For the past thirty years, Japanese photographer Naoya Hatakeyama has undertaken a photographic examination of the life of cities and the built environment. Each of his series focuses on a different facet of the growth and transformation of the urban landscape—from studies of architectural maquettes to the extraction and use of natural materials such as limestone, as it is quarried via explosive blasts and subsequently incorporated into the construction of new buildings. In parti

Bharat Sikka's "The Sapper" is as layered and multifaceted as the relationship it narrates, that between a father and an adult son; through sequencing, Sikka creates moments of observation, remembrance, close confrontation and collaborative performance. The complexity of the work is emphasized by its title: "The Sapper," or "the Engineer," is both a clue to the father's life, spent largely within the Indian Army, and a formula that allows the author to distance himself from the subject, as if the

Monsanto has had a rapid rise and a more than colourful history marked by cover-ups and scandals: dioxins in PCB coolants, genetically modified products such as the bovine growth hormone Posilac and the production of the defoliant Agent Orange. The company is still highly controversial, irritating scientists, environmental organisations and human rights associations and acting in a way that makes people doubt the harmlessness of its products. As a manufacturer of food and animal fee

Studio Culture Now is the essential guide to setting up, running and developing a design studio. It offers bang up-to-date advice and guidance for designers working in a world of rapid change. In 2009, Unit Editions published its first book, Studio Culture: The secret life of the graphic design studio. It sold out quickly. Studio Culture Now features in-depth interviews with a host of leading design studios. The interviewees share their experiences, insights, fe

An extreme weather event hit north-eastern Italy in October 2018. The Sirocco wind blew up to 200 kilometres per hour through the Dolomite valleys, knocking some 14 million trees to the ground. The incessant rain caused torrents to overflow, dragging logs and debris downstream. Overnight, the inhabitants of a number of mountain communities in Trentino, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia found their cellars flooded and even their houses torn apart by the winds. More than six years later, the