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On Design 14: What can Antwerp teach us about fashion?
From the ‘Antwerp Six’ to Demna Gvasalia, the Antwerp Fashion Academy has produced some of the best international design talent of the past 30 years. So what makes this pedagogical powerhouse so special?
Singapore special: design in the little red dot
This week we’re in Singapore to discover what the Lion City can teach the world about doing a lot with a little in the fields of fashion, architecture, product design and city-building.
On Design 13: Who is Álvaro Siza?
We explore the life and career of Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza. During six decades of work Siza’s style has come to encompass the optimism of the post-Salazar years and speaks volumes about Portugal’s soft-power pull today.
Section D Live
This week we bring you a very special edition of ‘Section D’ recorded live from Midori House in London’s Marylebone. Typographer and designer Erik Spiekermann, ‘Disegno’ founder and V&A curator Johanna Agerman Ross and architecture critic Peter Murray join host Josh Fehnert to reflect on their careers, consider London’s status…
On Design 12: To build or not to build?
Most architects influence their discipline by completing iconic projects but others, such as Superstudio, make their mark despite leaving no building behind. We meet the 1960s avant garde Italian collective that made architectural history working with utopias and not bricks.
Autumn’s design delights
We usher in Autumn with a global survey of what’s going on in the worlds of design and architecture.
On Design 11: Why have architecture competitions?
Many of the world’s most important buildings are the result of architecture competitions. But those same events are often politically fraught – and critics say they’re a waste architects’ time and energy. So is the competition really the best mechanism for commissioning building designs?
Against the grain
Wood may be one of the oldest design materials but it’s still being used creative by designers and architects today. We find out how.
On Design 10: What did the German architect say to the Turkish one?
This week our Istanbul bureau chief delves into the long-standing (if at times strained) relationship between Germany and Turkey. We see how some Turkish homes still bear the mark of visiting German guest workers and learn what this says about the two countries today.
London Design Festival: The highlights
Britain may have opted to leave Europe this summer but there’s a global feel to the London Design Festival. We drop into a few choice exhibitions from the 400 or so events that unfolded here last week, speak to designer Marcel Wanders and find out why architect Asif Khan and…
