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At Matador we’re always stoking on the evolution in art and design around the world, and sharing our favorite street art, modern architecture, and international artists remixing old forms into abstract art, creating something new.

By definition, art is the synthesis of human emotions with available media and materials, such as painting, sculpture, and photography, while design is the process of giving a form (such as a bridge or a surfboard) to a certain function (crossing water, surfing on water).

While not necessarily intended to express emotion, design can reach the level of art when it evokes emotional responses or in some way informs our experience of place.

Where would J-Gatz party if he were around today, and not, uh...fictional?
"At night it looks like a glowing lantern."
As good as this all sounds, I found my visit a bit sad.
The big splurge was a sofa. “I spent more on than I spent on my car,” laughs Thomas.
Some of the most creative bicycle designs you'll ever see.
23 of the weirdest, coolest, and most flannel-friendly houses built into nature.
We wanted a house that wasn’t a ‘look’; we wanted a house that actually is...
“This house should be an observation shed for the changing landscape beyond.”
95 different technologies culminate in this green super-home.
How we make them is an interesting reflection of how we perceive the space we inhabit.
The 30-foot-long structures are clad in corrugated fiberglass and divided into distinct...
The bamboo-clad abstraction of a farmhouse is a modern addition to the rural landscape.
This massive time-wasting endeavor was all set off by watching the St. Louis episode.
The dreamers and free thinkers are often those whose stories are quieter.
Lighthouses are monuments to our long-lived relationship to the oceans.
Essential vocab to keeping your hair-related tragedies to a minimum.
What doors does art open that a medium like photography can't access?
The Cold War-era bridge to Fehmarn could be blown up in case of invasion.
Some buildings and features are so well known they have become icons of place.
Whatever Winnipeg has, how can we export it?
Some are eyesores, drawing vandalism. Others are shut up tight. But I’m drawn in.
LA artist Julian Hoeber created "Demon Hill" to mess with your head.
"A friendly visual match between two cities."
LA artist Adam Mars tours the contemporary art scene in Culver City.
Record-breakers, news-makers, and otherwise unusual libraries.