The Crit #11: Ilse Crawford
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Every fortnight, Disegno’s editor-in-chief Oli Stratford sits down with a leading designer to speak about their career and help them to interrogate their own practice. Each episode, they’ll tell us what worked best; what failed; what pushed their career to new heights; what feedback most shaped their practice; and what they feel needs to be redesigned.
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Our eleventh guest on The Crit is Ilse Crawford, accompanied by show host Oli Stratford.
Episode #11: Ilse Crawford
For our eleventh episode of The Crit we welcomed designer, teacher and creative director Ilse Crawford into the studio for a discussion about creating spaces that promote health and wellbeing.
Crawford is the founder of Studioilse, a collective of architects, designers journalists and filmmakers, and her projects range from designing interiors for luxury hotels and airport lounges to mental health centres and community kitchens.
By designing robust systems and taking into account the psychology and physiology of a space, Crawford aims to integrate measurable values such as increased quality and revenue alongside unmeasurable values including communicating care, trust, and generosity.
Listen to the episode to hear Crawford review her career to date, from reflecting on the importance of the client-designer relationship to sharing her dream of designing care homes.
Show Notes: Ilse Crawford
Best design: Sinnerlig lamp for Ikea or Ett Hem
Worst design: The Anna Freud Centre
Most successful design: Cathay Pacific lounges
Most impactful feedback: A user of the Refettorio Felix community kitchen saying that the space's beauty showed that someone cares
Dream design: Care homes
This episode of The Crit was recorded at Uncommon Holborn.
The Crit’s graphics were created by Leonhard Rothmoser.
The Crit’s music was created by Yuri Suzuki and Team Suzuki.