The Crit

By Disegno

The Crit invites designers to review their own careers, picking out their highlights, lowlights and ambitions for the future.

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February 28, 2022 18. Of Tea
This February, The Crit covers changes to Google's cookie policy; MRDV on the record about the Marble Arch Mound; furniture designed around fermentation by The Decorators; Danielle Dean's latest show at Tate Britain; a new director for the Cooper Hewitt museum; electric anti-poaching bikes and project and products from Barber and Osgerby, Sony, VG&P and Pauline Deltour.
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55min
February 02, 2022 17. Clement Weather
Happy Lunar New Year! The Crit is back for 2022 – and the Year of the Tiger – with a full first month of design news. This episode includes the continued rise of NFTs; Salone del Mobile rescheduled; the craze for Wordle; a pig-to-human heart transplant; ostentatious branding; the launch of the Framework laptop; a dustpan and brush by Studio Irvine for Muji; and a new exhibition from Mac Collins.
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58min
December 16, 2021 16. The 2021 Review
As 2021 draws to a close, The Crit invites you to settle down, relax and plug in to our design review of the past year. Join the team as they run through the architecture and design projects, trends, and heroes and villains who made 2021 what it was. Happy holiday listening!
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November 29, 2021 15. Garden Via Algorithm
November brings a bumper edition of architectural scandals to The Crit, courtesy of the final instalment of The Tulip saga, and the reviled Munger dormitory. It also sees our hosts discuss Apple's new self-repair scheme; a sneak peek of Disegno #31 through the lens of bacteria-related plastics and the opening of Hong Kong's long-awaited M+ museum; plus products and projects from Daisy Ginsberg, Laufen, Map Project Office, Bene, and Federica.
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53min
October 20, 2021 14. Suitably Woolly
It’s October and the editorial team behind Disegno pick apart this month’s stories including Dubai’s delayed Expo 2020; an unusual Balenciaga fashion show with cartoon guests; an Eames cameo in the guise of the Club C Reebok shoe; Stefan Diez’s AYNO collection for Midgard; a visit to Somerset’s East Quay arts centre; and a very pleasant architectural video game. This episode also includes an extended interview with Kaat Debo, director of the Antwerp Fashion Museum MoMu.
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September 06, 2021 13. Mound Economics
This month on the Crit, Disegno's deputy editor India Block and editor-in-chief Oli Stratford discuss David Adjaye's hospitals for Ghana; OnlyFans’s banking woes; Sou Fujimoto’s pollution-funnelling Thousand Trees project; the uncertain future facing California’s gig economy workers as Proposition 22 is struck down; and a whole host of recent product and project releases, not least Yuri Suzuki’s Sonic Bloom installation.

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49min
August 02, 2021 12. Kitsch flame
Join show hosts Oli Stratford and Johanna Agerman Ross as they explore the design elements behind the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics; Phyllida Barlow’s new sculpture for Highgate Cemetery; Samuel Ross’s 2021 Black British and POC artist grants; the second edition of the Where Are the Black Designers? annual conference; Virgil Abloh’s promotion at LVMH; and the return of Phoebe Philo.

The month the show also features a long-form interview with David Rockwell, founder of the new York-based architecture practice Rockwell Group, speaking about his new book Drama and why architecture has much to learn from the impermanence of set design.

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July 01, 2021 11. 80085
In June’s episode of The Crit we are joined by Johanna Agerman Ross to discuss this month’s museum openings; the commercialisation of space flight; the new Serpentine Pavilion; the risk to Liverpool’s UNESCO world heritage status; and some nefarious app design. The episode also features an extended interview with architect Alan Maskin of Olson Kundig, speaking about his recent work on ANOHA – The Children’s World of the Jewish Museum Berlin.
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1h 10min
May 20, 2021 Bonus Episode: The Crut
Some updates from the team behind The Crit.
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May 04, 2021 10. Fash or tat
The 10th episode of The Crit heralds reflections on David Rockwell's Oscars set; Herman Miller's merger with Knoll; fond memories of Alber Elbaz; two Brit awards from Yinka Ilori and Es Devlin; as well as projects and products from the Design Museum, Moooi, Pearson Llyod and Svenskt Tenn.

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