Design That’s New Again: How Jonsara Ruth Ignites Curiosity through Healthy Materials and Creative Reuse

Emily Allan speaks with Jonsara Ruth about her work with Parson’s Healthy Materials Lab and carving out a sustainable practice in interior design.

Design is Everywhere: How Denise Shanté Brown is Radically Reshaping the Future of Wellbeing

Denise Shanté Brown on the value of collaborative design and the importance of trusting marginalized communities to realize the future of their wellbeing.

Community-Oriented Craft: Designer Dierdre Shea on Conceptualizing a Voter Resource App

Interdisciplinary designer Dierdre Shea on the genesis of Poll2Poll, a mutual-aid voter resource app developed in collaboration with Emergent Works.

Will Weave for Justice: Chi Nguyen Supports Local Organizing with #Textiles4MVP

Interview by: Katie Walsh This is the second in a series of En Pointe interviews PLP has conducted in partnership … More

The Personal is Political: Carla’s Quince Engages the Latinx Vote Through An Immersive Online Experience

In the first of En Pointe’s 2020 Election series, Chenoa Baker interviews the artists behind Carla’s Quince, an immersive theater experience aimed at engaging the Latinx vote.

The Museum is Not Enough: Giovanna Borasi on the Future of the Canadian Centre for Architecture

Linsen Chai talks with Giovanna Borasi about the challenges cultural institutions face in implementing lasting structural change

Absurd Spaces: Exaggerating the Everyday with Lenka Clayton

Interdisciplinary artist Lenka Clayton on the art of “extending the familiar into the realms of the poetic and absurd.”

Dream Job: Graphic Designer Elana Schlenker Discusses her Path, Practice, and Studio Pup

Ilana Curtis talks with Pittsburgh-based graphic designer Elana Schlenker about her eclectic and colorful practice.

Balancing Act: Irina Verona and Jennifer Carpenter on Cultivating a Practice with Impact

Ilana Curtis talks with VCA founders Irina Verona and Jennifer Carpenter about their mission to create timeless spaces designed for humanity and resilience.