Rediscovering the Mazda Suitcase Car: The Portable Vehicle That Fit Inside a Samsonite
A Forgotten Experiment in Portable Mobility In the early 1990s, long before micro-mobility became a global obsession, Mazda quietly engineered one of the most unusual vehicles in automotive history: the Mazda suitcase car. Designed as a compact, three-wheeled vehicle that could be stored inside a hard-shell Samsonite suitcase, the project explored the boundaries between transportation, portability, and industrial design. Created between 1989 and 1991, the concept emerged from
Maison Louis Vuitton Sanlitun: Jun Aoki Designs a Colour-Shifting Architectural Dress in Beijing
Maison Louis Vuitton Sanlitun rises in the heart of Beijing as a fluid, translucent structure that blurs the line between architecture, fashion, and landscape. Designed by Japanese studio Jun Aoki & Associates, the four-storey flagship features a shimmering facade of dichroic glass that shifts colour with light, movement, and season—an architectural interpretation of a Louis Vuitton dress. Fashion and Architecture Merge at Maison Louis Vuitton Sanlitun The facade of Maison Lo
Black Spatial Tradition Architecture: Portland’s Grain Silos Reimagined as a Cultural Complex
The transformation of a former grain terminal along Portland’s Willamette River into a cultural complex marks a significant moment for Black spatial tradition architecture in contemporary urban design. Known as the Albina Riverside project, the proposal reframes adaptive reuse not only as a material strategy, but as a cultural and spatial act of repair. Designed collaboratively by US studios AD—WO, MALL, and Wayside Studio, the project reclaims a neglected industrial waterfro
