` Design in Dialogue #1: Misha Kahn – Friedman Benda

Design in Dialogue #1: Misha Kahn

April 1, 2020

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Misha Kahn took us behind the scenes of his exhibition “Soft Bodies/Hard Spaces,” featuring his groundbreaking and richly varied furniture designs. Explaining both the process and the inventive thinking behind these works, he described the objects as communicating a 21st century humanism, vividly departing from the modernist design legacy.

 

Watch the conversation here:

 

About Design in Dialogue

Inaugurated in April 2020 in response to the pandemic lockdown, Design in Dialogue began as a way simply to keep the conversation going, and offer a meeting place for the design community.

Over time, the series has become an opportunity to expand the dialogue in unprecedented ways, exploring the breadth and diversity of design. Guests are able to speak safely and freely, in a conversational format offering audiences access to the full dimension of their practices.

We have recorded dialogues with over a hundred designers, makers, artists, architects, critics, historians, writers and curators, and heard them discuss their work and ideas in-depth, direct and unfiltered. To date, the series has been viewed over 700,000 times through our two channels (YouTube and Vimeo) and our distribution partners Dezeen and Designboom.

The world is shifting gears again now, as online connection gives way once more to in-person events. With this in mind, we have decided to transition from our regular weekly broadcast. Design in Dialogue will still continue in the fall of 2021 and beyond, with occasional new interviews. The archive will remain freely viewable in perpetuity, serving as a vital primary source of this moment.

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