• FX Reader Survey and Competition in association with Intel. Win a Mac Book Pro!*

    22 April 2015

    Intel have some major prizes up for grabs by entering the visual design competition you could win a new edition Mac Book Pro, or by taking our simple survey you could win a wearable goody bag to the value of £230* including a Basis Peak Smart Watch and BioSport™ Biometric Earbuds.

  • All Change in the retail design sector

    4 April 2014

    David Dalziel of integrated design consultancy Dalziel + Pow reflects on his company’s success in the sector over its three decades of business, and tells FX how technology has changed the retail market forever.

  • Nathan Yong - interview

    18 March 2014

    Only 36 years old, Nathan Yong is heading up his second successful design business after going off to do an MA in between ventures. Twice a Red Dot Award winner and probably best known for his humanitarian mass-production coffin, for use in major disasters, he talks to Emily Martin about his passion for design

  • Lighting’s next design classics

    11 March 2014

    While preparing a talk for the Surfaces Design Show, which for the first time featured lighting, Iain Ruxton of Speirs + Major considered design classics

  • British Council in South Africa initiative

    7 March 2014

    A special edition of the British Council’s Maker Libraries has gone on display at GUILD 2014 in South Africa, marking the launch of Cape Town as 2014 World Design Capital.

  • Giles Miller: surface designer - Interview

    24 February 2014

    Designer Giles Miller is building an international reputation for an innovative use of surface materials. His studio’s clients include some serious heavyweights in their respective industries, including British Airways, Selfridges, Ritz-Carlton Hotels and Stella McCartney and his studio in Spitalfields is being kept particularly busy with clients in the Middle East and Asia

  • If only... a lighting device that monitors carbon footprint

    24 February 2014

    If only we had a portable lighting device that monitored our carbon footprint, says Hoare Lea Lighting

  • One to watch: Sebastian Cox, furniture maker

    17 February 2014

    Furniture maker Sebastian Cox, part of the Heal’s Discovers initiative to cultivate new talent

  • Call for next Design Guild Marks

    5 February 2014

    Furniture designers have until 19 February to get their entries in to be considered for a 2014 Design Guild Mark.

  • Lee Broom designs new bar for Selfridges

    15 January 2014

    Product and interior designer Lee Broom has been commissioned by Selfridges in London to design an innovative new cocktail bar to mark the first anniversary of the store’s Men’s Shoe Galleries. Opening this month it is a first in a retail environment.