Design Capital #1: The Circuit

by Hannah Ellis

Hannah Ellis interrogates the function and ubiquity of design exhibitions in the wake of the pandemic.

For almost 200 years, design biennials, exhibitions and festivals have become more and more popular across Europe. Here, British designer and writer Hannah Ellis asks: can design be meaningful at this kind of scale? How do these events act on people and places, and on the discipline itself?

Hardcover | 64 pages | Onomatopee Projects | 2022