Valparaíso’s free trades gathering challenges luxury craft: can premium commissions or public training better sustain skills, livelihoods and succession?

Studio Saar’s Pangolin Shield at London Design Festival asks whether shelter can confront colonial power—or simply make it more photogenic.

Drift and Shigeru Ban’s illuminated towers pose a hard question: can a drone memorial honour individual lives without turning grief into spectacle?

A £900-per-square-metre exhibition quote exposes design’s access problem. Can London’s grassroots platforms change who gets seen—and who pays?

Omar Degan’s Pan-African Biennale 2026 challenges national narratives. But who defines African modernity—and who gets left outside the conversation?

Homo Faber in Venice makes craft a radical answer to AI. But can hand-making shape the future without becoming an elite luxury?

The cancelled John Galliano exhibition raises a harder question: can museums preserve difficult legacies without turning context into endorsement?

As America turns 250, design becomes a battleground over who belongs, who speaks, and whether a shared symbol still exists.