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One to watch - Alexander Waterworth Interiors
6 January 2015Alexander Waterworth Interiors clinches UK and American awards
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How design and architecture can fight inactivity and ill health
6 January 2015Cities, streets and buildings designed to encourage interaction, engagement and enjoyment are the key to fighting increasing inactivity and ill health. Veronica Simpson reports from an inspiring Design Council summit.
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Lay of the land - six flooring experts choose their top trends for 2015
6 January 2015To find out what might be the latest thing for floors in the coming year, FX asked six flooring experts to identify trends for 2015.
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The flooring products that work hard
23 December 2014Flooring often has to stand up to tough conditions. We look at projects that could have been problematic.
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Design Lighting Tokyo 2015 - what to see at this year's show
23 December 2014Nicely timed to lift us out of the post-festive doldrums, Japan’s capital is lighting up in January with
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Gitta Gschwendtner - 10 things I've learned about design
23 December 2014Gitta Gschwendtner designs exhibitions, furniture and interiors as well as creating public art for indoor and outdoor spaces. She takes a moment out of a busy schedule to share 10 things she’s learned about design.
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5 Pancras Square, London, by Bennetts Associates
15 December 2014There’s plenty to shout about in this just-opened new building by Bennetts Associates that managed to complete in the huge King’s Cross development with hardly a murmur...
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Milliken showroom, Manhattan, by M Moser Associates
15 December 2014M Moser Architects was called in when Milliken reviewed its ‘client-hosting spaces’ and wanted more of a reflection of its corporate identity when visitors came calling to see its flooring products.
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Alberto Alessi - Profile
15 December 2014Product design firm Alessi seems to be going from strength to strength. Now with the third generation of the family at the helm, in the hands of Alberto, the founder’s eldest grandson, it is fresh from presenting the Alessi bar and café at designjunction for the London Design Week. Alberto Alessi talks to FX.
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How the world of lighting design has embraced sustainability
9 December 2014A green or sustainable approach to design has nothing to do with embracing a ‘whole earth’ hippy aesthetic. It’s about a more intelligent and future-friendly approach to sourcing materials, managing waste and creating commercially, economically and socially sustaining environments people want to inhabit.
