Interviews
“Plastic is a design failure” says Parley for the Oceans founder
“Design is improving the top line and the bottom line,” says PepsiCo CEO
Kram/Weisshaar’s SmartSlab dining table has hidden tech to cook food and chill drinks
Design brands must integrate tech into their furniture or disappear, says Greg Lynn
“Americans are not savvy when it comes to design brands” says Ahalife founder Shauna Mei
High Rise is “not a criticism of post-war architecture” says director Ben Wheatley
Designers turn to film, becoming agents of “mass communication instead of mass production”
Shoes with motorised laces are “totally not a gimmick” says Nike’s Tinker Hatfield
Kinfolk’s influence on Instagram is “kind of scary” says magazine’s co-founder
Kartell opens first UK flagship in London’s Kensington
“Architects have a duty to do good things” says Ron Arad
Architects “are never taught the right thing” says 2016 Pritzker laureate Alejandro Aravena
“We could never recreate Mario Botta’s SFMOMA” says extension architect Craig Dykers of Snøhetta
“Smart technology is a solution looking for a problem,” says Rotterdam Biennale curator
“Zaha stood out from the start” says son of former AA head
Zaha Hadid was “a combination of beauty and strength” says Rem Koolhaas
“I called Isozaki and woke him up. I didn’t know there was a 13-hour time difference”
Google has had a negative effect on office design, says Jeremy Myerson
“You need to design office spaces for the next generation” says Haworth’s head of research
Camps like the Jungle are “an important resource for all urban professionals to study”
OK Go performs in zero-gravity for Upside Down & Inside Out music video
David Bowie was “facing his own mortality” with Blackstar album says cover designer
Designers as architects debate is “f*cking opposite” of open-minded creativity says Wanders
