• One to Watch: Evan James Design

    Established in Wales and named for her son, Emily Skinner’s company Evan James Design specialises in ‘interactive sensory design’, with a series of outstanding wall coverings already in its portfolio.

  • Montblanc, Hamburg by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance

    Luxury pen maker Montblanc has just opened its latest store, its European flagship, in Hamburg, the company’s hometown. Designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance had the task of translating the brand’s detailing and narrative into its latest retail environment, ready for a roll-out through its other stores. Johnny Tucker reports

  • Saturn-like house design labelled ‘Unidentified Floating Object’

    An energy-efficient concept for living at sea from the engineers and designers at Jet Capsule

  • Flawless finish

    It started with resolving a beauty problem at Selfridges and ended with a whole new light module. Claire Hamill and Anna Sandgren of Nulty+ review the research project that gave a new complexion to retail lighting.

  • Balancing act

    Chad Rains, founder and creative director of Illuminationworks, looks at the pivotal role of lighting design in retail branding.

  • Retail lighting trends: Counter intelligence

    What developments and furniture trends are in retail lighting? DPA lighting partner Gary Campbell has answers.

  • Richard Sapper 1932-2015

    Remembering the multi-talented designer Richard Sapper, where an extensive resume saw him working with the likes of FIAT and Knoll, and who was a close associate of Alberto Alessi.

  • The Ones That Got Away

    Six practices tell us about the projects that held so much promise, but for one reason or another have remained unrealised.

  • 3D-printed shin guards set to advance sports design

    A world’s first in serially-produced 3D-printed shin guards

  • Sou Fujimoto creates ‘Forest of Light’ for Salone del Mobile 2016

    COS commissions Sou Fujimoto to create an installation for Milan Design Week