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  • September 2013

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  • Temporary Treats

    • 20 September 2013

    Pop-ups were the fad of the past decade, but now temporary structures are adding real design ingenuity to the mix, bringing new life to unusual, dif­ficult or previously uncelebrated spaces. Veronica Simpson Investigates

    Post world's end architecture: Portugal

    • 13 September 2013

    Once the apex of contemporary excellence, Portugal's architecture has paralleled the Eurozone crisis with a fall from grace. But there may be hope: a new wave of architects is uniting with the community to create provocative new projects with the potential to reclaim the civic domain

    Henrietta Thompson on 10 years of 100% Norway

    • 13 September 2013

    Celebrating its 10th anniversary month, design show 100% Norway brings work by some of the best new and established Norwegian designers to London each year as part of September’s London Design Festival. We ask one of the show’s two curators, Henrietta Thompson (pictured above), why the show has been such a success and what’s unique about this particular branch of Scandinavian design.

    Jestico + Whiles Takes tea and gin to new heights for aqua shard

    • 12 September 2013

    Architect and interiors company Jestico + Whiles’ take on Southwark’s gin-distilling and tea-importing history is revealed with its design of the aqua shard restaurant.

    Post world’s end architecture: Spain

    • 11 September 2013

    Gonzalo Herrero Delicado, cofounder with Maria Jose Marcos of the consultancy dot agency for architectural affairs, examines the recession’s effect on architecture in Spain, where small-scale interventions, community action and ‘disobedience’ are giving the discipline a political edge

    What to see at this year's London Design Festival

    • 10 September 2013

    The 11th year of the London Design Festival sees over 300 events flood the capital, from trade fairs and high-profile landmark projects, to small exhibitions, local open studios and workshops.

    FX Awards shortlist announced

    • 10 September 2013

    See which designers and design practices are in with a change of winning this year's FX Design Awards

    Modus presents an exhibition of new photographs by Angela Moore

    An antidote to the hustle and bustle of this month’s London Design Festival furniture brand Modus presents a specially commissioned exhibition of photographs by Angela Moore, which capture the serine natural beauty that surrounds the company’s Somerset headquarters

    Interview: Ben Evans

    • 09 September 2013

    Eleven years on from organising the first London Design Festival with John Sorrell, Ben Evans is still instrumental in pulling off one of the world’s great design festivals. He talks to Jamie Mitchell

    Zaha Hadid work comes to stay with Serpentine Sackler Gallery

    • 09 September 2013

    The Serpentine’s new Serpentine Sackler Gallery, designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Zaha Hadid, is set to open at the end of this month in Kensington Gardens.