The Crit takes the best design stories from around the world, pulls them apart, and looks at what’s really going on underneath.
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Following a discussion of the sudden flurry of product design in cinema, this episode of The Crit sees the co-hosts unpack the unsettling allegations made against top architect David Adjaye, give their first impressions of Meta's new social media platform Threads, and discuss the opening of Young V&A, a museum revamp that's been overshadowed by the removal of LGBTQ+ content. This month's exclusive interview takes the form of a conversation with Paul Simmons, co-founder of Timorous Beasties, about pushing the technical boundaries of wall coverings.
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In this edition of The Crit hosts Oli Stratford and India Block discuss notable moments during Milan Design Week 2023.
This episode was recorded at Convene, 22 Bishopsgate. Thank you to everyone at Convene for their kind support. If you’d like to find out more about Convene’s workplaces in London and further afield simply visit convene.com.
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A special episode sees The Crit travel to the Eden Project in Cornwall to meet artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, whose Pollinator Pathmaker project explores interspecies design and questions whether creative practice can make things better, and for whom?
[Featuring sound design from Nick Ryan]
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This month on the Crit, Disegno's deputy editor India Block and editor-in-chief Oli Stratford discuss David Adjaye's hospitals for Ghana; OnlyFans’s banking woes; Sou Fujimoto’s pollution-funnelling Thousand Trees project; the uncertain future facing California’s gig economy workers as Proposition 22 is struck down; and a whole host of recent product and project releases, not least Yuri Suzuki’s Sonic Bloom installation.
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Join show hosts Oli Stratford and Johanna Agerman Ross as they explore the design elements behind the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics; Phyllida Barlow’s new sculpture for Highgate Cemetery; Samuel Ross’s 2021 Black British and POC artist grants; the second edition of the Where Are the Black Designers? annual conference; Virgil Abloh’s promotion at LVMH; and the return of Phoebe Philo.
The month the show also features a long-form interview with David Rockwell, founder of the new York-based architecture practice Rockwell Group, speaking about his new book Drama and why architecture has much to learn from the impermanence of set design.
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The 10th episode of The Crit heralds reflections on David Rockwell's Oscars set; Herman Miller's merger with Knoll; fond memories of Alber Elbaz; two Brit awards from Yinka Ilori and Es Devlin; as well as projects and products from the Design Museum, Moooi, Pearson Llyod and Svenskt Tenn.
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This week our hosts discuss the Design Museum’s Designs of the Year; the changing future of Amazon; protest tunnels; USM’s planters; Nike’s hands-free shoes; and a new exhibition by Marcin Rusak.
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En liten tjänst av I'm With Friends. Finns även på engelska.