Ilse Crawford

Designer and educator Ilse Crawford stops by the studio to talk about her work creating products and spaces centred around communication, material provenance and wellbeing: a concept focused on creating healthy systems and understanding the psychology and physiology of space. The founder of the Studioilse collective of architects, designers journalists and filmmakers, Ilse speaks about the importance of the client-designer relationship, and the potential of the design field to integrate measurable values such as increased quality and revenue, alongside unmeasurable values including communicating care, trust, and generosity.

Ilse's picks for her crit were:

Best design: Sinnerlig lamp for Ikea or Ett Hem

Worst design: The Anna Freud Centre

Most successful design: Cathay Pacific business lounge

Most impactful feedback: A user of the Refettorio Felix community kitchen saying that the space's beauty showed that someone cares

Dream design: Care homes

The Crit

Graphics: Leonhard Rothmoser

Music: Yuri Suzuki and Team Suzuki

This episode of The Crit was recorded at Uncommon Holborn

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