An editorial series interrogating the problems plaguing architecture and design, from difficult working conditions to ethical dilemmas.
To round off our Performance Review series, we asked leading architects and designers for their words of wisdom, including Daniel Libeskind, Sabine Marcelis and Lina Ghotmeh. More about Twelve top architects and designers share advice for the younger generation
In order to save architecture the prevailing approach to architecture education must be allowed to die, writes Harriet Harriss as part of our Performance Review series. More about Five ways that architecture education needs to change
With entry-level design jobs receiving hundreds of applications per opening, Cajsa Carlson explores whether there's simply an oversupply of aspiring designers as part of our Performance Review series. More about Are there too many designers?
It's time to recognise that design's status as a force for social change was only ever a blip and instead embrace its role as applied art, writes John Jervis as part of our Performance Review series. More about "Industrial design should have dropped its messianic claims long ago"
Increasing numbers of architects and designers are moving into UX design in search of better pay and working conditions, we report as part of our Performance Review series. More about Architects and designers moving into UX, say recruiters
Ailing design education is leaving graduates unprepared for the realities of industry and saddled with debt, established designers have warned as part of our Performance Review series. More about Quality of design education "lower than it was" say designers
Architects must get over their aversion to the business side of practice, writes Gareth Stapleton as part of our Performance Review series. More about "Too many architects wear their ignorance of finance as if it were a mark of purity"
Making it as a designer is tough. For our Performance Review series, Dezeen asked 12 successful designers to explain candidly how they got their break, including Philippe Starck, Inga Sempé and Formafantasma. More about Twelve top designers tell us how they made it
Next our Performance Review series turns the spotlight on design. Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser sets out 10 ways that the industry is dysfunctional. More about Everything that's going wrong with design
Low fees are a constant source of frustration for architects. As part of our Performance Review of the profession, Nat Barker delves into the issue. More about How architecture fees got so low
As part of our Performance Review series, Edwin Heathcote sets out 12 key problems facing the architecture profession. More about Everything that's going wrong with architecture
With design and architecture seemingly in crisis, our Performance Review editorial series will interrogate the multitude of issues plaguing the industry. More about Design and architecture are overdue for a Performance Review