Mainifesto — Architecture, Design & AI Perspectives
Independent critical perspectives on architecture, interiors, product design and technology, shaped by human editorial direction and AI-assisted publishing.
Low entry-level architecture pay makes family wealth an unofficial qualification. What does that exclusion mean for the buildings we all inhabit?
MANERA’s U-shaped Store turns a central void into an ethical test: when does designing for children’s curiosity become designing for sales?
ecoLogicStudio’s living systems challenge sterile interiors. What evidence, containment and maintenance make microbial architecture worth trusting?
Aedas’s new Shenzhen–Hong Kong gateway raises a harder design question: can border architecture value dignity as much as speed?
Gluck+’s Sunnyside Studios tests urban density against the real demands of filmmaking: acoustic separation, freight movement and simultaneous production.
Design-led speculative houses promise an escape from blandness. But which architectural choices support real life, and which merely sell the listing?
