China's emerging design scene, the changing role of the bed, and gender and race diversity were among the big topics discussed on Dezeen this year. For our review of 2018, design editor Augusta Pownall picks 10 quotes that sum up the design and architecture scene right now.

Olafur Eliasson: "Every finance minister should train as a culture minister"
The artist who has just installed glacial icebergs outside London's Tate Modern said in an interview with Dezeen that too many governments are exploiting culture for promotional gain rather than using it as a tool for fostering communities.
Eliasson decried the fact that the responsibility for the culture sector in the UK is often left to private enterprise, and warned that a failure to invest in culture is fuelling a rise in popularism, which appears to be on the increase across the globe. Read the full interview ›

Stella McCartney: "There should be laws to make it harder for people to screw up the planet"
Fashion designer Stella McCartney has long been a vocal campaigner for cruelty-free fashion but, speaking to Dezeen as she opened her flagship store in London's Mayfair earlier this year, she has made it clear that all of us have the power to make a change.
However McCartney believes that we can't rely on people to simply behave well, rather that there should be legislation in place to support it.
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Beatriz Colomina: "Sleep has become work, hard work"...