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
Air, fog, inflatables, and suspended systems are redefining architecture as temporary, atmospheric, and emotionally responsive.
How productivity culture is shaping architecture, interiors, and daily life—and what design looks like when it resists acceleration.
Daylight is moving from aesthetic preference to measurable standard tied to health, ecology, and resilience in architecture.
Studio closures and indie exits signal a design shift: prestige is moving from empires to agile, authorship-driven practices.
Timber burial markets sell carbon virtue, but the image of forests under bulldozers turns climate accounting into an architectural scandal.
Vitra’s Reset shows how adaptable interiors can be undone, repurposed, and re-entered as a new design standard.
Casa Pinhal points to a future where architecture choreographs ecological immersion, shaping behavior through atmosphere as much as performance.
Intergenerational co-housing could solve loneliness, care and housing—if it doesn’t become a premium lifestyle product.
Case Study Houses promised a universal home. Today, class, identity, and climate expose that ideal as a narrow script.
Root-grown textiles and plant-based lighting signal a new biological timeline in design—where patience, decay, and growth become materials.
