As goes the adage, change is the only constant. Yet, the inherent effect of liminality is not comprehended as it should be. Rational at times, and unpredictable at most, what is life if not a recurring series of esoteric transitions—surviving, learning and working together through states of change?

Channelling the liminal in creative realms is nothing new—we have access to an archive of art, architecture and design truths, conceived as lucid narratives of transience, as the bastions of creative culture.

The stories in this newsletter are funnels of liminalities: Achille Bonito Oliva discusses the Italian trans-avant-garde movement; art as a point of origin and departure forms the nature of Niki de Saint Phalle; London Design Biennale curator Victoria Broackes discusses the need for connections to pull people closer to design.

It reminds us of the lyrics to the Scorpion’s famous song—“The wind of change blows straight into the face of time.”