• When it comes to revenge, truth is stranger than fiction, says Erik Spiekermann

    3 June 2014

    And we all thought the new American-based drama House of Cards was fiction... Well let’s look at what happened for real when alleged retaliation got out of hand in New York, says Erik Spiekermann. Erik Spiekermann set up MetaDesign and FontShop, and is a teacher, author, designer and partner at Edenspiekermann

  • Henri Matisse: A cut above

    3 June 2014

    He broke convention after convention within the art world, and was raising eyebrows right up to the end of his long life. Artist Henri Matisse had turned away from painting completely by 1948 and replaced his brushes entirely with scissors and paper, producing designs for windows, murals and religious garb for a Dominican chapel, plus magazine covers, an illustrated book and more. Now an exhibition at Tate Modern is celebrating the work of Matisse’s late period.

  • Massimo Listri's stunning interior photography

    3 June 2014

    An exhibition of stunning interior photography by Massimo Listri was the backbone of this year's Milan showing by Mooi

  • Technologies that harvest their own energy

    27 May 2014

    Chris Lefteri takes a look at new and smart technologies that can collect ‘waste’ energy, from boiling kettles to the footfall of marathon runners. Lefteri is a designer and has written seven books about new materials and their application

  • Brian Eno: Visual Music

    27 May 2014

    By Christopher Scoates Chronicle Books, £30 Review by Oliver Lowenstein

  • Raw Style: OMA's new HQ for denim brand G-Star

    27 May 2014

    Through the design of its industrial-chic headquarters, on a busy metropolitan motorway, edgy denim-monger G-Star RAW finds fellow Dutch architecture practice OMA to be a stylistic soulmate. Vitra’s revised designs by Jean Prouvé make a fitting complement for this pairing

  • Post-World’s end architecture: Turkey

    21 May 2014

    Istanbul is in turmoil. While not the only Turkish city to experience disquiet among the populace, this ancient place is, it could be argued, facing greater upheaval in its urban fabric with mega expansion plans that include a new airport, a new bridge over the Bosphorus, the demolition of whole communities and relocation of inner city schools. But as this fifth instalment of Post World’s End Architecture reveals, there are some architects and designers-cum-activists trying to tackle the city’s problems with positive action

  • Frank Gehry - interview

    19 May 2014

    With his Panama Biomuseo project opening and other schemes being announced around the globe, Veronica Simpson caught up with Frank Gehry at the launch of the innovative LUMA Arles Arts Campus, featuring another signature Gehry building

  • Terence Conran - interview

    15 May 2014

    As Habitat, the iconic home ware brand that Terence Conran created in 1964 prepares to celebrate its 50th birthday, we revisit an interview with the man himself, first published in Blueprint in November 2011

  • Design a flag for an independent Scotland

    13 May 2014

    If Scotland votes for independence in September, we will be ready to offer up a raft of new national flags that you have designed. We’ll be printing up the best of your designs and displaying them during London Design Week, for you to vote for the winner