Stories
Sugar/No-Sugar
For Design Reviewed #3, Oli Stratford dives into the world of soft drink branding and redesigns, and the rise of zero-sugar formulations.
No Fidget Spinners
For Design Reviewed #2 Adrienne Brown takes part in a Mobile Makers workshop and reflects on the radical potential of breaking down barriers to entry into design.
Beyond The Pursuit of El Dorado
Simón Ballen Botero returns to Medelin in search of a newly designed relationship with Colombia’s ecosystems for Design Reviewed #2.
Seeing Through the Hype
Natalie Kane took a good long look through a pair of NReal Air spectacles to examine the hype around AR and technology for Design Reviewed #2.
Death is in the Air
With Hollywood beset my movies about design, manufacture and marketing, Design Reviewed #2 invited Michael David Mitchell to review Air, the story of Nike’s breakthrough sneaker, and explore what lies beneath our 80s nostalgia.
Building Instructions
For Design Reviewed #2, Takt’s flat-pack furniture, designed to be perpetually repaired, is put to the test by a self-confessed fan of building manuals.
Waste Not, Want Not
For Design Reviewed #2, Nathan Ma meets with Hella Jongerius amongst the faded lustre of porcelain.
Pitch Dreams
For Design Reviewed #2, Lara Chapman talked tactics with Assemble’s plans to open up football pitches to more women and non-binary players.
In Praise of Public Toilets
For Design Reviewed #2, Piti Koshimura tours the public facilities of the Tokyo Toilet Project, raising questions about the social value of readily accessible bathrooms.
Time for a Change
For Design Reviewed #2, Ann Morgan trials a shift in her parenting approach with the introduction of Sumo, Luisa Kahlfeldt’s design for a reusable nappy.
Aggregate: A Composite Account
The design of bricks made out of construction waste, as told by the architects, scientists and designers working to make materials more sensitive to their local and environmental context.
A Matter of Colour
Rado’s head of research and development discusses the challenges of executing Le Corbusier’s colours in high-tech ceramic.
Chairing the Woman’s Role
Ella Bulley shapes new narratives about women’s roles and the representation of their bodies through a family of three wooden chairs.
Seeing Through the Walls of Silicon Valley
Claude Dutson employs technology to snoop around the secretive headquarters of Silicon Valley, probing the methodological limits of proprietary architecture.
Economies of Objects
Michael Snyder visits industrial designer Fabien Cappello’s studio in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he collaborates with a local hojalata workshop to create handcrafted tin objects for the home.
Design is Happening
Jareh Das interviews Nifemi Marcus-Bello about Africa – A Designer’s Utopia, his project documenting unauthored West African design.
Borderline Production
For Design Reviewed #1, Lily Wakeley enters the Chihuahuan desert, where questions over production of the spirit sotol get to the heart of cross-border identities and spatial politics.