What if design awards expired after three years? A provocative model that makes durability, accessibility and maintenance conditions of recognition.
CHYBÍK + KRIŠTOF’s live studio at Aedes raises a harder question: can visitors change the designs, or only watch architectural openness being performed?
Berlin’s Living Archive tests whether exhibition design can preserve techno’s collective possibilities—or turn a living scene into industrial nostalgia.
Playfool’s V&A installation makes data-centre cleaning playable. Does it build respect for maintenance workers—or turn their conditions into entertainment?
Barbara Kruger’s monumental texts in Paris expose a museum paradox: can an attack on spectacle resist becoming its most photogenic attraction?
Can Black design exhibitions recover overlooked histories without boxing designers in? Two arguments for museums confronting identity, authorship and power.
Immersive exhibitions promise easier access. But should visitor journeys dictate which artworks we see—and how long we are allowed to stay?
MoMA’s Full Disclosure puts AI-generated memories inside information design. Can designers preserve emotional meaning without manufacturing evidence?
Tallinn Design Festival asks what product design should become. Could repair, maintenance and retirement displace the launch—and who would pay?
Alexandre Arrechea’s basketball-hoop sculpture in Toronto tests whether playable public art can deliver fair access, reliable upkeep and shared space.
