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Psychoanalyzing the 8 Best Pavilions of the London Design Biennale

To evaluate this year’s international design festival, themed “Emotional States,” we used the lens of psychologist Robert Plutchik’s classic “wheel of emotions.”

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This Time, the London Design Biennale Promises to Get Emotional

Themed “Emotional States,” the nearly three-week biennale will bring together 40 territories and institutions, asking them to consider how design intersects with the emotional.

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The London Design Biennale’s Utopian Dreams Land With a Thud

The inaugural biennial taps into a long legacy of utopian design, but fails to add anything to this tradition.

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Four Highlights From the London Design Biennale

The Biennale featured installations from 37 countries and talks with over 100 leading designers to explore the theme ‘Utopia by Design.’ Here are four of our favorite events.