The Crit #8: Katy Marks
From highlights to lowlights, our new podcast The Crit invites leading designers to reflect on their careers and pass judgement on their own work!
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.
At the end of the episode, to complete their crit, they’ll be asked to give themselves a grade for their career to date: fail, pass, commendation or distinction.
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Our eighth guest on The Crit is Katy Marks, accompanied by show host Oli Stratford.
Episode #8: Katy Marks
For our eighth episode of The Crit, we welcomed architect Katy Marks from Citizens Design Bureau into the studio to explore her passion for designing welcoming and inclusive spaces.
Marks has designed community-led housing and cultural venues such as the Manchester Jewish Museum and Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre, working across new builds and the conservation of listed buildings.
Mark also designed -Unobra, a one cup asymmetrical bra for post-mastectomy bodies, which was informed by her own experiences as a breast cancer survivor.
Listen to the episode to hear Marks review her career to date, from creating a museum that can resonates across different communities to her dream of designing a retreat for cancer patients.
Show Notes: Katy Marks
Best design: Manchester Jewish Museum
Worst design: United Nations project in South Africa
Most successful design: -Unobra
Most impactful feedback: People saying they feel at home in the buildings she designs
Dream design: A retreat for cancer patients
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.