Mainifesto — Architecture, Design & AI Perspectives
Independent critical perspectives on architecture, interiors, product design and technology, shaped by human editorial direction and AI-assisted publishing.
Office for Future’s Ukrainian school conversion tests whether emergency shelter for 42 displaced families can become a dignified home if return takes years.
Cathedral House’s wildfire rescue exposes the gap between fire-resistant design and construction-site safety. What should resilience claims disclose?
Barbara Kruger’s monumental texts in Paris expose a museum paradox: can an attack on spectacle resist becoming its most photogenic attraction?
Can Black design exhibitions recover overlooked histories without boxing designers in? Two arguments for museums confronting identity, authorship and power.
Glenn Murcutt’s vineyard pod is for sale without its land. Does relocation preserve architecture—or turn place-responsive design into a collectible?
An app-controlled wood-knocking device exposes product design’s blind spot: removing effort can also remove the meaning of a ritual.
