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
Sensors promise safer aging in place, but they also normalize surveillance. Is the smart home care—or controlled living?
UT Austin's water-harvesting jacket turns clothing into survival tech—and raises hard questions about premiumizing basic needs.
Hospice New Zealand’s Dying Reviews turns end-of-life care into a public service test. Brilliant accountability or dangerous simplification?
Reclaimed tiles, recycled ceramics, and dismantlable brick systems are turning circular construction into architecture’s new status language.
Sterlin L Mosley argues AI exposes taste as style-management. Is strategy now more valuable than beauty in design?
Bangkok’s recyclable ribbon canopy argues for lightweight shade as civic infrastructure in cities battling heat, congestion, and change.
Cladding is not just finish: it exposes how local fabrication, logistics and cost pressure reshape architectural intent.
Climate infrastructure is shedding its industrial disguise. A baobab-inspired energy resort in Madagascar asks if adaptation can be desirable.
Coffee shells, e-waste and bio-leather are entering collectible interiors. But can waste-based design feel luxurious without becoming moral theatre?
Xingu House and Ara Manor reveal a future where residential architecture frames slope, water, air, and view.
