All articles by Asha
Asha
Oiling the wheels: Co-design the way forward
Veronica Simpson looks at co-design projects that through cooperation and collaboration, pay dividends for all concerned.
Curated Diary – Elizabeth Neilson
London-based curator and writer Elizabeth Neilson picks her top art and design events for the summer
Review – London Festival of Architecture
Cate St Hill visits two events as part of this year’s architecture showcase: a focus on Irish design and a playful exhibition by Assemble and artist Simon Terrill
All that glisters – OMA galleries in Milan and Moscow
Since 2004, Prada and OMA have co-produced some amazing spaces, from catwalk sets to temporary museums, metamorphing stages to concept stores. At 19,000 sq m, the Fondazione Prada’s new campus for contemporary art is their biggest collaboration yet. And it’s made of foam and gold. We go prospecting in the southern fringes of Milan
Designers in Residence 2015
Responding to the Design Museum’s 2015 Designers in Residence theme of Migration, the four practising designers selected for the residency by a panel including Blueprint editor Johnny Tucker, explain here their ideas and motivations. Their resulting work will be on show in a shared exhibition running at the museum from 9 September, ending on 31 March next year, when the museum itself migrates to its new home in the former Commonweath Institute, Holland Park. Johnny Tucker spoke to the residents
One to Watch: Harvey & John
Friends since primary school and now with their own studio, these two deliver playful, engaging design
Milan Salone 2015
Every year Seymour Powell undertakes a major research project at the Milan Salone, revealing important trends and influences. Introduction by Theresa Dowling, with extracts from Seymour Powell’s Milan Report.
A degree of success – University of Melbourne’s new Faculty of Architecture
A collaboration between architecture practices John Wardle Architects (Australia) and NADAAA (USA) for the new Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne aims to give a sensitive response to the institution’s heritage campus and former School of Architecture with its 19th-century facade, while realising a ‘built pedagogy’
Review – Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955-1980
Thomas Wensing reviews a momentous MoMA show that covers 500 post-war architecture projects from South America.