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
Palaces turned luxury transit: can hospitality rescue endangered heritage, or does it privatize history for the few?
Seaweed lights signal a future where decay is a design feature, not a flaw. Can short-lived materials still hold cultural and commercial value?
Why kitsch, retro maximalism, and collector homes are redefining taste, memory, and authenticity in interiors.
Why cabins are split between rustic refuge and panoramic transparency—and what that means for retreat design.
Can deterioration make architecture better? Explore buildings designed to weather, reveal use, and become more humane over time.
Desk accessories are becoming emotional, tactile tools that shape mood, behavior, and office culture. Utility is no longer enough.
Luxury interiors are swapping marble bragging rights for linen, hand towels, and textile rituals that signal taste, care, and social choreography.
Can demolition debris become luxury? Montreal’s stadium roof sparks a fierce debate on reuse, authorship, and material memory.
Texture is overtaking sleek minimalism, turning product design tactile, emotional, and radically functional.
Parametricism reshapes form and efficiency — but does it serve society or capital? A provocative take weighing innovation against neoliberal and sustainability critiques.
