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Introducing architecture practice RCKa
RCKa is only six years old, yet the practice has already clocked up, among other things, a Civic Trust Award-winning youth and community centre (TNG in Lewisham, 2013), a big city art gallery (Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery, 2011), and a prestigious laboratory project — most architects have to wait 20 years to land one of those — for the world’s largest currency printer De La Rue in the Hampshire countryside.
Non-competitive advantage: Norway's blossoming design industry
Spurred on by the country’s wealth from North Atlantic oil and gas, Norway’s design industry is blossoming. We talk to its young stars about how to project a small nation, with an almost non-existant design heritage, onto the world design stage, and discuss the benefits of collaboration over competition.
New Design Britain Awards 2015 - entries open
Online entries are now open for next year's New Design Britain Awards, which take place at May Design Series
The history of the Bauhaus - infographic
Created by furniture store Aram, this infographic charts the fascinating history of the Bauhaus - Germany's famous design school, from its founding by Walter Gropius to its influence on the furniture of IKEA
Building the Sancaklar Mosque - video
Watch this beautiful (and purely visual) documentary on the construction of Emre Arolat Architects' Sancaklar Mosque in Turkey, produced by SGMStudio
Hansgrohe: sustainability is not a policy - it's a way of life
What sustainability means for brassware and showering manufacturer Hansgrohe: It’s not a policy, more a way of life... says CEO Martin Mongan
Superyachts by Zaha Hadid – we can but dream
Hadid has turned her inimitable style to the superyacht, designing a family of five luxury boats with naval architect Blohm+Voss
Design a new concrete wall tile for Domus
The call is out for artists and designers to create a new concrete wall tile that will actually be manufactured and sold.
Blurred lines: Art, design and industry
We look at how artists have been involved in the interiors business in the past and ask why this continues to be such a fruitful relationship, with some surprising contemporary examples.
Designer Rodney Fitch dies
Retail design guru who founded design consultancy Fitch died on Monday 20 October
