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  • FAT architects announce studio closure

    News: London architecture office FAT has announced that it will shut down its studio next summer, after "exploring the potential of the projects as much as possible". More

    Amy Frearson | 16 December 2013 | 17 comments
  • "Christmas decorations are winter as skeuomorphism"

    Opinion: Sam Jacob argues that as climate change pushes the reality of winter further from the idealised version that appears in Christmas decorations, they begin to represent "a hangover of a vanishing idea remade through other technologies." More

    Sam Jacob | 28 November 2013 | 8 comments
  • "It's time to refigure the design problem of the London street"

    Opinion: as a sixth cyclist dies in London in two weeks, Sam Jacob argues that roads should be designed "in a way that incorporates intelligence as well as brute engineering" and asks:" "Who is the city for?" More

    Sam Jacob | 18 November 2013 | 6 comments
  • "The history of human culture is written not in text but in objects"

    Opinion: in his latest Opinion column, Sam Jacob argues that objects tell us more about ourselves than literature or imagery and sets out his manifesto for "a culture of design informed by archeology and anthropology". More

    Sam Jacob | 31 October 2013 | 10 comments
  • "The digital is a lens through which we can view the entire history of design"

    Opinion: in his latest column, Sam Jacob argues that hyper-realistic environments created by digital games like The Room give us a new perspective on the history of design. More

    Sam Jacob | 3 October 2013 | 1 comment
  • "The beach is part of the same landscape as the city"

    Opinion: after returning from a two-week break, Sam Jacob reflects on the phenomenon of the modern beach holiday and argues that it is just as artificial as everyday working life in the city.  More

    Sam Jacob | 5 September 2013 | 8 comments
  • "We are surrounded by zombie architecture"

    Opinion: Sam Jacob argues against the resurrection of Crystal Palace in London and urges us to "resist the pull of loss and nostalgia". More

    Sam Jacob | 1 August 2013 | 17 comments
  • "Protest by way of marketing prevents us achieving anything"

    Opinion: in this week's column Sam Jacob argues against what he calls PRotest, proposing that new forms of outcry through marketing and the media are confusing and "only make us more alienated". More

    Sam Jacob | 27 July 2013 | 5 comments
  • "Cute nostalgia sits strangely with Brutalism"

    Opinion: Sam Jacob ponders the paradox of solid, concrete Brutalist architecture printed onto soft furnishings in this week's column. More

    Sam Jacob | 11 July 2013 | 8 comments
  • "Cities are being redrawn according to Google's world view"

    Opinion: in the second of two columns exploring the impact of digital culture on design, Sam Jacob looks at how Google Maps is reshaping cities while Apple, Facebook and Amazon are reshaping the natural landscape by building their own headquarters as self-contained ecosystems. More

    Sam Jacob | 21 June 2013 | 2 comments
  • "Prism is the dark side of design thinking"

    Opinion: in the first of two columns about the impact of digital culture on design, Sam Jacob asks what America's Prism surveillance program tells us about design thinking. More

    Sam Jacob | 13 June 2013 | 4 comments
  • "There's no fun, no risk and no imagination in luxury design"

    Opinion: instead of serving up "mundane and predictable" cliches, the world of luxury design should be tempting us with things we never knew we wanted, argues Sam Jacob in his latest column. More

    Sam Jacob | 30 May 2013 | 12 comments
  • "The Hot Dog Stuffed Crust Pizza is a product of the zeitgeist"

    Opinion: a pizza crust stuffed with a hot dog could be the ultimate expression of contemporary design culture, suggests Sam Jacob in this week's opinion column. More

    Sam Jacob | 16 May 2013 | 11 comments
  • "Money acts as a piece of national pageantry"

    Opinion: as the Bank of England unveils the design of its new £5 note, Sam Jacob ponders the historic and cultural symbolism of money in this week's opinion column. More

    Sam Jacob | 2 May 2013 | 9 comments
  • "Extending copyright for design condemns us to mid-century modernism"

    Opinion: in his latest Opinion column, Sam Jacob argues that the UK government's plans to extend the copyright term for design "protect existing interests instead of promoting innovation". More

    Sam Jacob | 4 April 2013 | 13 comments
  • "There’s no column in the spreadsheet for ideology"

    Opinion: in this week's column, Sam Jacob argues that great architecture can't be evaluated in terms of money or cultural entertainment, but must "speak directly to ideology and love". More

    Sam Jacob | 21 March 2013 | 7 comments
  • "Unboxing videos represent a form of design criticism"

    Opinion: in this week's column, Sam Jacob explains why YouTube movies of consumers ritualistically unpacking their purchases "bring a sharp eye to the designed world". More

    Sam Jacob | 7 March 2013 | 6 comments
  • "Offices designed as fun palaces are fundamentally sinister"

    Opinion: in this week's column, Sam Jacob calls for an end to the "tyranny of fun" in office design. More

    Sam Jacob | 28 February 2013 | 21 comments
  • "We can't draft a new world and print it out"

    Opinion: in this week's column, Sam Jacob argues that instead of liberating us, 3D printing will merely "bind us even more closely to fewer and fewer corporations". More

    Sam Jacob | 7 February 2013 | 28 comments
  • "How can culture exist in a stream of Photoshopped incontinence?"

    Opinion: in the first of his bi-weekly columns for our new Opinion section, Sam Jacob describes the way that sites like Dezeen have unleashed a "design tsunami" and discusses how "the endless spewing of design imagery" is affecting design culture. More

    Sam Jacob | 24 January 2013 | 35 comments
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