• If Only We Could Work Where and When We Want and Need to Be

    ... says Richard Stevens, founder and creative director of forpeople

  • Review: Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair

    Established Scandinavian brands are supporting younger, up-and-coming designers, discovers Cate St Hill at this year’s Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair

  • One to Watch: Yellow Broom

    Yellow Broom aka Edinburgh College of Art graduates David Robson and Clare Waddle. From their studio in the Cairngorms National Park the duo are doing wonderful things with wood....

  • Focus: Case Studies, Presentation

    Presentation is a crucial factor in how customers perceive products as they enter a retail environment

  • Focus: Innovative Store Design

    How inspirational brands from around the world communicate their values through innovative store

  • Review: imm Cologne

    Johnny Tucker selects the best designs on show at this year’s edition of imm Cologne, from reprints of Arts & Architecture magazine covers, to noise-reducing felt chairs

  • Focus: Convenience Stores

    Convenience stores are being forced out of their comfort zone to meet the evolving needs of today’s casual shopper

  • Focus: Analysis of Real-World Shops

    Research suggests that the shopping habits of digital natives require a step change in the design of real-world shops

  • Brief Encounters: Veronica Simpson

    Veronica Simpson is in a field in Derbyshire to see the progress of a scheme for a furniture business that is literally growing up.

  • Toby Maxwell Talks to Developers

    As a prelude to MIPIM being held this month, Toby Maxwell talks to developers, architects and designers realising opportunities in uncertain times.