• Let in the light

    Protecting their art treasures from harmful daylight has always been a major concern for galleries and museums, which often resorted to simply blocking it out. Thankfully, the approach is a lot more subtle these days.

  • Talking Points: Rebranding – why do it?

    Nicky Young, owner of Why Design, discusses the issues surrounding rebranding in a series of case studies and says that, however it’s achieved, it’s all about business...

  • One to Watch: Evan James Design

    Established in Wales and named for her son, Emily Skinner’s company Evan James Design specialises in ‘interactive sensory design’, with a series of outstanding wall coverings already in its portfolio.

  • Flawless finish

    It started with resolving a beauty problem at Selfridges and ended with a whole new light module. Claire Hamill and Anna Sandgren of Nulty+ review the research project that gave a new complexion to retail lighting.

  • Balancing act

    Chad Rains, founder and creative director of Illuminationworks, looks at the pivotal role of lighting design in retail branding.

  • Retail lighting trends: Counter intelligence

    What developments and furniture trends are in retail lighting? DPA lighting partner Gary Campbell has answers.

  • Richard Sapper 1932-2015

    Remembering the multi-talented designer Richard Sapper, where an extensive resume saw him working with the likes of FIAT and Knoll, and who was a close associate of Alberto Alessi.

  • The Ones That Got Away

    Six practices tell us about the projects that held so much promise, but for one reason or another have remained unrealised.

  • Focus: Retail Lighting

    Leading retail lighting designers give us an insight into the specialism, encompassing developments and trends, research into lighting for cosmetics concessions, and their pick of favourite lighting fittings.

  • WeWork Spitalfields, London, by John Robertson Architects

    The practice liked its completed project for this shared workspace so much that it decided to move in...