Archinect Outpost is now stocking Real Review 8, featuring interviews with Virgil Abloh and Chelsea Manning

2019-03-28T12:08:00-04:00

10 copies of the newest issue of cult favorite magazine Real Review have recently arrived at Archinect Outpost. With a focus that straddles the line between design and politics and a memorable tagline ('What it means to live today'), Real Review has quickly developed a following.

Spread of Real Review 8 featuring readymades by Nicole Mclaughlin.

Of particular interest with the newest issue is its surprising list of contributors. The issue starts off with an interview conducted between Real Review editor-in-chief Jack Self and Chelsea Manning, the former United States Army soldier who famously disclosed nearly 750,000 military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks. Given that the theme of issue 8 is 'Against from Within,' Self asks Manning about her exposure of military secrets while under its employment. "We are increasingly seeing risky and aggressive confrontational approaches to activism," she responded.

Spread of Real Review 8 featuring images from Virgil Abloh

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Curatorial team announced for the British Pavilion at the 15th Venice Biennale

2015-10-23T04:19:00-04:00

The British Council announced today the winning proposal for the British Pavilion at the 15th Venice Biennial of Architecture: Home Economics, a project authored by the architecture writers Shumi Bose and Jack Self alongside the architect and planner Finn Williams.

According to the curatorial team, Home Economics will address "the frontline of British architecture: the family home." The team plans to divide the British Pavilion into a series of 1:1 immersive domestic spaces, designed by a "multidisciplinary team of architects, artist, designers and developers."

In their proposal, the team writes, "The exhibition will ask urgent questions about the future of housing. Social and technological changes are collapsing the patterns of domestic life - but the design of the home hasn't caught up. Can the house ever escape its economic status as an asset? Should our homes still be considered private spaces? How do new types of families and households produce new spatial needs? What are the m...

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Archinect Outpost is now stocking Real Review 8, featuring interviews with Virgil Abloh and Chelsea Manning

Curatorial team announced for the British Pavilion at the 15th Venice Biennale