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Blurred lines: Art, design and industry
22 October 2014We look at how artists have been involved in the interiors business in the past and ask why this continues to be such a fruitful relationship, with some surprising contemporary examples.
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Is the battle between physical store and online shopping over?
21 October 2014Is the battle between physical store and online shopping over? Not according to our round-table gathering of designers specialising in retail, who have much to say about how brick-and-mortar can continue to take the fight to the screen.
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Coca-Cola UK HQ, London
21 October 2014A careful hand was needed by MoreySmith to convert one of London’s oldest concrete buildings into a vibrant and reflective HQ for the king of pop.
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John Small - interview
21 October 2014History and art graduate turned school teacher, John Small took himself back to the classroom to study design. Now, after 25 years with Foster + Partner, he is design director for Steelcase.
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Dutch Design Week: The Future Today
13 October 2014The much anticipated Dutch Design Week, taking place in Eindhoven 18 - 26 October, is promising a view of the world tomorrow in the making today, through exhbitions, workshops, seminars and parties.
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Watches of Switzerland store, London
13 October 2014Everyone has time to browse, admire and buy luxury watches in the new store in Regent Street, London for Watches of Switzerland, lavishly created and appointed in glass, rich wood and metals by design practice Callison.
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Behind the scenes at the Folkestone Art Triennial
13 October 2014When a major arts festival is commissioned, the interaction between artists, residents and art is a vital element in the town’s enrichment. Veronica Simpson checks out the behind-the-scenes action for the Folkestone Triennial.
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One to Watch - Kreis Design
6 October 2014Nikki Kreis now designs furniture, via hotel interiors and showrooms.
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Breaking Wave, John Lewis, York
6 October 2014The Tubes are not deployed in the same way, but the piece Breaking Wave harks back to Dan Flavin in using industrial T8 fluorescent lamps as the main component.
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Starlight, Museum of the City of New York
6 October 2014A Site-Specific light sculpture for the Museum of the City of New York, Starlight won a Merit award in the recent IALD International Lighting Design Awards. A massive statement for the imposing elliptical stairway at the heart of the historic interior, the uniform geometry of the spatial grid creates a moiré effect, producing intriguing optical effects according to the viewpoint.
