• One to Watch: The Vawdrey House

    We’re keeping our eye on The Vawdrey House, a threesome comprising designers Jennifer Hamilton, Graeme Montague and Ian Chapman producing interiors, bespoke joinery, wallpapers, signage and graphics so far...

  • What does your client’s brand sound like?

    Chris Wilcox says that while many stores, salons and restaurants play music, is it giving the right message? And more importantly, what song are you?

  • A Light Touch

    Lighting design is an essential part of mood-setting and décor in hotels, but is hard to pull off. Neil Knowles, founder and director of Elektra Lighting, explains how to get it right.

  • Design Central

    Marco Piva’s latest hotel project shows the Italian knack for mixing styles and periods.

  • The reversible hotel

    Guest rooms at the Ageas Bowl Hotel transform into spaces to watch cricket matches. Howzzat?

  • Hotels: Taking an app

    Whitbread’s new high-tech and eco-friendly hotel in London’s Covent Garden, makes economic use of space. JSJ Designs found smart ways to ensure the experience is an inviting one.

  • Hotels: Designing in luxury

    Opulence or convenience? FX looks at what guests want and what some designers have done to provide It.

  • When two become one: Morgan Lovell and Overbury office, Bracknell

    The two companies worked together to create a joint office space offering clients and staff a modern and agile work environment.

  • Museums and mindfulness

    How do museums engage people with the three-dimensional, physical relics of human civilisation in the age of ubiquitous two-dimensional digital distraction? Veronica Simpson searches for curatorial solutions.

  • I took all the knowledge I had… and haven’t looked back since

    Federico Toresi heads up Aedas’ new interiors branch in London with great plans for the small department.