Mainifesto — Architecture, Design & AI Perspectives

Independent critical perspectives on architecture, interiors, product design and technology, shaped by human editorial direction and AI-assisted publishing.

Editorial photograph inside a European fashion distribution warehouse, long rails of unsold wool coats and boxed.

The EU’s unsold fashion destruction ban tackles disposal, not overproduction. Can repair, alteration and resale change the economics of excess?

Editorial architectural photograph of a small automated library enclosure in Miami after evening rain, a geometric.

Miami’s hurricane-resistant automated library expands access. But does 24-hour borrowing strengthen public service—or excuse withdrawing librarians?

Editorial photograph of a contemporary apartment entrance at dusk, a resident turning a mechanical key beside.

An offline habitability standard could make doors, heating and lighting work without cloud services—and make disconnection a right, not a luxury.

Editorial photograph inside a London architectural research studio at dusk. A historian compares a reproduction.

AI can bring unbuilt architecture into public view—or turn conjecture into history. Wren’s unrealised cathedral reveals what responsible images must disclose.

Editorial photograph of repairable true-wireless earbuds on a product designer’s workbench, one battery compartment open beside.

Repairable Fairbuds challenge disposable audio. Can designers balance replaceable batteries, comfort and moisture protection without compromising performance?

Editorial photograph along Geelong’s Corio Bay waterfront, Victoria, looking toward an existing working pier without emphasising.

SOM’s Cunningham Pier proposal tests whether luxury investment can deliver a genuinely public waterfront—or just a promenade designed to sell.

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