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Latest Episodes
Coffee with David Chipperfield
We check in with David Chipperfield to talk coffee pots and ask how the right kind of design can help combat our obsession with consumerism. Plus: are designers under constant pressure to innovate?
Extra: Why go to the Milan Furniture Fair?
Salone Del Mobile is one of the biggest dates in the design diary but why do so many people flock to the city?
Salone del Mobile 2019
Patricia Urquiola mulls over the Milan furniture fair and Robert Bound muses on the art of the meet-and-greet. Plus: creative director of Firmdale Hotels and homewares designer Kit Kemp talks to Josh Fehnert about her winsome new book.
Extra: Japan’s 2020 vision
The countdown to Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics has already begun. And as Japan unveils the designs commissioned for the event, one question arises: what can good design do for a country’s image?
Why craft matters
The intersection of craft and utility at the inaugural Harewood House biennial and the opening of retailer Galeries Lafayette’s latest space in Paris.
Extra: LA’s Sixth Street Viaduct
The Sixth Street Viaduct, best known as a drag-race hotspot from films such as ‘Grease’ and ‘Drive’, is about to get a new look as part of a $450m regeneration project.
Architecture and the silver screen
We’re in Tinseltown for the Architecture and Design Film Festival. Josh Fehnert talks to founder Kyle Bergman and Los Angeles’ chief design officer and filmmaker Christopher Hawthorne about the city’s sometimes uneasy relationship with its own buildings.
Extra: Future bridge-builders
Bridges have long bound our societies together. But in recent years their role in our cities has changed and they’re reinvigorating urban life. We examine how a simple feat of engineering becomes an engaging public space.
The quiet architect: Kevin Roche
The Irish-born Pritzker prize-winning architect Kevin Roche died this month at the age of 96. We revisit his lifetime of achievements in a feature-length interview with the maestro recorded in 2016.
Extra: Best brew: Bialetti’s Moka pot
After suffering bad debts, Italian product manufacturer Bialetti hopes the Moka pot can perk up its future.