Gen Z is here

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• Beirut calling

  What is design about on the other side of the EU wall?
  Daniel Golling travels to Beirut Design Week and
  realises the need for a new Arab spring.

  par Daniel Golling
• The selfie generation

  Airless women’s rooms, glittering testicles and muscular
  experiments – this year’s degree exhibitions in Stockholm
  mirrored the ongoing obsession with body and identity.

  par Emilia Engblad
• The meaning of fashion life

  Live to work or the other way around?
  In the creative industries, where life and work tend to merge,
  the answer is not obvious. Philip Warkander, Sweden’s first
  PhD in Fashion Studies, ponders on the point of labour
  criticism in the fashion world.

  par Philip Warkander
• Modern times

  Bosses and gatekeepers, hirelings and fools – the fashion tribe
  isn’t that different from the rest of humanity. The question
  is what digitalisation is doing to their world. Two dedicated
  followers of fashion got together for a talk fest about the state of
  the modern-day proletariat.

  par Emilia Engblad
• The Metal Department

  How do you survive as a rookie in the neurotic world of craft and
  design? Form publishes an excerpt from The Metal Department,
  an offbeat novel about the delicate art of becoming a designer.

  par Sara Engberg
• Stockholm syndrome

  They have beautiful exteriors and are made to last forever.
  So why do so many of these buildings get razed to the ground in
  Stockholm? Photographer Johan Fowelin pays homage to an era
  that architects love to hate: the 19th century.

  par Johan Fowelin
• Copenhagen

  Caroline Richardt Beck draws inspiration from dance and
  movies, rather than other architects. Her diploma project from
  the Royal Danish Academy is a massive airport makeover.

  par Rasmus Graakjær
• Hot Stuff

  The move to a new venue was a great
  improvement for the graduate exhibition
  in Gothenburg – and the textile arts was
  absolutely impressive.

  par Anna-Stina Lindén-Ivarsson
• Golden Eyes

  The exhibition at the Milan Design Week is among their best works so far.
  Hanna Johansson visits the studio of the design couple that keeps
  outdoing themselves : Fredrik Färg and Emma Marga Blanche.

  par Hanna Johansson
• Harvest season

  The autumn primeurs from the Scandinavian design scene
  include works by Luca Nichetto, Jenny Nordberg and Uniforms
  for the Dedicated. And an almost 50-year-old Panton classic.

  par Anders Bergmark
• Here comes Mr Long

  So far, no one has succeeded with the Swedish Centre for Architecture
  and Design. Now, the government, museum staff and the whole design
  community in Sweden pin their hopes on British curator Kieran Long.
  But will the new museum director manage in the Long run?

  par Johan Deurell
• For Ana and Rosa

  Their voices were unique. Salka Hallström Bornold mourns
  Ana Londono and Rosa Taikon, two exceptional designers who were
  born on opposite ends of the 20th century – and both devoted their
  lives to the same struggle, for human rights and against racism.

  par Salka Hallström Bornold
• Is a new order possible ?

  They say that fashion is dead. The system
  is unsound in too many ways, not least in
  terms of sustainability. What will follow
  in its place? Hanna Johansson draws
  inspiration from the new brand Atacac,
  gets a suit tailored for herself and starts
  to believe in a different future.

• A whiff of Sambuichi

  This exhibition pales in comparison to the masterpiece in Frederiksberg.

  par Rasmus Graakjær
• Made in China

  Graceful homage to a beloved ceramic artist

  par Anders Bergmark