Read the essay “SPACES OF HOPE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES” by Malkit Shoshan in Harvard Design Magazine, Issue Number 51: Multihyphenate, Fall/Winter 2023

The 51st issue of Harvard Design Magazine, “Multihyphenate,” is edited by Sean Canty, John May, and Zeina Koreitem, and features essays by, and conversations with Antwaun Sargent, Rick Lowe, Amanda Williams, Casey Cadwallader, Farah Al Qasimi, Felix Burrichter, Irena Haiduk, Aleksandar Joksimović, Andrew Witt, Metahaven, Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, Jasmine Benyamin, Esther M. Choi, Jean-Pascal Flavien, Carolyn L. Kane, Mark Lee, Malkit Shoshan, Oana Stănescu, and Alfredo Thiermann, Edward Enninful, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Sumayya Vally, Carson Chan, Tosin Oshinowo, Jan Boelen, Nora Razian, Aric Chen, Shirley Surya, Fredi Fischli, and Niels Olsen. 

Table of contents

ESSAY
A WORLD AT ONE WITH ITSELF by Esther M. Choi
AESTHETICS OF EXTINCTION, AESTHETICS OF CONSERVATION: THE CHILEAN PAVILION AT THE 59TH VENICE ART BIENNALE by Alfredo Thiermann
DATA, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND A DIFFERENT DESIGN OFFICE by Andrew Witt
HOW TO DISINTEGRATE COMPLETELY (. . . BUT ALWAYS BE FOUND) by John May
SNIPPETS: LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS, UNCERTAINTY, AND DESIGN by Metahaven
SPACES OF HOPE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES by Malkit Shoshan
THE WHITE NOISE RHETORIC by Carolyn L. Kane
VAGUE TERRAINS: SOME MEDITATIONS ON ART-AS-LANDSCAPE-AS-ARCHITECTURE by Jasmine Benyamin

INTERVIEW
AFTER IMAGE / Farah Al Qasimi and Zeina Koreitem
MULTI-X / Felix Burrichter, Sean Canty, Zeina Koreitem, and John May
SOCIAL ABSTRACTION: MULTIPLICITY & POWER / Amanda Williams, Antwaun Sargent, Rick Lowe
THE HOUSE IS THE SUBJECT / Jean-Pascal Flavien and Mark Lee
TOTAL VISION / Casey Cadwallader and Sean Canty

SPECIAL
A CRASH COURSE ON LOVING: A TRIBUTE TO VIRGIL ABLOH by Oana Stanescu
ALEKSANDER JOKSIMOVIC: THE THIRD WAY by Irena Haiduk
GREEN RECTANGLES by Barbara Stauffacher Solomon

CALL AND RESPONSE
DO YOU SEE THIS EMERGING MODEL CHANGING THE SPACE OF CURATORIAL PRACTICE IN DESIGN, AND IF SO, HOW? by Aric Chen, Carson Chan, Edward Enninful, Fredi Fischli, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jan Boelen, Niels Olsen, Nora Razian, Shirley Surya, Sumayya Vally, Tosin Oshinowo

VISUAL FOLIO / MULTIHYPHENATION

EDITORS’ LETTER

MULTIHYPHENATION by Sean Canty, Zeina Koreitem, and John May

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