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Latest Episodes
What’s next for Notre Dame?
Tears fell as the spire of Paris’s most famous cathedral crumbled – but should Notre Dame be rebuilt as it was? Josh Fehnert asks professor Alan Dunlop whether it’s best to reuse or redo. Plus: our verdict on the TWA hotel in New York and a word with Maruni art…
Restoring Cuba
Havana celebrates its 500th birthday this year and some of its buildings are beginning to show their age. Restoration and reuse are proving challenging – but also rewarding, as Lucinda Elliott reports. Plus a word with the CEO of Rapt Studio and a Victorian renovation project in London.
Book covers: turning the page
We find out from our favourite designers what makes a book fly off the shelves and Josh Fehnert and Chiara Rimella ask if it’s okay to judge books by their covers. Plus: EU election logos and how design influences the ballots.
Cities of the future
What will our cities look like in 2050? We ask an architect and urban planner to answer just that. Plus: a listed building comes of age in London, and part one of our series on office furniture and the changing world of the workplace.
Drawing conclusions
We look at the unusual history of architectural drawings and debate the advantages of putting pencil to paper with architect Sam Jacob. Plus: architect Piero Lissoni on his new showroom for De Padova and a postcard from Toronto.
Making a mark in Hong Kong: Henry Steiner
We talk graphic design with the Viennese émigré behind some of Hong Kong’s best-known corporate logos. Plus: we’re up early to explore London’s best furniture market.
Looking tasty: food-packaging special
What makes food and drink packaging stand out? To answer the question we speak to London-based Here Design, who share their thoughts on pattern, typography and why we need to stop saying the word “artisan”. Plus: Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum on life in Dhaka.
Meeting Elizabeth Diller
Elizabeth Diller of Diller Scofidio + Renfro on her early career, why she nearly became a dentist and opening New York’s most anticipated arts venue, The Shed.
Coffee with David Chipperfield
We check in with David Chipperfield to talk coffee pots and ask how the right kind of design can help combat our obsession with consumerism. Plus: are designers under constant pressure to innovate?
Salone del Mobile 2019
Patricia Urquiola mulls over the Milan furniture fair and Robert Bound muses on the art of the meet-and-greet. Plus: creative director of Firmdale Hotels and homewares designer Kit Kemp talks to Josh Fehnert about her winsome new book.
