28 February 2017
Episode 281
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We report from Madrid Fashion Week and meet its recently installed director, Charo Izquierdo, and ask if the Spanish capital can ever rival London, Paris or New York. Meanwhile, architecture critic Michael Webb on why we need more apartment buildings and a closer look at a boundary-blurring project from Chilean producer Nicolas Jaar.
28 February 2017
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As a new generation of young Spanish fashion designers take their battle for recognition abroad, many in the industry are beginning to raise their voices about the changes needed at home. We report from Madrid Fashion Week and talk to the event’s new director.
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Designers Jena Myung and Maziyar Pahlevan were recruited by electronic musician Nicolas Jaar to design posters for the 111 semi-fictitious radio stations that comprised his multi-phase online project ‘Network’. As a book is published to mark its culmination, we speak to the team about the intersection of sound and graphic design.
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