Plus, pay a visit to the Albi Cathedral with Colin Bisset before riding the Hallyu wave to Seoul on this week's Lost and Found.

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Love-bombing Tasmania, a sleepy seaside town, and the psychology of fashion

Plus, hear Colin Bisset on iconic garden designer Lawrence Johnston.

What if the world stopped shopping? A spring walk with Tim Entwisle and a trip to Western Sydney

Join chef and former librarian Stephanie Alexander in a wide-ranging discussion about the joys of home cooking. Plus, urban scholar Kim Dovey tells us what the study of informal urbanism can say about the crowd in a time of crisis; a dispatch from South Australia's Nature Festival; and Colin Bisset gets chintzy. Then, a trip to one of America's beguiling states, Florida.

Stephanie Alexander, the crowd in a time of crisis, SA's Nature Festival… plus a trip to Florida with a bit of chintz!

What design interventions do we need to improve our indoor air quality? Plus, Annie Smithers on kitchen gadgets and tools, Sean Dooley gives us the word about the birds, and Colin Bisset traces the origins of white goods. Then escape to the world's most enchanting bookshops.

A blueprint to breathe, cook, clean, read… and find your bird of the year

How can speculative design help us see our cities beyond the colonial gaze? Plus, hear about the fate of New York's much-loved street vendors, head a trip around the world via bookshops, and discover the UK's profanity-laden geography.

On speculative design, street vendors, convertibles, bookshops, and rude British geography

Take a stroll through the woods on the Russian-Finnish border — or your favourite bit of public space — to hear about how 3D-printed ceramics are helping vulnerable coral reefs; why garment workers are celebrating the renewal of an ethical manufacturing accord; and why Linda Bo Bardi is a Brazilian visionary. Plus, discover Belfast's layers of complex history.

Healing oceans through 3D-printing, the Bangladesh Accord, a sauna in the Karelia woods and a trip to Belfast

A diverse grab-bag awaits in this latest edition of Blueprint, with a pre-lockdown walking tour of Melbourne modernism; an audience with the highly-award car designer Ian Callum; Annie Smithers' family recipe for Father's Day fruitcake; and Colin Bisset's portrait of a prolific renaissance man. Then top it all off with a trip to the Torres Strait.

On Melbourne modernism, car design, the renaissance, fruitcake and the Torres Strait

It's time to join the reknit revolution — thread by thread. Then it's time for some journeys: a studio visit to artist Pru La Motte; Oxford with Afghan author Durkhanai Ayubi; and Colin Bisset's tour of the Irish manor Angelica Houston once called home. While you're at it, leave some room for some butter courtesy of Annie Smithers. And to top it all off — a journey of the mind through the enchanted city.

Reknit revolution, Afghan culinary richness and an urban tramp through the enchanted city

Design is one of those elusive concepts that's hard to pin down, but if anyone can do it, emeritus director of the Design Museum Dejan Sudjic can.

A wander through the design museum, keeping houses and Country, iconic slippers and a journey to Manila

What plants will survive in a warming world? Let landscape designer Paul Bangay suggest some options. Afterward, take a trip to Renmark, South Australia, which still is home to a collectivised pub inspired by a curious quirk of Swedish history. Then Blueprint regulars Annie Smithers and Colin Bisset are in to show us through visions of a kinder life. Top it all off with a trip to Taiwan's capital, Taipei.

Tools for a resilient and kinder world, the Gothenburg Model, plus a trip to Taipei

A weekly rummage through the essential cultural ingredients for a good life — design, architecture, food, travel, fashion.

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Plus Colin Bisset on Russian architect, Konstantin Melnikov

The politics of glass in Beirut, the rush of ocean swimming in winter, Kevin O'Brien on architecture and a mind journey to Tokyo

Inside the campaign to keep Melbourne's Nicholas Building a hub for creativity, as the 10-storey CBD building is up for sale. Plus show regulars Annie Smithers tells Jonathan all about soups, while Colin Bisset takes us through the design history of Olympic cauldrons. Then buckle up for a tour of Glasgow by none other than the ABC's Norman Swan.

A wander through the Nicholas Building, winter soup, Olympic cauldrons and Norman Swan's Glasgow

With another Olympics upon us, we ponder whether the global sporting roadshow can ever be sustainable? Plus, it's time to consider what we mean when we design for those living with disability. Then, Tim Entwisle takes us for a COVID-safe stroll around Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens. He followed by Blueprint's resident design expert, Colin Bisset, who introduces us to the three British brothers who transformed Australian rooftops. And finally, take a mental trip across the ditch to discover the possibilities of the New Zealand travel bubble.

Greenwashing the Olympics, designing for disability, a winter wander, Wunderlich… and the NZ travel bubble

What does it mean to be "all in this together"? It's a repeated phrase of the pandemic, but philosopher Timothy Morton says it takes on a particular resonance in the Anthropocene. 

Timothy Morton, potstickers part two, zoot suits and a trip to London's urban spaces

Blueprint for Living is a weekly rummage through the essential cultural ingredients—design, architecture, food, travel, fashion—for a good life.

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