Until September 13, the Latvian design exhibition 89th Second will be on view in the Baltic Pavilion at Espo 2025 Osaka. The exhibition explores humanity’s fragile relationship with nature, interpreting one of Latvia’s national symbols — the pine tree — in different ways.

Renowned glass artist Artis Nīmanis’ works combine craftsmanship with technological innovation and minimalist lines. In the Nice Touch section, Artis talks about his favourite tool.

The uniforms for the Baltic Pavilion staff at Expo 2025 Osaka, created by Gabrielė Januškevičiūtė, consist of eight garments that can be mixed and matched, allowing the wearer to express their personality and adapt the look to their preferences and needs.

The Estonian architecture magazine Maja, in its Baltic Extra issue published this year, focuses on the current architectural scene in all three Baltic countries and features significant contributions from Latvian authors.

Indra Ķempe’s book Cooldig explores the old town of Kuldīga and its residents, whose stories have been captured in photographs by Mārtiņš Sīlis.In the Nice Touch column, Mārtiņš talks about a method that helps to develop ideas from a «small seed» to a fully formed concept.

To become closer to local residents and increase its competitiveness, Latvijas Pasts (Latvian Post) has now become simply Pasts. The new brand was developed by the Magic agency, while the Kid Design studio created a modern visual identity.

On August 22, the Alma Gallery will open the exhibition Golden Idol, which encourages the ongoing discussion of art and video games by focusing on one of the brightest game design talents in Latvia, Ernests Kļaviņš, and his design for the game The Rise of the Golden Idol.

Until September 1, Reuse Atelier, in collaboration with Tandeems, is running a mapping campaign, Fix it!, to identify empty and abandoned buildings and sites across the country. One of the project’s initiators, architect Olga Trebukhina, shares her way of exploring the city in this edition of the Nice Touch column.

In a walk through Piedruja-Druja, spatial designer Darya Ahrameika and artistic researcher Danute Līva focus on the village’s mixed cultural landscape, divided community, humanitarian crisis, and militarisation of the border zone.

The Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB) invites architects and other spatial practitioners, as well as researchers, to take part in the curator competition aimed at selecting a creative team to develop the central concept of TAB 2026 and implement the biennale’s core programme.

In the column Nice Touch, architect Elīna Lībiete talks about how to live with the information age.

To explore how different space-makers understand inclusive and safe spaces, artist and designer Liene Pavlovska spoke with interior architect and artist Maike Statz, architects Arnita and Kārlis Melzobs, architect and visual artist Pauls Rietums, and the artist duo Paula Veidenbauma and Diāna Mikāne.