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Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham say lack of “huggy-kissy stuff” in Japan may help slow coronavirus

April 16, 2020 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham Architecture explain how Japan’s culture of bowing instead of hand-shaking may have helped in the fight against coronavirus, in their video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. “Luckily the virus hasn’t hit too hard here,” Mark Dytham explained in the video. “I think one of the reasons

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“I feel like a bit of a fake” says David Chipperfield in Dezeen’s latest podcast

March 31, 2020 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Dezeen’s Face to Face podcast series continues with an interview with British architect David Chipperfield, who describes growing up on a farm, struggling at school, how Zaha Hadid saved him from failing his architecture diploma – and why he still suffers from imposter syndrome. Listen to the episode below or subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts to catch

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“My studio is a giant version of my bedroom when I was nine years old” says Thomas Heatherwick in Dezeen’s latest podcast

March 17, 2020 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Dezeen’s Face to Face podcast series continues with an interview with designer Thomas Heatherwick, who talks about his childhood fascination with engineering, his distaste for architectural discourse and how he completed his first building while still a student. Listen to the episode below or subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts to catch the whole series. In

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Dezeen to launch Face to Face, a series of podcasts featuring leading architects and designers

March 5, 2020 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Next week sees the launch of Face to Face, a new podcast series from Dezeen featuring conversations with the biggest names in architecture and design including Es Devlin, Norman Foster and Thomas Heatherwick. The first episode, featuring a conversation with artist and stage designer Es Devlin, will be available to download on Tuesday 10 March.

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Watch our talk with Knauf about women in architecture live from London

November 14, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Leading and emerging women working in architecture and construction will discuss the experience of working in both fields at a talk held in Knauf’s London showroom. Tune in here live from 7pm UK time. The livestream has not started yet. You can watch the talk here from 7:00pm UK time. Moderated by Dezeen’s assistant editor

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Architecture is overdue its own sexual revolution say Cruising Pavilion curators

November 4, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Architects should embrace ideas of cruising and sex in public places in their designs, say the curators of an exhibition at ArkDes in Stockholm. Cruising – the practice of looking for casual and anonymous sex in semi-public places – can be relevant to architecture if architects can be less squeamish about it, said Pierre-Alexandre Mateos, Rasmus

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Dezeen to hold circular architecture talk at Dutch Design Week 2019

October 17, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Dezeen will host a panel discussion exploring the circular economy in architecture on Saturday 19 October during Dutch Design Week 2019 in Eindhoven. Hosted by Dezeen’s founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, the panel will include architect Marco Vermeulen, architect and author Thomas Rau and Hester van Dijk, co-founder of design agency Overtreders W . The

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Watch our talk about the next generation of architects live from London

July 25, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Pereen d’Avoine of Russian for Fish, Studio Bark’s Sarah Broadstock and recent graduate Samiur Rahman, will discuss the motivations of architects entering the profession on a panel at Knauf’s London showroom. Watch the talk from 7:00pm UK time. Dezeen’s assistant editor India Block will chair the panel, which will explore the experiences of architects starting out

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Watch Jean Philippe Vassal speak at the Royal Academy annual architecture lecture 2019

July 15, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Jean Philippe Vassal, co-founder of Lacaton and Vassal Architects, is giving the 29th annual architecture lecture at the Royal Academy of Arts in London tonight. Watch the lecture here live from 6:30pm UK time. The livestream hasn’t started yet. You can watch it here from 6:30pm UK time. Vassal will present the studio’s past projects and

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Olafur Eliasson’s Tate Modern retrospective shows reality in “higher granularity”

July 12, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0
Olafur Eliasson's new exhibit at the Tate Modern brings together three decades of the artist's work

Olafur Eliasson explains how his recently opened exhibition at London’s Tate Modern prompts visitors to look at the world from a new perspective, in this exclusive video interview filmed by Dezeen. Called In Real Life, the exhibition comprises around 40 works from the last 26 years of the Danish-Icelandic artist’s career. Eliasson hopes the show

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