'Design as an Attitude': Alice Rawsthorn and David Chipperfield in conversation

‘Design as an Attitude’: Alice Rawsthorn and David Chipperfield in conversation

3 June 2026

Design critic and curator Alice Rawsthorn takes part in the final session of the ‘Design in Conversation’ series at Casa RIA. In this conversation, David Chipperfield will speak with Alice Rawsthorn about design as a critical tool and its impact on contemporary society.

This series forms part of the public programme of the exhibition ‘Design for Living’

March–June 2026

Event in English
Galician translation available

Bookings eventos@casaria.org

The conversation, titled ‘Design as an Attitude’, will explore design as a practice capable of shaping the way we think about and organise the world. From a critical perspective, the event will examine the potential of design as a social, political and ecological tool.

In dialogue with David Chipperfield, Alice Rawsthorn will reflect on the role of design in everyday life and its capacity to respond to contemporary challenges, from technological transformation to environmental and social issues.

‘Design in Conversation’ is a series of four talks within the public programme of the current exhibition at Casa RIA, conceived as a space for dialogue about the role of design in everyday life.

The series features Maite Sebastiá, Tim Marlow, Edward Barber and Alice Rawsthorn in conversation with David Chipperfield, exploring different dimensions of design: the objects that accompany us around the table, design culture, the craft of design and design as an attitude.

Alice Rawsthorn is an award-winning design critic and author, whose books include Design as an Attitude, Hello World: Where Design Meets Life and Design Emergency: Building a Better Future, co-written with Paola Antonelli, senior curator of design at MoMA, New York. Alice’s weekly design column for The New York Times was syndicated worldwide for over a decade. In all her work, she champions design’s potential as a social, political and ecological tool.

Born in Manchester and based in London, Alice is a founding member of the Writers for Liberty campaign for human rights and the global advisory council of the DemocracyNext research and action institute. She has been chair of trustees at Chisenhale Gallery, Hepworth Wakefield and Michael Clark Company, and a trustee of Whitechapel Gallery and Arts Council England. Alice is a co-founder, with Paola, of the Design Emergency podcast, YouTube channel and research platform, which investigates design’s role in forging a fairer future.