Until June 15, the National Art Gallery in Vilnius is hosting a major exhibition, Silver Girls. Retouched History of Baltic Photography, which will reveal a hidden and little-explored chapter in the work of female photographers from the first half of the 20th century.

Boterra, founded by Irita Tīlane-Pakalniņa, is one of the design studios that will represent Latvia at the Baltic contemporary design exhibition Tactile Baltics. In the Nice Touch section, Irita talks about one of the tools she used to create collection, which will be on view in Milan.

In March, the Alba and Pointe collections by Latvian bath manufacturer PAA and internationally renowned designer Karim Rashid were unveiled at the ISH 2025 fair in Frankfurt. The collections were designed with a particular focus on small bathrooms.

From April 7 to 13, the Palazzo Litta will host the MoscaPartners Variations group show, featuring 21 designers from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The Tactile Baltics exhibition will introduce the visitors of Milan Design Week to the innovations, craft traditions, and cultural heritage of the region.

On March 13, one of the leading design offices in Latvia, H2E, celebrated its 18th anniversary. In the Nice Touch section, co-founder and lead designer of H2E, Holgers Elers, recommends a machine that lets you both clear your mind and think.

To honour the synchronisation of the Baltic energy system with the European grid each Baltic country has issued a postage stamp that together form a unified story. The stamps were designed by creative director and designer Māris Upenieks.

Since the end of January, the Liepāja Occupation Museum has opened a new permanent exhibition, The Great Void. The Holocaust in Liepāja, which aims to create awareness of the city’s historical events and reveal the fates of the many people affected by the Second World War.

Onlyonly studio creates multi-layered design projects and spatial experiences that draw inspiration from contemporary culture. In the Nice Touch section, architect and designer Harijs Vucens, one of the founders of Onlyonly, talks about an app that helps him collect his thoughts while working on projects.

The campaign for Madara Cosmetics’ new Midsummer bronzer is dedicated to the longing for light, summer, and warmth. The creative director of the campaign is Raitis Beķeris, and the luminous photos for the Midsummer campaign were taken by photographer Julia Sinka.

Valga Architecture Residency (VARES) invites architects, landscape architects, ecologists, artists, engineers, inventors, and other spatial practitioners with an interest in the ambiguous and changing boundary between water and land to apply for the early summer residency Liquid Landscapes.

Design studio Onlyonly, founded by architects and designers Anna Līva Traumane and Harijs Vucens, has created Daydreamer, a speculative chaise longue that invites the user to take a break from the world around them and be still for a moment.