Who is the ‘public’ in the public sphere? What role for art as entertainment in a society of spectacle? In answer to such questions artist Michael Lin’s work is not just about the rediscovery of the flower patterns of traditional Taiwanese fabrics, but about turning the ordinary into the extraordinary and an alternative, unfixed spectacular in the sanctioned public space.

At the opening of the 5th Design Parade in Hyères, Gijs Bakker – designer, teacher and co-founder of Droog Design – was confronted by an exhibition that showed an overview of the work of Aldo Bakker, his son. Here, the elder Bakker describes the emotions of the experience and why it now makes him smile if people ask him if he is in the same profession as his offspring.

So, the World Cup in South Africa is over, the winning goal, not to mention the vuvuzelas, dispensed to the memory box. But for the hosts the story is meant to have unlimited extra time and while the word ‘legacy’ is the proverbial poisoned chalice for any big sporting event, what kind of future can the stadia offer to its home supporters?