• Last chance to fly to NeoCon with fly Forbo

    9 January 2014

    Designers new and established have just a matter of days to enter the latest Fly Forbo design competition, with a trip for two to Chicago, accommodation and entry into NeoCon 2014 as top prize.

  • MET Studio will make sludge look good...

    9 January 2014

    MET Studio has been commissioned as the lead exhibition designer for a 2,000 sq m environmental education centre to be housed within a new sludge treatment facility in the Tuen Mun district of Hong Kong. When completed it will be the world’s largest of its kind.

  • Empowering cities with good design

    9 January 2014

    This year welcomes back the World Design Capital (WDC), awarded to Cape Town.

  • One to Watch: James Smith Designs

    31 December 2013

    James Smith Designs, with work debuted 100%’s Emerging Brands

  • Look down

    26 December 2013

    Emily Black looks at recent projects in which the inspired use of flooring by designers has greatly enhanced the overall scheme

  • The best new flooring products

    23 December 2013

    Emily Martin looks at new flooring products, including a conservation-minded floor tile that contains remnants of old fishing nets

  • Got it covered!

    20 December 2013

    We asked design practices Woods Bagot and Marta Nowicka & Co to respond to a brief detailing a temporary show space for fictitious start-up company Exetera, selling three exciting but boring-looking 3D printers. Flooring was to be used to delineate space and focus the product

  • Chair fit for a prince

    13 December 2013

    A competition run by The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers to design a high chair for Prince George has been won by Katie Walker. Her entry was one of five shortlisted, along with those from other eminent Bespoke Guild Mark holders Matthew Burt, David Colwell, Jake Phipps, and James Ryan.

  • Museum’s new extension opens under new name

    10 December 2013

    The new extension to Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, designed by Berman Guedes Stretton, has officially opened this month under its new name, The Wilson Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum. The practice won the RIBA national competition for the extension in 2008.

  • PearsonLloyd products take three awards

    6 December 2013

    Industrial Design Studio PearsonLloyd has received three Focus Open awards in the Baden-Württemberg International Design Awards.