Mainifesto — Architecture, Design & AI Perspectives
Independent critical perspectives on architecture, interiors, product design and technology, shaped by human editorial direction and AI-assisted publishing.
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.
Fresh Kills’ transformation into parkland exposes a hard question: can public space repair a waste landscape without burying its environmental obligations?
Neom Stadium’s reported shelving exposes a World Cup planning gap. Should megaprojects require fallback venues, phased investment and exit plans?
Tokyo’s Yaesu Daibiru redevelopment asks whether Togo Murano’s ideas can survive replacement—and what architectural inheritance leaves behind.
