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OMA and potato head open the good times general store in bali, combining rammed earth architecture, recycled materials, indonesian craftsmanship, circular design, and hands-on workshops. Iñaki Laguardia October 23, 2026 5 min prefer designboom on googleOMA AND POTATO HEAD REIMAGINE RETAIL IN BALIIn Bali, Potato Head and OMA have opened the Good Times General Store, a retail space where buying something is only part of the experience. Located within Desa Potato Head in Seminyak, Indonesia, the hospitality brand’s first permanent store doubles as a craft center, bringing together Indonesian-made objects, fashion, furniture, and hands-on workshops. Rather than separating production from consumption, the project invites visitors to discover how things are made, where their materials come from, and what happens to them after their first life. The architecture follows the same philosophy.

If you enjoyed Sally Phillips’s recent Hairdresser Mysteries, here’s another daytime cosy (if slightly less camp) crime drama with a familiar face. Robson Green plays ex-con and gambler Joe Ruby, who finds himself solving crimes on the Northumberland coast with Liz White’s Oxford-educated DI Rose O’Connell. First up, the body of a monk is found in a priory. Hollie RichardsonOur Great Yorkshire Life7pm, Channel 5 More northern countryside goodness, this time with ex-Emmerdale actors Matt Wolfenden and Roxy Shahidi exploring Nidd Valley without any gadgets. Elsewhere, chef Matt Healy is catching lobsters in Flamborough Head and conservators restore Wentworth Woodhouse. HRGardeners’ World9pm, BBC Two

“Old dogs, young dogs, dogs on wheels, dogs that want to eat your meals” – this “very silly book about dogs” is a polychromatic picture-book treat for little canine fans, full of bold graphic artwork and audacious rhymes. More! by Ged Adamson, Moon and Bird, £12.99 Best friends Squirrel and Mouse are on a blissful walk together, but Squirrel keeps wanting more – a hat, a tie, a boingy stick! – until he realises it’s all pointless without Mouse to share it. A slyly hilarious anti-consumerist picture book that encourages small readers to pore over its delightful background details. The Tale That Time Sews by Sita Brahmachari, illustrated by Jane Ray, Templar, £12.99

Movie-making these days is a very expensive endeavour. In 1977, George Lucas’s Star Wars cost $11m to make, which would be approximately $60m in today’s money, and has since amassed $775m at the global box office, including rereleases. Fast forward to 2026 and the most recent film in the long-running space saga, The Mandalorian and Grogu, cost a reported $165m and brought in $346m worldwide. If there was ever a Hollywood gold rush, the mines ran dry long ago. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Disney-owned Lucasfilm seems to be so terrified of making new Star Wars movies. Since 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, only one Star Wars film, the aforementioned Mando and Grogu movie, has actually made it into cinemas. But that has not stopped the studio announcing a small armada of other projects – sometimes via press release, more often at various high-profile celebrations, conferences or other corporate jamborees – that have so far failed to reach multiplexes. This week, Taika Waititi revealed in an interview with Inverse that his proposed Star Wars film, announced six years ago, has been “put on ice”. No clear explanation was offered, but frankly nobody should be surprised.

the renowned swiss boarding school works with barth to create learning spaces that depart from the conventional classroom. belen afonso October 23, 2026 5 min prefer designboom on googleLe Rosey creates new spaces to learnA glance at the new rooms at Swiss boarding school Le Rosey inevitably brings back memories of childhood mornings. For much of Western society, those long days unfolded in monotonous, almost institutional spaces that could have been photocopies of the school next door, were it not for the occasional murals a teacher with a creative itch had insisted on using to decorate the classroom. Le Rosey’s students already experienced a somewhat different environment before this intervention. Founded in Rolle in 1880, it is Switzerland’s oldest and largest boarding school and one of Europe’s most famous. Its 450 students, drawn from more than 70 countries, experience an educational model known for its progressive learning methods. The recent transformation of six of its rooms is proof of this.

French museums and galleries are shuttering before nationwide protests tomorrow. Plus: What does it mean for a woman artist to “reach her prime”? Leave it to Art Basel Paris to close early during a movement for education equality and working conditions … “in the interest of safeguarding our visitors.” The Louvre, Gagosian, and other museums and galleries also announced plans to shutter during tomorrow’s nationwide protests. One artist coalition calls the fair’s cancellation a victory for the fight to defend culture: “Let us keep the movement going.” Staff Writers Anna Lee and Rhea Nayyar have the story. Across the pond, Ed Simon reflects on the imperative to protect arts and culture here in the United States on the centenary of the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, founded as a beacon of education and expression that “seems virtually utopian today.” Then, we have the artists keeping that spirit alive: Read on for Leah Triplett Harrington’s review of a show that deconstructs sexist notions of recognition and market success for women artists over age 75, the painter who adorns Phoebe Bridgers’s guitars, and more.—Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor, books