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Surfaces focus: what to look out for at this year’s Surfaces Design Show
10 February 2015Returning to London’s Business Design Centre this month, the three-day Surface Design Show will offer a huge range of exciting products, from veneers and solid surface materials to natural materials including limestone and chalk.
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What you need to know about sustainability in lighting design
2 February 2015Find your way through the sustainability maze with this useful guide to areas of energy saving, plus a handy glossary of jargon words in lighting.
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The Wellcome Collection’s Ken Arnold on commissioning exhibition design
2 February 2015Ken Arnold takes time out from his job at the Wellcome Collection as head of public programmes to explain what he looks for when commissioning out exhibition design.
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Reception desk design – five of the best in London
27 January 2015They are the face of a company, so receptions and their desks should be a microcosm of its brand philosophy and aesthetic. We take a look at some of the latest reception projects and how they promote the company.
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Jeff Kindleysides: 10 things I’ve learned about design
27 January 2015Jeff Kindleysides with David Checkland founded their retail design consultancy 35 years ago, working with major brands. He shares with us the top 10 lessons he’s learned about design along the way.
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Opinion: Experiments into working practices yield surprising results
27 January 2015Visitors to Clerkenwell Design Week found themselves taking part in a series of scientific experiments aimed at examining at workspace design and management. The results point to seismic possibilities.
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Care and craftsmanship in a home for the elderly
20 January 2015In her monthly column for FX, Brief Encounters, Veronica Simpson is moved by the care and craftsmanship devoted to a new building for some of society’s most frail and vulnerable members.
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How designers are repurposing the Paris Metro's lost stations
20 January 2015In the autumn we went exploring the ‘lost’ Underground stations of London and looked at the exciting future they may be facing. Now we go across the Channel and to see how Paris is dealing with the unused elements of the Métro.
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Peter Thonet - Profile
20 January 2015Peter Thonet is the latest in the family-run eponyomous German furniture design business, in family hands since it started in 1819. Now a brand ambassador, with younger family members well established at Thonet, Peter has welcomed new blood being introduced, with Thorsten Muck recently appointed as CEO. They talk to FX about all things Thonet.
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Milk Tea & Pearl, Box Park London, by Atelier YAO
20 January 2015Atelier YAO played a few tricks with its interiors for this revamp of a Taiwanese bubble tea store in a pop-up complex in East London...
