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Francesc Gasch

Francesc Gasch

Founder & Editor, Mainifesto

Founder and Editor of Mainifesto. Barcelona-based designer writing about architecture, design, technology and culture, with responsibility for the publication’s editorial direction and standards.

Articles by Francesc Gasch

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Founder and Editor of Mainifesto. Barcelona-based designer writing about architecture, design, technology and culture, with responsibility for the publication’s editorial direction and standards.

Architecture
Editorial photograph of contemporary apartment housing in Coulsdon, South London, viewed from a public pavement.

Lion Green Road’s Stirling Prize win raises a harder question: do mixed-tenure homes share architectural quality, amenities and maintenance fairly?

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Technology
Staged editorial photograph illustrating yeast-based waste-to-food research in a university food-science laboratory in Carbondale, Illinois..

NASA-backed µBites turns waste into food. Can a 3D-printed cookie earn trust through design, transparent processing and credible safety evidence?

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Architecture
Editorial photograph of a riverside public park in a Brazilian city after heavy rain, muddy floodwater.

Latin America’s floodable parks make inundation a public service. But who guarantees safe evacuation, reliable reopening and somewhere else to play?

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Interiors
Editorial photograph of a modest rented kitchen in a 1920s Topanga cottage, freshly refaced plywood cabinet.

A $1,200 Topanga kitchen makeover asks who benefits when renters improve a home—and why permission alone may not protect their investment.

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Technology
Editorial photograph of a lived-in apartment kitchen at early evening, a slim unbranded household display.

Apple’s HomeView promises less household chaos. But can a smart-home display share domestic responsibility—or just give its manager another dashboard?

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Architecture
Editorial photograph of a modest timber shade structure in a community courtyard in Camden, north London.

Pearce+’s Camden pavilion champions DIY shade. But when does community empowerment become an excuse to offload climate adaptation onto residents?

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Architecture
Editorial photograph of a residential street in District Six, Cape Town, with contemporary low-rise homes, ordinary.

District Six’s 108 restitution homes pose a hard question: how can architecture honour collective memory without prescribing how returning residents live?

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Architecture
Editorial photograph on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue beside Central Park, a sweeping pale museum facade cropped tightly.

Frank Lloyd Wright opposed white paint. Should Guggenheim conservation honour his intentions—or the building generations have learned to recognise?

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Product design
Editorial photograph inside a contemporary homeware showroom at dusk: two unbranded dining chairs with similar curved.

When design brands launch cheaper alternatives to viral dupes, do they democratise good design—or expose how little their originals were worth?

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Architecture
Editorial photograph inside a stone-processing yard supplying architectural sandstone, early morning light cutting through an open-sided.

Forced labour hides inside construction supply chains. What must architects verify—and who should pay when ethical sourcing threatens budgets and deadlines?

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