marcus westbury

This article was written for the latest edition of the Dutch architecture/ design journal Volume… Let me put a scenario to you. Say you live in an aging, fading industrial town. One that has been on receiving end of repeated shocks from earthquakes and natural disasters to the closure of its largest industries and mass [...]

SOMETHING interesting is happening in the world of design. Many artists think of designers as marginally above advertising executives in the creative food chain. They’re the poor cousins, the guns for hire, the ethically challenged and morally questionable distant relatives of the fine arts. After all, designers are the people whose job it is to [...]