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If Only ...I could add colour to the Taj Mahal
2 March 2015Says Ptolemy Mann.
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Smart Cruises: a new fleet of cruise liners are taking new technology onboard
24 February 2015Royal Caribbean is taking tech to the next level with its new fleet of cruise ships. Its latest vessel, Anthem of the Seas, is due to launch this spring, is the exemplar.
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Veronica Simpson on the Craft Council’s Make: Shift conference
24 February 2015Worried about the typical design student’s lack of knowledge and contacts with industry, one enterprising graduate has set out to catalogue all the talent that’s available in her back yard.
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Jaime Hayon – 10 things I’ve learned about design
17 February 2015Jaime Hayon designs furniture, products and interiors through his own company, now in its 15th year. He tells us the top 10 lessons he’s learned about design in his career to date.
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Boodle Hatfield offices, London, by Resonate Interiors
17 February 2015For new offices in a new building for a law firm established in the 18th century, Resonate Interiors boldly mixed traditional with contemporary for a vibrant yet welcoming environment.
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Nicholas Jones looks at solutions to bad acoustics in the workplace
17 February 2015What’s that you say? Acoustics in the workplace: we only notice noise when it’s bad! With open-plan layouts the main culprit, there’s plenty that can be done to improve in-office acoustics for worker wellbeing and privacy...
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Surfaces focus – Ross Lovegrove unveils his latest work
17 February 2015‘This installation opens up an aesthetic territory between the deep ocean and deep space, forming a dialogue for the 21st century, between aquatic biomorphism and Nasalike intelligent systems,’ says designer Ross Lovegrove in typical bombastic form, describing his latest collaboration with French ceiling specialist Barrisol.
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Mondrian Hotel, London, by Design Research Studio
10 February 2015Originally designed as a luxury hotel but never used as such, Sea Containers House on the Thames has finally fulfilled its destiny, with the help of Design Research Studio.
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CARL HANSEN & SON CEO KNUD ERIK HANSEN - INTERVIEW
10 February 2015In the last (for the time being) of our look at heads of family firms, the CEO of Danish furniture manufacturer Carl Hansen & Son, Knud Erik, takes us through his career and explains how he came to be at the helm of the family firm, via shipping and a long stint of living in the Far East.
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Veronica Simpson examines projects hoping to cash in on the ‘Bilbao Effect’
10 February 2015The Bilbao Effect is a phrase now used to justify ever more extraordinary buildings landing in some of the least likely places, from the jungles of Panama to the most impoverished parts of Northern France. We investigate extreme cultural regeneration.
