The EU’s unsold fashion destruction ban tackles disposal, not overproduction. Can repair, alteration and resale change the economics of excess?
Repairable Fairbuds challenge disposable audio. Can designers balance replaceable batteries, comfort and moisture protection without compromising performance?
Coperni’s reported closure raises a harder question: who funds fashion’s material experiments, and what lets their discoveries outlive the label?
Fernando Mastrangelo’s landscape-inspired furniture raises a difficult question: can collectible design reveal conflict without making it decorative?
Dysturb’s fictional drink turns branding into a warning about fake news. But can a memorable deception teach lasting habits of verification?
Nebbia’s Interlude asks a provocative question: should millennium-long design guarantee permanence—or leave future generations free to change it?
The Smart #2 challenges automotive upsizing. Should cities reward smaller cars with cheaper parking—or reclaim the kerb for people?
Konstantin Grcic’s critique of German industry exposes a design dilemma: which safeguards build better products, and which simply block unfamiliar ideas?
Karimoku New Standard and ASICS turn unused trainer foam into seating. But does rescuing manufacturing surplus do anything to prevent its production?
When design brands launch cheaper alternatives to viral dupes, do they democratise good design—or expose how little their originals were worth?
