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Series that looks at the world we inhabit through the lens of design.

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Episode 4: Design and Truth

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Design and Truth

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Architectural writer Shumi Bose explores whether we can trust what we see.

Architectural writer Shumi Bose examines where design meets life. She explores whether we can trust what we see, and looks for 'truth' in the designs which organise our world.

Design is one of the most powerful forces in our lives. None of us can avoid its influence. It's a ubiquitous element of our world that determines how we feel, what we do and whether we succeed or fail. In this four-part series, the architectural writer Shumi Bose explores its power to affect us, for better and worse.

In each episode of 'The Design Dimension' Shumi charts a different aspect of our relationship to design - desire, damage, choice and, finally, truth.

In the last programme of this series, Shumi investigates the concept of 'truth' in design. We hear from a mapmaker who believes that "maps are arguments about places" and that they never accurately represent the world, a pair of artworld pranksters who challenge our expectations of architecture, and we explore how powerful - and potentially misleading - the ways in which we visualise data can be.

Produced by Alan Hall and Hana Walker-Brown
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

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Architectural writer Shumi Bose presents a series that examines where design meets life.

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