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Mark Lamster on what Dallas can teach us about the American City
The Pulitzer-winning Dallas Morning News architecture critic thinks Dallas hold lessons for all of us.
How Robin Sloan is using printing to critique this current tech moment
The novelist and “creative industrialist” on manufacturing, AI, and how he's using printing to show another way forward.
Christopher Hawthorne on Punch List and the state of architecture criticism
The architecture critic talks his old job as LA's Chief Design Officer, starting a newsletter, and the untapped audience for architecture writing.
Nicolay Boyadjiev on media and design as inquiry
We catch up with the creative director and strategist to talk about his new role at Antikythera, an r&d lab for the evolution of intelligence.
Charles Saumarez Smith on the dramatic architecture of John Vanbrugh
Saumarez Smith's new biography on 18th century playwright and architect, a favorite of Venturi and Scott-Brown has lessons for today's designers.
Vishaan Chakrabarti on 10 years of PAU
The architect, urbanist, and writer reflects on the first decade of the studio he founded to connect architecture and urban design.
Michael Bierut on the enduring influence of Theo Crosby
A conversation about the Pentagram co-founder on what would have been his 100th birthday.
Julia Watson on the intelligence of water
In the follow-up to her popular book, LO-TEK, the designer and researcher returns with a field guide that blends ancestral wisdom and digital…
Inside Mitch Goldstein’s Studio Practice
The designer, educator, and author reflects on the recent evolution in his work and where it's heading next.
Nat Pyper’s Queer Year of Love Letters
A conversation about using typefaces to connect to the past and how all writing is collaborative.
Scott Klinker’s Life After Cranbrook
After twenty-four years, the director of Cranbrook's Industrial Design program steps down. We caught up with him to hear about what's next.
Eventually Everything Connects: Andrew Satake Blauvelt on mid-century modernism and his ongoing critical project
A new exhibition at the Cranbrook Art Museum expands our definitions of mid-century modern design.
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