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
Midgard’s repairable lighting exposes the real longevity challenge: keeping spare parts, skilled labour and technical knowledge available across generations.
Formafantasma joins Santa Maria Novella. Can critical design research change luxury products, or will hidden histories become premium marketing?
MoMA’s Full Disclosure puts AI-generated memories inside information design. Can designers preserve emotional meaning without manufacturing evidence?
Stanton Williams brings girls’ boarding houses into Winchester’s historic fabric. But does architectural belonging deliver equality—or preserve old rules?
An AI course and competition developed with the Antoni Gaudí Foundation raises a hard question: should architectural training reward images or buildable logic?
Dayun Landison Manor’s 360-metre walkway deserves scrutiny beyond its form: what happened to the village, its residents and access to the land?
Meadow’s minimalist phone challenges endless scrolling. But banking, tickets and authentication expose who really gets to decide which apps are essential.
Air-conditioned malls and walkways offer refuge from urban heat. But who controls public life when the coolest route runs through private property?
Harvard’s waste-wool cladding makes a circular promise. Fire tests, wet winters and installed costs will decide whether retrofit owners can trust it.
Tallinn Design Festival asks what product design should become. Could repair, maintenance and retirement displace the launch—and who would pay?
