German Right and Left United in Attacking Israel
It’s not the far-right, but the anti-Israel left that has been agitating against Israel in universities and other institutions.
What’s in a name?
What designers do, and how they describe themselves, is important. By the 1990s, the graphic designer and the craft of design was being written out of the script.
Corroding the Curriculum
Parents and teachers would be horrified to find political parties in schools pushing partisan agendas, but seem happy for environmental lobbyists to hand out leaflets, write lesson plans, and prepare coursework.
Houthi nannies
Most environmental activists can’t really be equated with vicious terrorists, but even so, we should be prepared for the next phase of naïve eco-protest.
Speakers
Nicholas Boys Smith, founder, Create Streets; chair, Office for Place Nicholas is a writer, director of Create Streets, Commissioner of Historic England and a research fellow at the University of Buckingham on Urban Design. The driving force behind Create Streets is the belief that terraced housing is better for the wellbeing of the occupant than the tower block. He was made chair of the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission,...
Hausat? Germany’s housing shortage
More skilled workers emigrate from Germany than immigrate. Of all OECD countries, Germany has the third highest emigration rate.”
China’s Middle Eastern Meddling
China’s isolation from the real world for much of the 20th century’s post-war period has meant that, in reality, it is rather unworldly.
Twenty’s Plenty… For You
20mph. Just because it merited a sentence in an election manifesto, doesn’t mean that it’s not draconian.
Programme
IN BRIEF Registration: 7th February, 6:30pm – Registration and Drinks at Amin Taha and Groupworks More or Less: Utopia Today Day 1: 8th February – Debates at AHMM: Toxic Opinion or Critical Judgement Demolish or Preserve What’s Ethical about the Environment? AI: Pros & Cons Housing? What Housing? BDP debate: 8th February – Global Futures! Day 2: 9th February – Design day at Heatherwick Studios:...
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