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  • August 2017

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    • Smart benches from mmcité make life easier around town

    Is there anything worse than the feeling when your phone battery dies? There you are all ready to make that important phone call with a dead phone, not a phone box in sight, and you left your charger at home. Luckily, Czech infrastructure design company, mmcité are working on a street furniture collection to solve all your technological problems.

    Brief Encounters

    • 18 August 2017

    In her own column, Veronica Simpson reports on a success story of the Arts Council England’s Creative People and Places programme

    Architecture in blue: Francis Kéré's Serpentine Pavilion

    Burkina Faso-born and Berlin-based architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has brought his empowering, socially engaged architecture to London in the form of this year’s Serpentine Pavilion. Inspired by the form of a tree, where people like to gather during the day in his home village of Gando, it showcases his belief that architecture has the power to surprise, unite and inspire

    Focus: Q&A

    • 18 August 2017

    Benugo has 25 restaurants and cafes in cultural and leisure venues, and a few more ‘in the works’. Fiona Byrne, Benugo’s head of branding and development, explains why the company is in this sector and how it handles design issues.

    Profile - Christian Lacroix

    • 18 August 2017

    A fashion designer, in FX? No, this is Christian Lacroix, the contract designer for the past 17 years. Since he turned his back on fashion he has turned his talents to theatre design, exhibitions and a new carpet collection for Danish company ege, just launched...

    The Singapore Night Festival: Best installations

    The Singapore Night Festival kicks off this evening and promises to bring the best in art, music, and culture that the city has to offer.

    Top 20 A' Design Award Winners

    • 17 August 2017

    Every year A' Design Award & Competition runs an international juried competition for design. The A’ Design Accolades cover a wide range of creative fields to highlight the very best designers from all countries in all disciplines.

    Studio Saxe combines jungle, yoga and design in Costa Rican hotel

    Costa Rican architects Studio Saxe have completed an, oh so Zen, hotel and yoga studio in the beautiful tropical climes of Nosara, Costa Rica.

    PaperAwards announce shortlist for the best in stationary design

    Who doesn’t like brand new stationary? Is there anything better than a beautiful new diary to make you feel like the most organised person in the world? We don’t think so and neither does Top Drawer, organisers of the UK's leading retail trade event for creative lifestyle buyers.

    Ingo Maurer designs incredibly practical inflatable lamp

    German lighting designer, Ingo Maurer, has designed an incredibly practical inflatable lamp called Blow Me Up.