Lee Broom unveils a temporary lighting installation at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair
Kicking off the festive season at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair last month, Lee Broom has unveiled a new sculptural lighting installation set within the hotel’s marble staircase.
Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches
A thoughtful selection of the latest lifestyle and design news, plus the creatives who are championing regenerative fashion
Fleur Delesalle unveils three new additions to her furniture collection
Paris-based interior designer Fleur Delesalle has added three new designs to her furniture collection, reiterating her love for neo-classical style and the importance of celebrating the joy of living
Architecture
Triennale Milano transforms a historic Milan venue into a design-driven stage where music and collaboration lead the way
Copenhagen Architecture Biennial slows down to highlight caring approaches to people and the planet
Across exhibitions, installations and a talks programme, the inaugural edition explored gentler ways of designing and inhabiting the world. Beneath its official theme slowness ran a deeper current and turn toward care for materials, communities and fragile ecologies
The newly opened Darsena Listening Suite at Il Sereno in Lake Como is a playground for audiophiles
The hotel's owner-audiophile Luis Contreras and designer Patricia Urquiola team up to turn 200 sq m of lakefront space into a dedicated hi-fi sanctuary
Design
Lee Broom unveils a temporary lighting installation at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair
Kicking off the festive season at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair last month, Lee Broom has unveiled a new sculptural lighting installation set within the hotel’s marble staircase.
Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches
A thoughtful selection of the latest lifestyle and design news, plus the creatives who are championing regenerative fashion
Opinion
Connection and community emerge as prevalent topics across London Design Festival
From engaging conversations to immersive events and a run club, the desire to strengthen our creative communities was apparent at this year’s London Design Festival
Has the design industry become enamoured with the hype culture of the fashion world?
As Milan Design Week returned earlier this month, a world of luxurious escapism set the tone while endless queues and influencer-filled crowds sparked a multitude of reactions.
How Minus Furniture is exploring a net zero business model
Can furniture really be carbon negative? Minus Furniture is a research-driven design studio seeking to explore the reality of a net zero and below zero business model. Roddy Clarke investigates
