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 of a Scandinavian living room at dusk, centered on two nearly identical teddy-fleece sofa.

OMHU's cheaper Tedy sofa dupe weaponizes copy culture—but does parody expose design's problems or normalize stolen authorship?

Editorial photograph inside a Homo Faber exhibition space on San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, with visitors.

Homo Faber in Venice makes craft a radical answer to AI. But can hand-making shape the future without becoming an elite luxury?

Editorial photograph of a Manchester City football shirt displayed on a worktable inside a contemporary sportswear.

Manchester City's new Puma shirt was shaped by a fan and AI. We ask who owns the design when participation becomes automated.

Editorial photograph of a contemporary monolithic beach house in a cleared coastal landscape near Victoria’s Otway.

Otway Beach House turns flame-zone regulations into a formal language, asking whether fire-safe architecture can belong to the landscape.

Editorial photograph of a real-estate agent and a prospective buyer standing in an empty, slightly worn.

AI makes real-estate listings seductive and cheap. But when does digital staging become deception, or housefishing?

Editorial photograph of a dense European city street at early morning, showing a protected cycle lane.

C40 cities have ambitious climate plans. Emissions data reveals which cities are making hard political and infrastructural choices.

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