Björk’s Centre Pompidou nature installation will run during the U.N. climate conference.

Björk and Aleph Molinari have created Nature Manifesto, an AI-powered sound installation at the Centre Pompidou that recreates the calls of endangered and extinct animals. Accompanying the haunting composition is a manifesto emphasizing climate urgency and nature’s resilience, which plays as visitors ascend the museum’s escalators.

The New Museum’s OMA-led expansion doubles the museum’s Bowery exhibition space.

OMA’s $89 million expansion of the New Museum by OMA and Cooper Robertson has topped out, adding 60,000 square feet to double its exhibition spaces and enhance its public programming. The new structure is planned to open in 2025, and will laterally connect with the neighboring SANAA-designed structure, echoing its facade’s materiality. 

Porro, a beloved stalwart of Italian furniture design, opens its first New York showroom.

Italian furniture brand Porro has opened its first U.S. showroom in New York’s NoMad neighborhood. The space is executed together with West Out East, with Porro’s signature pieces like its Ferro low table and Kite sofa, alongside a collaboration with Cooperativa Alice, which contributed tailored garments for display.

Today’s attractive distractions:

New Yorkers are plastering their post-election thoughts in the subway.

Aesthetes are losing their minds—and cash—over a $200 soap dispenser.

After 49 years and a diving expedition, a class ring emerges from the ocean.