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.

The hosts dive into a trio of reports on designing more sustainable cities and touring exhibitions in this episode of The Crit, which features an exclusive interview with Olivier Lacrouts of Studio d-o-t-s.

India Block reports on Citibin, the trash container pilot on the front line of New York City’s war on rats.

Jareh Das interviews Nifemi Marcus-Bello about Africa – A Designer’s Utopia, his project documenting unauthored West African design.

Disegno and the Het Nieuwe Instituut present Design Drafts #1 with this online exclusive from Andrew Pasquier on the festivalisation of nightlife design.

Bulldozers are moving in to Mumbai’s chawls, but plans to replace low-cost, low-rise worker housing with high-density towers could destroy existing communities.