior designer  at Lambs and Lions
  7. Junior specifier  at Studio Ore
  8. Project architect  at Watershedd
  9. Project architect  at Chapman Architects
  10. Classified sales intern  at Dezeen

Eight interiors with colourful tapware that puts the fun in functional

Bathroom with red tap

Eight imaginative buildings with curving brickwork

Twisted Brick Shell Library by HCCH Studio

Dezeen Events Guide

Photo of person walking through an installation

Dezeen Jobs

Highlights

  • Itau Cultural design by Estudio Modulo

    Architecture

    Glass-wrapped cultural HQ

    Architecture
    Glass-wrapped cultural HQ
  • Neom World Cup 2034 stadium on The Line

    Architecture

    Neom Stadium shelved

    Architecture
    Neom Stadium shelved
  • Barcode street furniture by MVRDV for Escofet

    Furniture

    MVRDV street furniture

    Furniture
    MVRDV street furniture
  • Monolithic concrete building in the Brutalist Asia book

    Architecture

    Brutalist Asia

    Architecture
    Brutalist Asia
  • Rafael Prieto

    Design

    Building-fragment furniture

    Design
    Building-fragment furniture
  • Nothing Cups

    Design

    Nothing takeaway cup

    Design
    Nothing takeaway cup
  • Rock Jacket by Vollebak

    Design

    Slate-tile jacket

    Design
    Slate-tile jacket
  • Design Museum Gent by Carmody Groarke, ATAMA and RE-ST

    Architecture

    Carmody Groarke Ghent museum

    Architecture
    Carmody Groarke Ghent museum
  • Turner Contemporary

    Architecture

    Exclusive Chipperfield film

    Architecture
    Exclusive Chipperfield film
  • Buchanan Street in Glasgow

    Architecture

    Humanise research project

    Architecture
    Humanise research project
  • Skroget by Rare Collectiv

    Architecture

    Ship-like sauna

    Architecture
    Ship-like sauna
  • Alan Jones elected RIBA President

    Architecture

    RIBA legal dispute

    Architecture
    RIBA legal dispute
  • Playground in Hong Kong development

    Architecture

    Snøhetta undulating playground

    Architecture
    Snøhetta undulating playground
  • Rach Chiec Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City

    Architecture

    Vietnamese national stadium

    Architecture
    Vietnamese national stadium
  • City Girls lamps

    Lighting

    City Girls lamps

    Lighting
    City Girls lamps
  • Newsletters
  • Comments
  • Submit a story
  • Advertise
  • Privacy notice
  • Contact
  • Series
  • Interviews
  • Opinion
  • Talks
  • Videos
  • Architecture
  • Interiors
  • Design
  • Technology
  • Magazine
  • Awards
  • Jobs
  • Events Guide
  • Showroom
  • School Shows
  • Courses