Interviews
Leading architects are “turning the focus back on bamboo”
Bamboo “becoming increasingly popular” in Chinese architecture
Aedas dumps UK business to focus on “high-density urban high-rise”
Food is “the most important material in the world” says Marije Vogelzang
ScanLAB and Vivienne Westwood collaborate on first laser-scanned photoshoot
“Everyone is becoming an expert in image-making” says photographer Cristobal Palma
Cedric Price is “like Marcel Duchamp” says Hans Ulrich Obrist
Belgian Pavilion at Venice biennale exhibits components of modern domestic interiors
Within ten years “everything will have data in it”, says Nest CEO
“All the design companies together make 10% of what Ikea makes,” says Vitra’s Rolf Fehlbaum
Virtual reality headsets create “pastoral” illusion for battery-farmed chickens
“Not all design is for the general good,” says MoMA’s Paola Antonelli
Dezeen Book of Interviews
Bamboo “will replace other materials” in architecture says Vo Trong Nghia
Bottle watch is based on “graphic folly that intrigued me” says Sam Hecht
Heydar Aliyev Center was “an incredibly ambitious project” says Zaha Hadid
Fogo Island projects were “an opportunity to use architecture to preserve tradition”
Architects and designers “don’t have a clue about fashion” says Marc Newson
The crash was “very healthy” for collectible design, says Design Miami’s Rodman Primack
“There’s not much innovation” in Italian furniture design says Discipline’s Renato Preti
Campana brothers “would have disappeared” without Massimo Morozzi
Snøhetta architect says 9/11 attacks led to “a reawakening of architecture in New York”
Brain-scanning devices will revolutionise advertising, says wearable tech chief