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.

Australian interior architect and artist Maike Statz focuses on the relationship between the body and the space, looking for alternative tools and methods for shaping the environment. In the Nice Touch section, Maike talks about a more creative alternative to colour palettes.

Today, July 31, at 18:00, the Part Time gallery will open a solo exhibition by Australian interior architect and artist Maike Statz entitled A Table is a Wall, a Door, a Home, which focuses on the symbolic and political meanings of the table.

om August 8 to September 19, the solo exhibition The Sea is Silent, Yet I Return by artist Madara Kvēpa will be on view at the ISSP Gallery. The exhibition explores ecological sensitivity — the formation of relationships with nature an its elements.

The qualification work of young designer Una Beļeviča, upon completing her studies at the Riga School of Design and Art (RSDA) Product Design programme, is a lifebuoy stand that also serves as an element of beach amenities.

This year, 58 product design students graduated from the Riga School of Design and Art, completing the new modular programme which is led by designer Baiba Lindāne. In the Nice Touch section, Baiba talks about the activity that gives her energy and clears her head.