• Finnishing School

    14 November 2013

    Giving people a voice in how their city evolves has reaped huge rewards for Helsinki. Clearly there is still more to be learned from the Fins about inclusive, elegant and people-centred design, says Veronica Simpson

  • Patagonia, New York

    13 November 2013

    Outdoor clothing specialist Patagonia went industrial for its latest store, in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan, for which MNA reintroduced a few elements from the past into the 19th-century old depot building

  • Derek Phillips (1923-2013)

    12 November 2013

    Derek Phillips FRIBA, FCIBSE, Honorary Fellow SLL, MILP, FIALD, M. Arch, B. Arch, MCD, who died in early November at the age of 90, was the UK’s very first independent lighting designer and a pioneer of the profession. Lighting designer and writer, Carl Gardner, looks back at his life and work

  • Lighting design loses Russell Lipscombe

    11 November 2013

    Leading lighting designer Russell Lipscombe has died following a long illness. He had turned 49 just a few days before his death.

  • And Christopher Jenner’s pick for FX Award at Decorex is...

    7 November 2013

    ...Benchmark’s Tool Cabinet. It won the FX Best Contemporary Design Award at this year’s Decorex. Judging the award was Christopher Jenner, who was named Breakthrough Talent 2012 at the FX International Interior Design Awards – and announced last month as creative director of Euorstar.

  • Get ready to party at this year's FX awards

    4 November 2013

    After last year’s most successful event ever, our 15th FX International Interior Design Awards, takes place on 27 November at the Grosvenor House hotel, in Park Lane, London.

  • The best new railway station design

    31 October 2013

    After 100 years of relative neglect, train stations have been revived and reinvented as gleaming modern expressions of speed and sustainability. Veronica Simpson puts on her parka for a bit of station spotting

  • If only...

    29 October 2013

    If only... Google was a bank

  • Denim Studio, Selfridges, London

    21 October 2013

    Denim, nothing but denim, could be a turnoff for some shoppers but this new space at Selfridges’ flagship store by HMKM has a feel of openness and light, plus a trick or two

  • Top 5 Products

    21 October 2013

    Our pick of the best new products