Mainifesto - Luxury Retail Now Sells Belonging - hero

Hermès’ Bond Street expansion shows flagship stores selling emotional belonging, not just goods—and the luxury myth behind it.

Mainifesto - World Cup Fan Zones Reshape Civic Space - hero

How 2026 World Cup fan zones, plazas, and screens are testing whether civic space can survive after the spectacle leaves.

Mainifesto - Hybrid Towers: Preserving Heritage, Building Up - hero

Shanghai’s Jing'An Investment Center shows how towers now swallow heritage into density. Smart compromise—or polished urban branding?

Mainifesto - ZHA and the End of the Founder Name - hero

Zaha Hadid Architects becomes ZHA—what the rename reveals about authorship, legacy, and institutional continuity in architecture.

Mainifesto - Can a Drone Show Become Public Architecture? - hero

Taipei’s drone exhibition turns the skyline into a temporary civic screen—wonder, commerce, airspace, and urban memory collide.

Mainifesto - Sophie Ebrard and the Ethics of Bullfighting - hero

Sophie Ebrard frames bullfighting as evidence and complicity, forcing photography to confront ritual, violence, and moral spectatorship.

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