Author: Lucy Gong

Conceived as a project exploring design as social practice, Deem‘s first issue, Designing For Dignity, reads like a manifesto on the future through the lenses of empathy, collective consciousness, and collaboration. Stephen Burks was in dialogue with two of Deem Journal’s three founders, Marquise Stillwell and Nu Goteh, to better understand their ambitious goals: to […]

Read More… from Design in Dialogue #41: Marquise Stillwell and Nu Goteh (Deem Journal)

Berlin-based impresario Matylda Krzykowski is reinventing the very foundations of design and its curation. Her transdisciplinary, geographically mobile practice includes installations, choreography, TV game shows, theater and many other experimental formats, always undertaken with an eye towards progressive ethics.   Watch the conversation here:   About Design in Dialogue Inaugurated on April 1, 2020, Design […]

Read More… from Design in Dialogue #40: Matylda Krzykowski

Joseph Walsh has established his prolific and inventive design studio in an unusually rustic place: his family’s farm in County Cork, Ireland. In his conversation with Glenn Adamson, Walsh reflected on the experience of building his creative team there, and the ideas behind his beguilingly elaborate and beautifully engineered furniture.   Watch the conversation here: […]

Read More… from Design in Dialogue #39: Joseph Walsh

Lidewij Edelkoort, renowned trend forecaster and curator, has long been at the cutting-edge of design thinking. She shared her often provocative, sometimes counterintuitive, yet always persuasive view of the future – including the new possibilities that the volatile year of 2020 has unleashed.   Watch the conversation here:   About Design in Dialogue Inaugurated on […]

Read More… from Design in Dialogue #37: Lidewij Edelkoort

Gus Casely-Hayford, inaugural director of V&A East, talked about plans for this forthcoming expansion project of the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance. He also explored with us the challenges facing not just his own institution, but the whole cultural sector, as the imperative to reach diverse audiences becomes ever more urgently felt. […]

Read More… from Design in Dialogue #36: Gus Casely-Hayford

Norman Teague is a Chicago-based designer and educator who focuses on the complexity of urbanism and the culture of communities. Our conversation focuses on the ethical dimension of design, particularly the need for raising consciousness about race and diversity both in professional and educational contexts.   Watch the conversation here:   About Design in Dialogue […]

Read More… from Design in Dialogue #35: Norman Teague

Zhu Pei, one of China’s leading architects, has achieved world recognition for his focus on “methods to connect process to product.” He spoke in-depth about his work, focusing particularly on the innovations of his vaulted Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum (2020).   Watch the conversation here:   About Design in Dialogue Inaugurated on April 1, 2020, […]

Read More… from Design in Dialogue #33: Zhu Pei

Craig Wilkins is a leading scholar of African Americans in the field of architecture; his work explores the rich contributions of often-ignored practitioners of color. He shared his insights on the relationship between race and urban space, and creative strategies that he described as ‘hip hop architecture’ – beginning from his observation that ‘in the […]

Read More… from Design in Dialogue #32: Craig Wilkins

Rosanne Somerson, President of the Rhode Island School of Design, explained how one of America’s leading art schools is facing up to the unprecedented challenges of the past months. We also spoke about her own career as a path-breaking furniture maker and designer, and her viewpoint on cutting-edge developments in that field, many of which […]

Read More… from Design in Dialogue #31: Rosanne Somerson

Curator Renny Ramakers has said, “I have always believed in the necessity to reimagine today’s world, to offer alternative perspectives, and in the power of art as a catalyst to create social change.” In this conversation, Ramakers shared insights from her hugely influential career, from the formation of the design collective Droog in the early […]

Read More… from Design in Dialogue #30: Renny Ramakers

Mariana Pestana, an architect and independent curator based in Portugal, spoke about past and future projects, including her work within the collective The Decorators and plans for the forthcoming Istanbul Design Biennial.   Watch the conversation here:   About Design in Dialogue Inaugurated on April 1, 2020, Design in Dialogue is a series of online […]

Read More… from Design in Dialogue #29: Mariana Pestana

Marianne Goebl, currently Managing Director of the Finnish furniture company Artek and formerly director of Design Miami/, highlighted relevant aspects of her company’s modernist history and offered a candid account of her thinking on sustainability and economies of scale.   Watch the conversation here:   About Design in Dialogue Inaugurated on April 1, 2020, Design […]

Read More… from Design in Dialogue #28: Marianne Goebl

Kate Wagner, aka @mcmansionhell, whose witty and perceptive writings on architecture, urban space, and domesticity have earned her a wide following, explored the worst and best of 21st century architecture.   Watch the conversation here:   About Design in Dialogue Inaugurated on April 1, 2020, Design in Dialogue is a series of online interviews hosted […]

Read More… from Design in Dialogue #27: Kate Wagner