The Crit #9: A Rousing Tune
The Headington Shark in Oxford, which sparked controversy in the late 1980s and early 90s. Image: Shutterstock
We are pleased to announce the ninth episode of The Crit, the podcast to cover all your design news needs.
In ‘A Rousing Tune’, our hosts discuss the pitfalls of using UX design for public mourning; the appointment of Aric Chen as artistic director of Rotterdam’s Het Nieuwe Instituut; two new designs for the Antepavilion in London; backpedaling from the V&A; Microsoft’s procurement of Nuance; and an architectural intervention into the Harry Potter universe.
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Show Notes: Ep.09 ‘A Rousing Tune’
National Rail and Network Rail mourn HRH Prince Philip in greyscale - 02:00
The BBC and flags - 05:40
New press room at 10 Downing Street unveiled- 06:00
Aric Chen appointed artistic director of Het Nieuwe Instituut - 06:38
Antepavilion announces two winners for 2021 edition - 09:09
The Headington Shark - 11:23
Hackney Fight - 14:14
The V&A backpedals on chronological reshuffling of collections - 14:48
‘Trouble at the V&A’ - 15:45
Microsoft acquires Nuance - 17:47
Harry Potter cover designs by Michele De Lucchi - 21:32
Words on Wood - 27:45
Credits
The Crit is produced by Evi Hall and edited by Kristina Rapacki. All music for The Crit has been created by Yuri Suzuki and Team Suzuki (Adam Cheong-MacLeod and Charlie Carroll) at Pentagram, and our logo was designed by Leonhard Rothmoser.