‘DESIGN MUST SHIFT FROM MAKING THINGS TO MAKING SENSE OF THINGS’
As the world faces urgent global challenges, designers can play a much bigger role than dreaming up pretty spaces and products. They can take on entire systems, influencing society and culture. How can design become a tool not only for innovation but for meaningful, lasting change?

How live music is becoming a platform for climate activism
With engaged audiences and an industry shaped bycultural influence, live music has a powerful platformto not only promote environmental values but to drivereal change by putting sustainability into practice.

In Ausgabe 162/2025 von Frame

‘New perspectives naturally lead to play’
Yohei Terui and Hiromu Yuyama – founders of Japanese studio I IN – discuss why physical spaces that encourage spontaneity, discovery and deeper emotional engagement are more important than ever.

ÞYKJÓ
By dreaming up their experiential designs collectively – with artists, scientists, scholars and children – Icelandic alliance Þykjó is on a mission to craft free-play opportunities for everyone, everywhere.

In Ausgabe 161/2025 von Frame

Bio boom
With all its reported benefits – including stress reduction and increased productivity – biophilic design is continuing to grow. In our fifth selection of curated products from Material Bank – an ultra-efficient sampling service with over 40,000 materials from hundreds of brands – we focus on the flourishing sector of nature-inspired surfaces.

‘We nee to think more expansively about the practice of architecture’
As we navigate the complexities of the climate crisis, it’s essential to broaden our perspective and recognize the interconnectedness of our world. How can nations that have long struggled with the realities of climate change move from being living laboratories of disaster opportunism to living laboratories of climate optimism? Re:arc Institute, a non-profit organization working at the intersection of climate action and architecture philanthropy, is turning its attention to some of these pioneering areas in the coming years. To explore the insights we can gain from these regions, FRAME’s editor at large TRACEY INGRAM moderates a discussion between Re:arc’s director of public discourse, ALICE GRANDOIT-ŠUTKA, and representatives of two of the practices Re:arc is working with: ANA MARÍA GUTIÉRREZ of Organizmo in Colombia, and DORRAINE DUNCAN and JHORDAN CHANNER of Island City Lab in Jamaica.

What if material reuse became site-specific?
Imagine a world where buildings are constructed from materials ‘mined’ directly from the existing site. What are the challenges of this hyperlocal approach to material reuse, and what could it mean for design?

In Ausgabe 159/2024 von Frame