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Many hands, many makers, Many Modernisms
Jun 26, 2026
An evening celebrating the launch of Second Century Modernism by John Jennifer Marx in London invited cross-disciplinary provocations on an architecture of emotional abundance.
Global Design Forum Istanbul framed multiple lived worlds of design in contact
Jun 02, 2026
Presented in collaboration with People Places Ideas, London Design Festival’s global design discourse—held outside London—attracted the passerby as much as design specialists.
India Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2026 draws distance between here and home
May 29, 2026
Alwar Balasubramaniam, Asim Waqif, Ranjani Shettar, Skarma Sonam Tashi and Sumakshi Singh map Geographies of Distance, curated by Amin Jaffer.
On wells, depth and colour: All is Well at RALPH PUCCI International, New York
May 22, 2026
STIR in conversation with Ralph Pucci and Eric Schmitt discovers how the former’s journey mirrors the latter’s belief that great design quietly outlasts its own time.
South Africa-based The MAAK’s soft approach to social impact architecture
May 08, 2026
In conversation with STIR, Max Melvill, co-founder of the studio, elaborates on the notion of architecture as a participatory tool for community building and engagement.
Kulapat Yantrasast explores Uzbek yurt, bread and water at Milan Design Week 2026
Apr 24, 2026
In an exclusive conversation with STIR, the curator of the ambitious pavilion When Apricots Blossom discusses how it centres design and craft as regenerative tools of culture.
Extending the table: STIR in conversation with Koray Duman
Apr 02, 2026
An Eid dinner in New York becomes a lens into the Turkish American architect’s ideas of space, migration and community.
Architecture’s poet in residence wants you to use your voice
Feb 20, 2026
In an interview at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026, London-based architectural poet LionHeart talks about changing systems and architecture as a form of worldbuilding.
Anna Tsing on the mutinies and aberrant nobilities of FUNGI: Anarchist Designers
Feb 13, 2026
Regarded for her work on matsutake mushrooms, Tsing speaks to STIR about the design exhibition co-curated with Feifei Zhou at the Nieuwe Instituut that builds on this.
Pinakin Patel on pursuing the essential and The Turning Point of his career
Feb 06, 2026
At Pinakin Patel’s 50-year retrospective at the Nilaya Anthology in Mumbai, STIR spoke to the polymath about a journey spanning decades, disciplines and daring ideas.
From Ghana to Kochi: Ibrahim Mahama on creating spaces for community
Jan 22, 2026
STIR speaks with the Ghanaian artist on his large-scale installation, Parliament of Ghosts, at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025 and the colonial histories of everyday materials.
Blood, breath and other ordeals: How Dmitry Morozov, aka ::vtol::, performs fragility in jest
Dec 05, 2025
In a conversation with STIR, the Slovenia-based multidisciplinary creative opens up about his works as extensions of himself, underlining their beauty and absurdity.
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