Hassan Fathy
A failed resettlement project that rewrote the rules of low-cost housing by rejecting industrial materials—and proving that failure can be more instructive than success.
Sustainability
The word doing the most work with the least definition.
- 6
- in design
- 9:25
- average
- 56 min
- in total
- 30
- across the network
All briefs
John Thackara
Thackara didn’t design things—he designed the conditions where design could matter for sustainability.
Jun'ya Ishigami
He didn’t invent lightness — he weaponised context.
Hella Jongerius
She doesn’t resolve opposites — she weaponises them.
Shigeru Ban
Paper tubing isn’t poetic scaffolding — it’s a calibrated response to scarcity, theft, deforestation, and bureaucracy.
Victor Papanek
Papanek didn’t preach ethics — he priced radios in candles and TVs in dollars.