On Crossings: Design, Language, Experience cultural practices This issue of Le Merle

This issue of Le Merle deals with some of those profusions and the words and gestures they produce

Lors des derniers grands soulèvements du peuple iranien

Essays by Jörg Volbers

If I am infinite

Just as this book was about to take its final shape

On Crossings: Design, Language, Experience cultural practices This issue of Le MerleThis book was conceived as a result of a 10 day residency Minami Hirayama conducted at the Het Veem cultural facility in Amsterdam at the end of February 2025. Six Dutch based designers brought together "objects that come to mind when you hear the term 'cultural representation'," and the book includes long interviews that move between perspectives from Japan, Europe, and around the world. While touching on the politics hidden within visual expression