Interviews
Sewage-sampling robots could help eliminate diseases in cities, says MIT architect Carlo Ratti
“Plastic is a design failure” says Parley for the Oceans founder
“Smart technology is a solution looking for a problem,” says Rotterdam Biennale curator
Kram/Weisshaar’s SmartSlab dining table has hidden tech to cook food and chill drinks
Zaha Hadid was “a combination of beauty and strength” says Rem Koolhaas
“Americans are not savvy when it comes to design brands” says Ahalife founder Shauna Mei
Google has had a negative effect on office design, says Jeremy Myerson
Designers turn to film, becoming agents of “mass communication instead of mass production”
Camps like the Jungle are “an important resource for all urban professionals to study”
Kinfolk’s influence on Instagram is “kind of scary” says magazine’s co-founder
David Bowie was “facing his own mortality” with Blackstar album says cover designer
“Architects have a duty to do good things” says Ron Arad
“Design is improving the top line and the bottom line,” says PepsiCo CEO
“We could never recreate Mario Botta’s SFMOMA” says extension architect Craig Dykers of Snøhetta
Design brands must integrate tech into their furniture or disappear, says Greg Lynn
“Zaha stood out from the start” says son of former AA head
High Rise is “not a criticism of post-war architecture” says director Ben Wheatley
“I called Isozaki and woke him up. I didn’t know there was a 13-hour time difference”
Shoes with motorised laces are “totally not a gimmick” says Nike’s Tinker Hatfield
“You need to design office spaces for the next generation” says Haworth’s head of research
Kartell opens first UK flagship in London’s Kensington
OK Go performs in zero-gravity for Upside Down & Inside Out music video
Architects “are never taught the right thing” says 2016 Pritzker laureate Alejandro Aravena
