• UK Government website wins 2013 Designs of the Year award

    17 April 2013

    GOV.UK, the new UK Government website has been named Design of the Year by the Design Museum in London, beating 98 contenders including Thomas Heatherwick’s Olympic cauldron, Renzo Piano’s Shard and a folding wheel by Vitamins.

  • What design can do: Discuss

    17 April 2013

    This annual international conference, hosted in Amsterdam and taking place on 16 and 17 May, celebrates the power of design and the ways it can solve global issues. The conference is specifically aimed at design professionals, company leaders and government officials.

  • ET Quelle influence

    16 April 2013

    France is taking art to the regions, with a series of 23 new, purpose-designed galleries housing sizable collections organised in a national strategy, says Stephen Hitchins. But will they go the way of the UK’s flurry of out-of-London art buildings, and become just additional public galleries by another name?

  • Penhaligon’s Regent Street

    15 April 2013

    The latest store for this esteemed perfumiers exudes a bespoke quirky elegance, thanks to inspired interiors by rising star Christopher Jenner, named Breakthrough Talent of the Year in the 2012 FX Awards

  • My favourite …design city

    12 April 2013

    In the first of a new series in which design favourites are highlighted, Jamie Mitchell is in Miami

  • Top 5

    11 April 2013

    Pick of the best new products

  • Death: A design response

    10 April 2013

    Nothing is certain except death and taxes, said Benjamin Franklin. While global corporations have been getting creative with the latter, let’s celebrate the global design community’s achievements in finding new and interesting ways to engage with the former, says Veronica Simpson

  • Book your place now for FX and Seymourpowell’s exclusive post-Milan party in London.

    9 April 2013

    It’s that time of year again when the design industry converges on Milan for the Salone Internazionale del Mobile (AKA the Milan Furniture Fair) – without a doubt one of the most important events in the design calendar. This year, FX has got together with design practice and international product researcher Seymourpowell, and on the 25 April, we’re going to be hosting a special drinks reception back in London to celebrate Seymourpowell’s comprehensive Milan research.

  • BDP wins design for Cardiff and Vale College

    9 April 2013

    BDP has won the competition to design the £23m, 16,000 sq m Cardiff City Centre Community Campus for Cardiff and Vale College. The college is one of the largest in Wales, serving Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, and this project brings together many of the college’s activities on to a single campus in the heart of the city.

  • John Pawson goes to Miami for Shrager flats

    8 April 2013

    Developer Ian Schrager is back in Miami Beach, this time in the company of architect and minimalist designer John Pawson.