Mainifesto — Architecture, Design & AI Perspectives
Independent critical perspectives on architecture, interiors, product design and technology, shaped by human editorial direction and AI-assisted publishing.
A fingertip-walking robotic hand suggests a different smart home: mobile tools, repairable parts and furniture redesigned around safety and control.
Casa POP’s Madrid renovation challenges the nuclear-family floor plan—and asks how homes can fit today’s occupants without trapping tomorrow’s.
Alexandre Arrechea’s basketball-hoop sculpture in Toronto tests whether playable public art can deliver fair access, reliable upkeep and shared space.
Meta’s camera-free Ray-Ban Audio glasses remove the lens, not the consent problem. What should wearables reveal about listening and data processing?
Dallas’s reported AI garbage truck cameras promise efficient enforcement. But who controls the footage, defines a violation, and hears your appeal?
Design Everything’s imagined apartment at Aram asks when inventive reuse becomes an aesthetic excuse for underfunding designers and their labour.
