The Crit #15: Garden Via Algorithm
November is nearly over, but the news cycle is only getting faster. Here to help you digest it is the latest episode of The Crit, resplendent with analysis and discussion from around the world of design.
For episode #15 our hosts speculate over Apple’s DIY repair kits; bid farewell to Foster + Partners’ doomed project The Tulip; welcome the awarding of the Soane Medal to Marina Tabassum; recoil in horror over billionaire Charles Munger’s attempt at a social experiment student accommodation; and tease Disegno #31 with a sneak preview of the opening of M+ in Hong Kong, and Shellworks’ bacteria-based packaging.
There are also discussions of Daisy Ginsburg’s AI-designed garden for bees; Laufen’s trendy digital showroom; a new kind of TV from MAP Project Office; 3D-printed desk objects from Bene; and a field-to-furnishings cow leather tracker via Frederica.
If all the talk about Disegno #31 whets your appetite then you can (literally) read all about it when the issue hits the shelves later this week – you can pre-order your copy here.
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Show Notes: Ep.15 ‘Garden Via Algorithm
Apple repair kits – 2:00
The Tulip – 6:57
Soane Medal – 13:05
Munger Hall – 14:25
Disegno 31 – 19:37
M+ – 19:46
Shellworks – 28:36
Project: Pollinator Pathmaker – 34:54
Project: Laufen Virtual Space – 38:50
Product: Glass by MAP Project Office – 41:40
Product: bFRIENDS by Pearson Lloyd for Bene – 45:11
Project: Federica x SPOOR – 47:01
Credits
All music for The Crit has been created by Yuri Suzuki and Team Suzuki (Adam Cheong-MacLeod and Charlie Carroll) at Pentagram, and our logo was designed by Leonhard Rothmoser.