• Designers choose their favourite surface materials

    28 February 2014

    Four leading designers share their views on surface materials and why they select them to use in projects, plus lighting designer Paul Nulty gives his viewpoint on the importance of lighting to bring out the best in surface materials

  • Surfaces: the best new design products

    28 February 2014

    What’s new and exciting in the world of surfaces

  • Barclays Center, by AECOM

    24 February 2014

    AECOM was sports architect and architect of record for Barclays Center, the sports and entertainment destination home to the NBA Brooklyn Nets and future home of the NHL New York Islanders.

  • Giles Miller: surface designer - Interview

    24 February 2014

    Designer Giles Miller is building an international reputation for an innovative use of surface materials. His studio’s clients include some serious heavyweights in their respective industries, including British Airways, Selfridges, Ritz-Carlton Hotels and Stella McCartney and his studio in Spitalfields is being kept particularly busy with clients in the Middle East and Asia

  • If only... a lighting device that monitors carbon footprint

    24 February 2014

    If only we had a portable lighting device that monitored our carbon footprint, says Hoare Lea Lighting

  • FX design focus: surfaces

    24 February 2014

    Toby Maxwell chooses some of the best new projects which put surfaces centre stage, from hotels and offices to an information system for the city of Bath

  • Veronica Simpson on community design projects

    19 February 2014

    Every so often architects and designers put caution – and fees – aside and tackle a project for the sheer love of seeing good design being put to the best possible use. Veronica Simpson looks at some inspired projects making a real difference

  • One to watch: Sebastian Cox, furniture maker

    17 February 2014

    Furniture maker Sebastian Cox, part of the Heal’s Discovers initiative to cultivate new talent

  • GA Design helps Hilton go biggest in Istanbul

    10 February 2014

    Hospitality design specialst GA Design International has helped Hilton Hotels expand its portfolio with designs for the Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel and Conference Center, the city’s largest hotel.

  • Design Council announces recipients of its Better by Design fund

    10 February 2014

    The Design Council has announced the 10 projects that will share £100,000 funding for schemes aimed at improving children’s lives.