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Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn on Information Design
October 21, 2026 · 32 minIn this new episode of Design Emergency, our cofounders, Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn, explore the rapidly expanding field of information design at a time when it is an increasingly powerful force in our lives. They do so by…
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David Chipperfield on Architecture’s Priorities
September 8, 2026 · 31 minWhat are the most important challenges for architecture today? And what will they be in the future? One of the most influential architects of our time, David Chipperfield, talks to our cofounder, Alice Rawsthorn, about the urgent need to…
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Francis Kéré on Building Stories
June 16, 2026 · 33 minFrancis Kéré, architect, educator, builder, and one of the most compelling advocates for architecture as a force for dignity, participation, and social transformation. Kéré’s architecture begins with people and for a building to exist, it…
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Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn on Crafts
May 20, 2026 · 34 minIn this episode of Design Emergency, Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli explore how craft has evolved into a powerful force for social, cultural, and environmental change. Design, art, and craft have had a long, complex relationship. For…
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Irma Boom on the Future of Book Design
April 14, 2026 · 47 minWhat is the future of the printed book? Does it have one? And, if so what will it consist of? Who better to answer this than the woman who is inconstestably the greatest book designer of our time, the brilliant Irma Boom. In this episode…
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Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn celebrate the Hidden Heroines of Design on International Women’s Day 2026
March 8, 2026 · 31 minHappy International Women’s Day! One of Alice and Paola’s favourite episodes of Design Emergency every year is the International Women’s Day Special in which they celebrate some of the incredible female designers, who, despite their talent…
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Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley on Biotic Architecture
February 4, 2026 · 38 minArchitecture has long treated bacteria as an enemy to be controlled—dangerous foreign agents to be sealed out, sterilized, or erased. In their new book, We the Bacteria: Notes Toward a Biotic Architecture, architecture historians and…
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Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn celebrate Women in Tech on Ada Lovelace Day
October 13, 2025 · 26 minEvery year, the second Tuesday in October is designated as Ada Lovelace Day as a tribute to its namesake, Ada Lovelace, the 19th century mathematician and pioneering computer programmer who collaborated with Charles Babbage on the design…
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Maya Bird-Murphy on Architecture and Communities
September 9, 2025 · 25 minHow can we empower more people, particularly young people from disinvested communities, to engage with architecture, and to use it as a tool to improve their daily lives and future prospects? Maya Bird-Murphy, the Chicago-based architect…
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David Gissen on the Architecture of Disability
July 22, 2025 · 37 minArchitecture’s traditional approach to disability revolves around “fixing problems” by securing adaptations that will allow disabled people to access the ideal world of full biocapacity. Architect and scholar David Gissen wants to “shift…
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Tosin Oshinówò on Designing Africa’s Future
July 1, 2025 · 39 minIn this episode of Design Emergency podcast, the Nigerian architect, Tosin Oshinówò, tells our cofounder, Alice Rawsthorn, how design and architecture can help to forge a fairer, safer, more sustainable future for Africa. . One of the…
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Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn on Design and Infrastructure
May 20, 2025 · 36 minInfrastructure is one of the most important areas of design, but is mostly ignored – until it goes horribly wrong. At a time when global investment in developing new forms of infrastructure is soaring, Alice and Paola discuss why it is so…

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