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The flooring products that work hard
23 December 2014Flooring often has to stand up to tough conditions. We look at projects that could have been problematic.
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Design Lighting Tokyo 2015 - what to see at this year's show
23 December 2014Nicely timed to lift us out of the post-festive doldrums, Japan’s capital is lighting up in January with
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Gitta Gschwendtner - 10 things I've learned about design
23 December 2014Gitta Gschwendtner designs exhibitions, furniture and interiors as well as creating public art for indoor and outdoor spaces. She takes a moment out of a busy schedule to share 10 things she’s learned about design.
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Alberto Alessi - Profile
15 December 2014Product design firm Alessi seems to be going from strength to strength. Now with the third generation of the family at the helm, in the hands of Alberto, the founder’s eldest grandson, it is fresh from presenting the Alessi bar and café at designjunction for the London Design Week. Alberto Alessi talks to FX.
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Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec - profile
15 December 2014Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have made a career out of questioning, provoking and reinventing various genres, chalking up an enviable list of clients and trophies, and insisting on the freedom to work on exactly what pleases them. When dream commissions manifest themselves so easily, what drives and inspires this unique design duo?
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How the world of lighting design has embraced sustainability
9 December 2014A green or sustainable approach to design has nothing to do with embracing a ‘whole earth’ hippy aesthetic. It’s about a more intelligent and future-friendly approach to sourcing materials, managing waste and creating commercially, economically and socially sustaining environments people want to inhabit.
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Design Lighting Tokyo 2015
9 December 2014Only in its third year and an already established part of the lighting design calendar, Design Lighting Tokyo is expecting 16,000 visitors from around the world to visit this year’s event, taking place next month.
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One to watch - Designgoat
28 November 2014Talented duo Ahmad Fakhry and Cian Corcoran, making a stir in Ireland as Design Goat
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Eyewitness - Nice to see Ewe
28 November 2014Gareth Gardner gets sheepish over two new installations in the window of Brook Brothers...
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Jean-Michel Gathy - in conversation
28 November 2014The creative director of Denniston International Architects and Planners talks hotels with Su Pecha.
