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Justin McGuirk

Justin McGuirk is a writer, critic and curator based in London. He is the director of Strelka Press, the publishing arm of the Strelka Institute in Moscow. He has been the design columnist for The Guardian, the editor of Icon magazine and the design consultant to Domus. In 2012 he was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture for an exhibition he curated with Urban Think Tank.

Stories by Justin McGuirk

Marcus Fairs at the Icon offices
Architecture News

“Marcus Fairs was undoubtedly one of the design world’s pre-eminent power brokers”

“Mad Max cornered the market in a particular vision of the post-apocalyptic future”
Opinion

“Mad Max cornered the market in a particular vision of the post-apocalyptic future”

Taksim-Square_Istanbul_opinion
Opinion

“Protest has been marginalised”

Justin McGuirk opinion Le Corbusier Dom-ino slum city
Architecture Opinion

“The perfect architectural symbol for an era obsessed with customisation and participation”

Opinion Justin McGuirk military drone
Opinion

“Design is complicit in economic and political systems that are inherently violent”

"Design critics make an exception for certain technology products"
Technology Opinion

“Design critics make an exception for certain technology products”

“Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified before it can walk”
Design Opinion

“Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified before it can walk”

Bose QuietComfort 15 headphones
Technology Opinion

“No one will ever write a book called Zen and the Art of iPhone Maintenance”

Opinion open source design Justin McGuirk
Opinion

“We are not in the midst of a revolution, we are between revolutions”

Justin McGuirk Opinion on Keven Kelly's Cool Tools book
Opinion

“To stick it to The Man, first you have to let him trouser your money”

"Apple and Samsung will have to change their game""Apple and Samsung will have to change their game"
Design Opinion

“Apple and Samsung will have to change their game”

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