Interviews
Rem Koolhaas “doesn’t respond well to having a lens shoved in his face” says his movie-maker son
New UK passport “likely to become a defining symbol of Britain’s new identity”
Brazil’s dictatorship caused lasting damage to architecture education, says Paulo Mendes da Rocha
“Seriousness” dominates Designs of the Year as nominees respond to global events
New York’s latest skyscrapers are “disrespectful to the whole city” says Richard Meier
“I was not completely surprised when Trump won” says Rem Koolhaas
London needs to address its profit-and-loss skyline, says Antony Gormley
“Design is about form and art is more about ideas” says David Shrigley
New York’s supertall towers “damage the city fabric” says Elizabeth Diller
Italian design needs to go back to its origins, says Cappellini
UNHCR teams up with MIT’s D-Lab to overhaul “very top-down” refugee design strategy
“Design is always political” says What Design Can Do founder
“Simplicity is the key to excellence” says Dieter Rams
BMW working with psychologists to help robot cars befriend passengers
David Adjaye “embarrassed as a male” that women still need to fight for gender equality
“I feel embarrassed by some of my buildings” says Kengo Kuma
IKEA Foundation CEO says adapting refugee shelter is “like playing with Lego”
“I threw more than 200 prototypes out of a bathroom window” says G-Shock inventor
“Design has gone viral, but design community is stranded” say Istanbul Design Biennial curators
Dalí was “the most exciting and clever person I’ve met” says collaborator Oscar Tusquets Blanca
“I grew up in a hot-rod culture” says Tom Kundig
“Above all, design has to be comfortable” says Soho House founder Nick Jones
Brexit could be “like a heart attack” for UK design firms says consultant
