Design Emergency
By Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli
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Episodes: 53
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Welcome to Design Emergency, where the design curator Paola Antonelli and design critic Alice Rawsthorn will introduce you to the inspiring and ingenious designers whose success in tackling major challenges – from the climate emergency and refugee crisis, to ensuring that new technologies affect us positively, not negatively – gives us hope for the future.
Follow our Instagram @design.emergency to see images of all the design projects described in each episode.
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Irma Boom on the Future of Book Design
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn celebrate the Hidden Heroines of Design on International Women’s Day 2026
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley on Biotic Architecture
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn celebrate Women in Tech on Ada Lovelace Day
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Maya Bird-Murphy on Architecture and Communities
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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David Gissen on the Architecture of Disability
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Tosin Oshinówò on Designing Africa’s Future
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn on Design and Infrastructure
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May 20, 2025 |
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Hilary Cottam on Redesigning Work
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Sadie Red Wing on Indigenous design
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Hidden Heroines of Design
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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Julia Watson on Design and Water
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Pirjo Haikola on Designing for the Ocean
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn on Design and Human Rights
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Yvonne Jewkes on Design and Prisons
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Domestic Data Streamers on data and emotions
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Philippe Rahm on Climatic Architecture
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on Climate Action
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Jeanne Gang on Architectural Grafting
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Liam Young on building better worlds
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Sinéad Burke on Design and Disabilities
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Kate Crawford on Technology and Power
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May 15, 2024 |
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Design and Workers’ Rights
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May 01, 2024 |
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Francesca Coloni on the refugee crisis
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Abeer Seikaly on the Power of Memory
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Hidden Heroines of Design
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Sputniko! aka Hiro Ozaki on speculative design and visionary entrepreneurship
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Limbo Accra on unfinished buildings
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Anjali Singhvi on investigative visual journalism
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Olalekan Jeyifous on eco-fiction and world-building
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Claudia Chwalisz on design and democracy
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Omar Degan on architecture and fragility
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Aqui Thami on design and communities
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Veena Sahajwalla on turning waste into new materials
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Fernando Laposse on the materials of design
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Magdalene Odundo on pots
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Yasmeen Lari on design and disasters
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Deema Assaf on greening the desert
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Gabriel Fontana on redesigning sports
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn on Design and Violence
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Piet Oudolf on design and plants
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Federica Fragapane on information design
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Slava Balbek on designing for Ukraine
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May 24, 2023 |
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Julia Watson on indigenous design
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn on the Hidden Heroines of Design
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Sissel Tolaas on smell and design
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Nifemi Marcus-Bello on design and identity
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Formafantasma on investigative design
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Fabrizio Urettini on design and the refugee crisis
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Mae-ling Lokko on building with agrowaste
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn on design and human rights
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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David Adjaye on architecture in Africa
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Design Emergency
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Nov 17, 2022 |