• London Design Festival puts the spotlight on our creative capital

    This year, more than any, it should be a showcase through fashion, design, interiors and craft to the dawning of a new era – one with a sharp future focus.

  • Jump Studios raises the roof at Ministry of Sound

    This is the acoustic ceiling of the new VIP bar area at London’s Ministry of Sound nightclub.

  • Studio Lav - One to Watch

  • B3 Designers on restaurant and bar design

    Pamela Buxton talks bars and restaurants with Mark Bithrey, of B3 Designers.

  • FX selects the best new restaurants and bars

    Our selection of projects that show the huge variety of designs that can deliver excellence.

  • Foyles war - London's new book superstore

    At the beginning of the recession, London landmark bookshop Foyles took the brave step of deciding to moving lock, stock and barrel, into the site of the former Central Saint Martins building next door. As the tills start ringing in the newly opened building we take a wander around the stacks.

  • Justin Hardy on designing for Jamie Oliver

    Since 2009 Justin Hardy has been director of design & developments at Jamie Oliver Restaurants. He has overseen the design and roll-out of many brands including Jamie’s Italian, Trattoria, Diner, Barbecoa, and Union Jack.

  • Bringing Skills to Market

    Veronica Simpson hangs out with The Decorators – agents of change and placemaking – and finds inventiveness by the fistful.

  • Marc Sadler - profile

    A self-professed ‘citizen of the world’, inventive designer Marc Sadler tells Emily Martin how a skiing accident started him off in sports footwear, leading on to kitchens, lighting, furniture and other adventures...

  • A step beyond - the new breed of iconic hotels and holiday lets

    Once the icons of hospitality were ancient palaces and mansions festooned with expensive fabrics and fixtures, redolent of past glories. Meet the new breed of iconic hotels and holiday lets – ultra-modern expressions of light and materiality, rich in their sense of place. Veronica Simpson celebrates heritage tourism, 21st-century style.