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Why You Don't Get the Buildings You Want
For better and for worse, architecture is not like other products
Wessie du Toit
Jan 22
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Tech's First War on Time and Space
How the railway ushered in an age of transformation
Wessie du Toit
Jan 13
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December 2022
A Note to Readers
Time present and time past at The Pathos of Things
Wessie du Toit
Dec 23, 2022
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Design for the End Times
Elaborate survival schemes for the wealthy show society is already fraying
Wessie du Toit
Dec 20, 2022
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The Consolations of Green Design
The main purpose of sustainable products is to make us feel better, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing
Wessie du Toit
Dec 11, 2022
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Will AI Replace Me?
Most likely yes, but there may be limits to the technological liquidation of everything
Wessie du Toit
Dec 4, 2022
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November 2022
Design for Dictators
Why neoclassicism defined the totalitarian age
Wessie du Toit
Nov 27, 2022
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Napoleon's Furniture
How the little corporal used design to express his world-shaping ambition
Wessie du Toit
Nov 20, 2022
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Crisis and Heroic Design
We like to believe that emergencies call for radical, innovative design. But do they?
Wessie du Toit
Nov 12, 2022
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Does Social Media Design Democratic People?
It’s difficult now to remember a time before people were freaking out about social media. It feels like the definitive form of freaking out in my adult…
Wessie du Toit
Nov 5, 2022
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October 2022
Heritage: Quasi-Religion or Comfort Blanket?
Our attachment to old buildings bears examining
Wessie du Toit
Oct 28, 2022
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Guns, Geeks, and the Spectacle of War
The Internet has renewed an age-old fascination with military gear
Wessie du Toit
Oct 23, 2022
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