• Workplace design for the senses

    Subtly appealing to the five senses can have unconscious benefits for business, but a good intuitive support team can add a sixth sense into the equation...

  • Are offices a waste of space and time?

    Resources are being wasted by restricting office hours, and workers prefer a virtual environment, research shows.

  • One to watch - AWAA

    Three multitalented Norwegians are collectively the furniture design outfit AWAA.

  • Workplace design - three of the best new projects

    Three case studies show how a move to a new location, going hand-in-hand with creative planning and design, has given a real boost to the businesses’ staff.

  • Hansgrohe: sustainability is not a policy - it's a way of life

    What sustainability means for brassware and showering manufacturer Hansgrohe: It’s not a policy, more a way of life... says CEO Martin Mongan

  • Blurred lines: Art, design and industry

    We look at how artists have been involved in the interiors business in the past and ask why this continues to be such a fruitful relationship, with some surprising contemporary examples.

  • Is the battle between physical store and online shopping over?

    Is the battle between physical store and online shopping over? Not according to our round-table gathering of designers specialising in retail, who have much to say about how brick-and-mortar can continue to take the fight to the screen.

  • John Small - interview

    History and art graduate turned school teacher, John Small took himself back to the classroom to study design. Now, after 25 years with Foster + Partner, he is design director for Steelcase.

  • Dutch Design Week: The Future Today

    The much anticipated Dutch Design Week, taking place in Eindhoven 18 - 26 October, is promising a view of the world tomorrow in the making today, through exhbitions, workshops, seminars and parties.

  • James Holder on creating fashion brand Superdry

    From selling T-shirts out of the back of his mum’s car, via Bench, to co-founding the phenomenally successful Superdry brand, design director James Holder is not one to sit back and reflect on success. He is always looking for the next new idea, whenever and wherever it comes to him: he’s an original beer-mat sketcher, he declares.