I find an interesting parallel here to the ideas James Scott proposes in Seeing Like a State (which we covered back in RE #4): a top-down, central planning-style of design can't effectively predict the diversity of user needs. It turns out, contra to the "expert architect", that the users know best what they need from their space. And often even... See more
All these losses, for me, carry equal weight, precisely because, for Black, research and writing about building held as much transformational potential as design and construction. Indeed, it might be true that, for Black, such a duality did not exist. Perhaps, for him, writing and spatial thinking were one and the same. This is what most excites me... See more
Eduardo Chillida’s sculptures should be living spaces
Italian design studio @super.sedia, founded by Markus Töll, creates furniture where every detail is shaped individually, guided by a constant dialogue between an idea and its immediate realisation. Growing up in his father’s metal workshop in Bressanone, Northern Italy, Töll was exposed to tools and materials from a young age, an experience that... See more