Simone Farresin from the Italian studio Formafantasma talks about his practice, together with his partner Andrea Trimarchi, their work, and the different approaches to projects. He also tackles their participation in the Milan Design Week, and the political role of creatives in the world.
Simone Farresin From Formafantasma On Milan Design Week and the Responsibility of Designers
Tokyo: Editor's Spotlight
“The human invention par excellence.” This is how French sociologist Claude Lévi-Strauss described the city back in the first half of the 20th century. Although his idea can be seen as outdated by more recent narratives, one cannot deny that cities exist because of human action in the landscape. In that sense, Tokyo is perhaps the “most human” expression one can find, as its metropolitan population of 37 million people assures it the top spot among the world’s biggest cities.
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Interview with Sadafumi Uchiyama: Designing Peace and Harmony
Sadafumi (Sada) Uchiyama, ASLA, is Curator Emeritus of Portland Japanese Garden. Before his retirement, Uchiyama served as Chief Curator from 2021 to 2023. Uchiyama is a third-generation Japanese gardener from southern Japan, where his family has been involved in gardening for over a century. In addition to his background as a gardener born and trained in Japan, Uchiyama is also a registered landscape architect in Oregon and California, with Bachelor’s and Master’s of Landscape Architecture degrees from the University of Illinois. This interview was conducted at the ASLA 2021 Conference on Landscape Architecture in Nashville.