M+, MoMA and Centre Pompidou promise cultural exchange. Can their
Fondazione Prada’s Global Antiquity challenges bounded histories. But can exhibition
Black Design: Its Own Gallery—or a Different Museum?
The Nue Black Aesthetic sharpens a museum dilemma: can dedicated visibility for Black designers change collections, budgets and curatorial power?
Can a Fashion Museum Tell a Story Without a Star?
The Met’s pivot from Galliano to everyday clothes challenges fashion’s blockbuster model. Can exhibition design give wearers real narrative power?
Who Gets to Look at Home in Trafalgar Square?
Tschabalala Self’s Lady in Blue tests whether Trafalgar Square’s architectural coherence protects public space—or polices who belongs.
What If Design Awards Had an Expiry Date?
What if design awards expired after three years? A provocative model that makes durability, accessibility and maintenance conditions of recognition.
Watching Architects Work Is Not the Same as Having a Voice
CHYBÍK + KRIŠTOF’s live studio at Aedes raises a harder question: can visitors change the designs, or only watch architectural openness being performed?
Can Techno Enter the Archive Without Losing the Night?
Berlin’s Living Archive tests whether exhibition design can preserve techno’s collective possibilities—or turn a living scene into industrial nostalgia.
Can Stadium Lighting Make Everyone Feel Close?
Can stadium lighting share intimacy beyond premium seats? Tobias Rylander and Michael Straun’s approach reveals the divide between connection and spectacle.
Can Playing at Maintenance Make Real Workers Visible?
Playfool’s V&A installation makes data-centre cleaning playable. Does it build respect for maintenance workers—or turn their conditions into entertainment?
