The Light Brigade

Artist Olafur Eliasson knows a thing or two about light: He shined a giant sun in London, made a moon with Ai Weiwei and designs portable solar lamps.

The northern lights have awed communities through the eras, and many fantastical theories have been imagined to explain the sky’s shifting glow.

Aristotle said that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, but that didn’t stop photographer Justin Fantl from slicing things to their core.

The traces that insects leave around our homes remind us that we’ve got permanent company.

Sometimes perfection doesn’t need improvement. Invented more than a century ago, the paper clip is a bastion for simplicity in design.

This designer’s collections reflect her favorite pair of sneakers—comfortable and great on the dance floor.