Prototype's founder shares what it means to be a young design studio in Ukraine today

Set up in 2020, Prototype is an architecture and design studio based in Kyiv. We speak with founder Ivan Protasov about the role of designers and architects must play in war-torn Ukraine, and why agility is a crucial quality for more
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