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  • June 2014

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  • Amazing staircases: six of the best

    • 09 June 2014

    We choose some of our favourite staircases, from a viewing platform in Holland to a modern floating staircase in a 300 year-old house in Tel Aviv

    Aberrant Architecture: play for today

    • 09 June 2014

    Humour has become something of a signature for the work of David Chambers and Kevin Haley, collectively known as Aberrant Architecture. And while finding the fun in the projects they work on, from interactive installations to studies of the British pub, the duo approaches them through historical research and storytelling.

    Herman Miller and Industrial Facility unveil new desktop storage system

    • 06 June 2014

    Herman Miller and Industrial Facility have designed a new desktop storage system called Formwork

    Beats by Dr. Dre teams up with New York art collective Snarkitecture

    • 05 June 2014

    Art collective Snarkitecture creates limited edition all white headphones which site on a sculpted marble pillow

    Amazing examples of typography in architecture

    • 04 June 2014

    A new book by Brooklyn-based illustrators and designers Mirko Ilić Corp brings together some of the best projects involving typography in architecture, design and art

    When it comes to revenge, truth is stranger than fiction, says Erik Spiekermann

    • 03 June 2014

    And we all thought the new American-based drama House of Cards was fiction... Well let’s look at what happened for real when alleged retaliation got out of hand in New York, says Erik Spiekermann. Erik Spiekermann set up MetaDesign and FontShop, and is a teacher, author, designer and partner at Edenspiekermann

    Henri Matisse: A cut above

    • 03 June 2014

    He broke convention after convention within the art world, and was raising eyebrows right up to the end of his long life. Artist Henri Matisse had turned away from painting completely by 1948 and replaced his brushes entirely with scissors and paper, producing designs for windows, murals and religious garb for a Dominican chapel, plus magazine covers, an illustrated book and more. Now an exhibition at Tate Modern is celebrating the work of Matisse’s late period.

    Architects design concepts to protect American cities from flooding

    • 03 June 2014

    A urban flood defense system for Manhattan by architects BIG and Dutch One Architecture are among six ideas chosen by Rebuild by Design, an initiative that's working to help protect US cities from flooding after Hurricane Sandy

    Massimo Listri's stunning interior photography

    • 03 June 2014

    An exhibition of stunning interior photography by Massimo Listri was the backbone of this year's Milan showing by Mooi

  • May 2014

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  • Room with A view

    • 30 May 2014

    Forme UK director Edward Price surveys the jaw-dropping vista from one of the luxurious serviced apartments at Cheval Residences' new Three Quays development, located next to the Tower of London.