Interviews
V&A Dundee is “a conversation between nature and artefact” says Kengo Kuma
“We have done cutting-edge things that people didn’t see coming” says IKEA’s Marcus Engman
“Every interpretation is legitimate, even the most critical” says Christo of his artworks
“I don’t feel I am a fashion designer” says Margaret Howell
“We were doomed for failure in the eyes of the architectural community” says Skyscraper movie designer
“Designers aren’t taking responsibility” says Stella McCartney
“We face identical problems to people building a skyscraper” says Christo
Studio Drift hopes to inspire “a positive version of the future” with first major retrospective
Chinese designers are “developing their own language” say Neri&Hu
Hardly anyone can name more than one female architect, says director of new movie about women that built New York
Sharjah Architecture Triennial will seek to overturn “orientalist cliches”
Architects can make a big impact “at a very small scale” say Grafton Architects founders
”Mick Jagger is incredibly well informed” about design says Rolling Stones stage architect
Secret Cinema has created a new way to experience film, says founder Fabien Riggall
“I was so poor and I had no studio” says Christo. “I started working with little tin cans of paint”
“Retail is not dead, but boring retail is dead” according to Nike
Culture “is now used just to promote” says Olafur Eliasson
Luxembourg Pavilion calls for architects to “give more space to the public” by building on stilts
Björk explains designs of “magically utopian” sets and costumes
“We need to become better at explaining the power of architecture” says new AA director
“There is no innovation without sustainability” says Nike’s chief operating officer
“It takes 40 or 50 years to update an industrial landscape. We want to speed that up,” says Sidewalk Labs urban planner
Forensic Architecture has “mixed feelings” about Turner Prize nomination in week of setbacks
