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John Jervis

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As seen in: The RIBA Journal, Medium, Dezeen, Apollo The Internacional Art Magazine, Frame, Icon Magazine, Local Government News, Art Asia Pacific, Disegno Magazine, Stir World, New Start Magazine and
Covers:  Art, architecture, design and history, with a particular focus on the 20th century

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Freelance write, editor and project manager, previously in-house with Icon, ArtAsiaPacific, Tate, Laurence King, National Gallery and others.

Currently collaborating with Icon, Tate, Pallant Gallery, Laurence King, Thames & Hudson, Frame, Stirworld, Penguin, Design Anthology, RVB Books, Caro Communications, Disegno, Architectural History, Tomorrow PR, the Pallant Gallery, Heni and many others.

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High & Mighty - Design Anthology UK

High & Mighty - Design Anthology UK

Restored and modernised, Ernö Goldfinger's Balfron Tower enters a new age of exaltation In the last few years…

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How radical was the modernist Frankfurt kitchen?

How radical was the modernist Frankfurt kitchen?

The Frankfurt kitchen, designed by Austrian architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky in 1927, was the most succes…

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Does 'Cars: Accelerating the Modern World' reveal the future of the design exhibition?

Does 'Cars: Accelerating the Modern World' reveal the future of the design exhibition?

Design theory has changed over the decades, acquiring a boundless purview that museums struggle to contain. T…

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Jerusalem Design Week 2019

Jerusalem Design Week 2019

Pushing aside a black curtain and entering a small, darkened room, visitors are confronted by a philosopher's…

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Subodh Gupta

Subodh Gupta

Moving up to the ground floor, things are more serene. Having acted as a holding bay for works on their way t…

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MOMENT / Redefining the Brand Experience

MOMENT / Redefining the Brand Experience

Publisher : FRAME Direction : Hisaaki Hirawata, Tomohiro Watabe Writer : Masaaki Takahashi Copy Editor : John…

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"Industrial design should have dropped its messianic claims long ago"

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By John Jervis Verified
| Dezeen Verified
It's time to recognise that design's status as a force for social change was only ever a blip and instead embrace its role as applied art, writes John Jervis as part of our Performance Review series. The cult of design – and of the designer – first ignited in the 1950s and still burns strong. Yet, as persuasively argued by Edwin Heathcote in a recent Financial Times article, an existential crisis is currently taking place.
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In rural Tanzania, a community centre is set to rise on walls of 3D-printed earth

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| The RIBA Journal Verified
It’s hard to know, when you come prepped to discuss 3D-printed earth and tensile roofs, and leave with notes about governance and image generation, whether that counts as a successful interview, but it certainly shows that design plays many roles beyond form. In conjunction with Australian practice ClarkeHopkinsClarke, Hassell Studio has been involved in masterplanning the proposed Hope Village project in Tanzania, for Melbourne’s One Heart Foundation.
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Irish island holiday home embraces its windswept setting

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By John Jervis Verified
| The RIBA Journal Verified
Cruit Island – roughly three square miles of rock, just off the coast of Donegal – has a necessarily intimate relationship with the Atlantic. Connected to the Irish mainland (and the nearest shops) by bridge, and with a population hovering a little under three figures, this windswept spot is perhaps an acquired taste as a holiday destination.
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