Interviews
“The Star Wars poster is ultimately a piece of shit” says Stefan Sagmeister
Annabel Karim Kassar’s telescopic pavilions bring a taste of Lebanon to Milan
“America is not a style, America is an idea” says Marc Thorpe
“I don’t think I was a particularly good architect,” says NY lighting designer Bec Brittain
“There’s a huge burst of creativity” in New York says Lindsey Adelman
Hybrids have “changed the constraints” of car design says head of BMW i
EcoLogicStudio transforms cladding system into a bioreactor with Urban Algae Canopy
Designing 400 projects at a time “relaxes me” says Nendo’s Oki Sato
“People have had it with the smells and verrucas from indoor pools” says Thames Baths founder
Lyndon Neri and Alberto Alessi pay tribute to Michael Graves
MINI’s Citysurfer scooter concept anticipates a car-less future for urban areas
“My mission is to elevate cannabis through design” says Megan Stone
Superflux research project imagines London patrolled by a fleet of drones
Moooi’s new photorealistic carpets could give designers “a new kind of freedom”
BIG wants to create new styles of vernacular architecture, says Bjarke Ingels
“Hard shiny surfaces are for the bad guys” says Ex Machina production designer
“Sometimes you can say more by being quiet” says designer of UK’s Milan Expo pavilion
Jaime Hayón uses marble and ceramics to create “fantastical urban landscape” for MINI
Virtual reality will be “more powerful than cocaine”
MINI’s augmented-reality glasses allow drivers to see through the body of their car
Milan’s Salone del Mobile is still “the centre of the furniture design world” says Jasper Morrison
New architecture school aims to change “undervalued and marginalised” profession
Architectural photography was “staged and contrived” before digital, say Hufton and Crow