Recovering the Right to the City in Post Pandemic-What about sacred spaces?

Architecture and urban design represent one of the most complex scenarios when it comes to imaging the new city that could flourish after the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the biggest challenges stands in how to properly synthetize the huge variety of scientific, cultural, political, and social outlooks, that actually characterized the last decades of anthropocentric condition. If cities will be still the centre of our lives and dwelling, concepts such as fast urbanization and uncontrolled g...

Storytelling Architecture

Business of Fashion, Textiles & Technology: Mapping the UK Fashion, Textiles and Technology Ecosystem

The UK fashion, apparel and textiles industry is a globally competitive growth sector. The 2015 Value of Fashion report by Oxford Economics, commissioned by the British Fashion Council, found that the direct economic value of a flourishing sector including retail, manufacturing and textiles was £28.1 billion – and calculated its indirect impact at a further £22.6 billion, making a total contribution to gross domestic product of over £50 billion[3]. However, it is less well understood than oth...

Business of Fashion, Textiles & Technology: Summary Report: Mapping the UK Fashion, Textiles and Technology Ecosystem

The UK fashion, apparel and textiles industry is a globally competitive growth sector. The 2015 Value of Fashion report by Oxford Economics, commissioned by the British Fashion Council, found that the direct economic value of a flourishing sector including retail, manufacturing and textiles was £28.1 billion – and calculated its indirect impact at a further £22.6 billion, making a total contribution to gross domestic product of over £50 billion[3]. However, it is less well understood than oth...