Articles by Marcus Fairs

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Hotel group Adjara is “playing a crucial role” in Georgia’s cultural renaissance, say creatives

July 30, 2019 Marcus Fairs 0
Fabrica hostel in Tbilisi, Georgia

Georgian hospitality group Adjara has made a name for itself converting brutalist Soviet-era buildings into boutique hotels, including the award-winning Stamba Hotel in Tbilisi. It has also helped nurture a new generation of Georgian creative talents. Local artists and designers say the group’s support has helped elevate the creative industries in the country. “The importance

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Flooded London by Squint/Opera depicts “curiously utopian” vision of the city under water

July 23, 2019 Marcus Fairs 0
Flooded London by Squint/Opera

Digital design studio Squint/Opera has reissued a series of speculative visualisations depicting London in 2090 when climate change has left much of the city under water. The Flooded London series, first created in 2008, shows how citizens might adapt to catastrophic rising temperatures and sea levels. “The world is currently standing on the verge of

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South African urbanist cancels UK lecture as visa process makes visitors “feel like criminals”

July 22, 2019 Marcus Fairs 0
Zahira Asmal cancels London lecture

Zahira Asmal, an urbanist from South Africa, has been forced to cancel a planned lecture in London after a “humiliating” experience with UK visa services. The cancellation comes amid rising concern over the way overseas creatives, particularly those from Africa, are being treated when applying for visas to visit the UK. Asmal had been due

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Absence of regulations in India “leads to exploitation of interns” says architecture graduate

April 29, 2019 Marcus Fairs 0
Architecture internships in India

Architects in India have to endure exploitative internships in order to complete their studies, according to recent graduate Urvashi Vasishtha. With unpaid internships under the spotlight, she spoke to Dezeen about the situation in her country. Working long hours for low wages “left us feeling unvalued,” Vasishtha said. “It dipped our confidence, decreased our drive

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“China is fast becoming the world’s creative superpower”

April 17, 2019 Marcus Fairs 0
China Design Power

The design world flocked to Milan last week for its design week. But soon the action will shift to China, which is about to leapfrog the west when it comes to architecture and design, predicts Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. China is fast becoming the world’s creative superpower. And it is doing it on its own

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“The Dezeen Awards trophy gets many favourable comments from visitors to the office”

April 17, 2019 Marcus Fairs 0
Yagyug Douguten's Dezeen Awards 2018 trophy for retail interior of the year

How would you display your trophy if you won a Dezeen Award? We asked some of the 2018 winners to share their “shelfies”. The trophies were designed by Dutch design studio Atelier NL and are hand-made from clay using traditional brick-making techniques. Each trophy came in a wooden presentation box and winners also received a

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Unpaid internships “strong part of the social fabric” in Japan

April 5, 2019 Marcus Fairs 0
Unpaid internships Japan architecture

Architects and designers in Japan have defended unpaid internships in the country, saying it is a cultural tradition with deep roots. Responding to the recent controversy over unpaid roles at architecture offices, designers told Dezeen that working unpaid in a small studio was viewed as a “life-changing experience” by students and graduates. “It is a strong

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“We need to become a creative brand” says Zaha Hadid Architects principal Patrik Schumacher

March 29, 2019 Marcus Fairs 0
Patrik Schumacher interview

Zaha Hadid died three years ago this Sunday. In this exclusive interview, Zaha Hadid Architects principal Patrik Schumacher talks about the impact her passing had on the studio, how it has grown, and its plans for the future. “We didn’t lose a single client,” he said. “But Zaha’s stardom as a cultural icon was the hardest

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“I didn’t know I was going to be an architect” says Frida Escobedo

March 25, 2019 Marcus Fairs 0
Frida Escobedo Interview

In the first of a series of short movies about Frida Escobedo, the Mexican architect describes how she fell into the profession and why she’s never worked for anybody else. Speaking exclusively to Dezeen in London the architect, who in 2018 became the youngest person to design the prestigious Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, explained that she

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