Found stones and lattice-form sculptures blur the lines between humanity and nature as well as between art and design in Sung Jang’s latest exhibition at Volume Gallery. Deriving from year-long research that brings natural materials into the gallery space, the Chicago-based designer and artist bridges the two disciplines by constructing forms that exist both as sculptures and as functional objects—all at once. “Given,” Jang’s new series of designed objects does exactly that. Read the full review here.

After immigration became a major issue in the 2016 campaign, artist Tanya Aguiñiga started walking among the cars and pedestrians lined up at the U.S.-Mexico border and handing out postcards with the question “What are your thoughts when you cross this border?” in both English and Spanish. Attached to the cards were two strands of fabric to be tied together. The result was Border Quipu – named after the Inca device for organizing information using knotted threads. The artwork, a cascade of thousands of recycled bikini and dress straps of different colors and prints, was one of the works cited by the judges of this year’s Heinz Award in selecting her for the $250,000 cash prize. More about Aguiñiga’s recent work and the Heinz Award here.