Blueprint For Living - Separate stories

Angela Riechers, writer, art director, educator, and author of The elements of visual grammar: A designer's guide for writers, scholars and professionals, discusses the history of Neutraface and explains how and why this typeface became so ubiquitous.

Exposed brick, smashed avocado, hanging Edison bulbs, the patina of industry and reclaimed wood furniture – this is the algorithmic aesthetic writer and critic, Kyle Chayka investigates in his new book, Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture. He discusses the political and psychological implications of this ubiquitous global ambience and what it means to live in a machine-curated world.

Kevin McCloud, Host of Grand Designs, discusses the definition of good design and why Grand Designs is such a compelling proposition. He also talks about the sartorial exigencies of filming at a building site, including ballerina leggings, long johns, and multiple pairs of socks.

Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece and bestselling author, reflects on his childhood in Athens, the complex relationship between modern Greeks and the history of Athens, the transformative potential of a borderless earth, living in multiple countries and its influence on identity, and explores the concept of a borderless world and its impact on our sense of identity and connection to our homes.

In this series, Annie cooks her way through David’s seminal volume, French Provincial Cooking, starting with a simple mayonnaise.Find more of Annie's past Kitchen Rudimentals here.

Psychoanalyst and Professor of Modern Literary Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London, Josh Cohen,  reflects on the contradictions, conflicts and the disordered and divided appetites of the modern individual.

Design critic and writer, Colin Bisset tells the story of civilisational decline through the design history of the comfy chair.

Fashion critic and health sandal convert, Kirstie Clements, charts the history of our embrace of comfort wear and explains how – through an appreciation of plaid, canvas chore jackets and cargo pants – she came to embrace her inner Canadian survivalist.

Author Lucy Treloar is a master of writing place. In her latest novel the near ghost-town Terowie – a place rich in metaphorical resonance - is transformed into the fictional town of Wirowie, through which she explores themes of abandonment, haunting and loss. She reflects on the way in which the past insists through the landscape and the unique, evocative character of South Australia’s geography.

Legendary Australian chef and owner of Brae, Dan hunter, whose stock in culinary trade revolves around produce and blindingly inspired innovation, reveals what he would make for final meal on earth.