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Crimes Against Design: Downing Street’s briefing room

At a cost of £2.6m, the UK government's new press briefing room is nothing more than a vanity project, argues Matthew Ponsford

Design
31.03.21

Quarta & Armando designs Shanghai nightclub for post-pandemic cultural revival

The design and architecture studio used light and material to create an immersive clubbing experience

Design
26.03.21

Note Design Studio rethinks the public bench

The studio's new flexible system of urban furniture is designed to accommodate the outdoor social life tentatively anticipated in the post-lockdown era

Design
26.03.21

Why on earth are we so obsessed with terrazzo?

From Instagram-friendly bathrooms to gimmicky phone cases, terrazzo has become nothing short of a viral design trend

Design
19.03.21

Virtual exhibition showcases experimental Danish design

The Mindcraft Project's new interactive show features ten inventive designers from Denmark

Design
17.03.21

Urban Sun installation claims to ‘clean’ public spaces of coronavirus

Aimed at enabling outdoor gatherings, the Studio Roosegaarde project cites effects of far-UVC light

Design
04.03.21

Logomotive: a history of American railroad graphics

A new book surveys the design of railway graphics – from logos to advertising – in 20th-century US

Design
26.02.21

Public space restored in Albanian village with carpet-inspired design

In the fishing village of Shiroka, Casanova + Hernandez designed an inclusive public realm inspired by local carpet weaving 

Design
24.02.21

Studio Alt Shift designs California-inspired interiors and furniture for Vienna burrito bar

The studio's designs for Max & Benito, located in the Austrian capital, aim to evoke a coastal road trip

Design
02.02.21

The bedside table designed to block your mobile signal

The wooden furniture piece by Agata Nowak features an ‘offline pocket’ for smartphones, to help people disconnect

Design
19.01.21

R for Repair: Singapore exhibition champions creatively fixing objects to reduce waste

Ten featured designers show the benefit of working with what exists, rather than creating anew

Design
13.01.21

Tired of Zoom? Yo-Yo Machines enable long-distance communication through light and movement

Developed by Interaction Research Studio, the DIY devices playfully connect those separated by the pandemic

Design
11.01.21

Shanghai high-rise swimming pool redesigned as co-working space

Local firm Linehouse transformed the sunken volume of the pool into a new amphitheatrical 'hearth'

Design
06.01.21

Gyms are a crime against design

The commercial cult of the body is invading our urban spaces, argues Edwin Heathcote

Design
19.12.20

Ultra-light carbon fibre wheelchair wins the Mobility Unlimited Challenge

UK-based design firm Phoenix Instinct will receive $1 million to bring the smart wheelchair to market

Design
18.12.20

Barcelona designers create knives to support local youth

The Table Knife Project brings together 28 design studios to raise funds for El Llindar Foundation

Design
11.12.20

Conceptual headpieces by Tosin Oshinowo and Chrissa Amuah rethink the face mask

The two designers collaborated on Freedom to Move, a collection 'to celebrate our joint humanity'

Design
04.12.20

Memphis and ‘serious play’: exhibition on radical design movement opens at MK Gallery

Memphis: Plastic Field brings the spirit of 1980s subversion to Milton Keynes

Design
03.12.20

Yinka Ilori launches debut homeware collection

The London designer has translated the joyful approach of his public works to a range of textiles and tableware for the home

Design
01.12.20

London’s modernist Sudbury Town station painted with artist’s map murals

Commissioned by Art on the Underground, a series of works by artist Lucy McKenzie celebrates the station's design history

Design
01.12.20

Camille Walala reimagines London’s Oxford Street

The designer's speculative vision turns the iconic street into a colourful, plant-filled public space

Design
23.11.20

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Design London makes LDF debut this September

Architecture Icon: The Paimio Sanatorium and its humanistic approach to modernism

Panoptikum Collections and Valery Kuznetsov put a quirky spin on storage design with their new launch BUGS

How Finland’s great chair designer Yrjö Kukkapuro modelled his designs on casts of his own body

MAD Architects transform old riverfront warehouse into new Rotterdam Danshuis

New exhibition Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth is now open

With Fieldhouse MoDus Architects rethink architecture to create social value

Marsèll and Carsten Nicolai invite viewers to explore the unknown with new installation Transmitter / Receiver

What the fight for inclusion needs in 2023

From the Archive: A short history of the iconic Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen




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Architecture Icon: The Paimio Sanatorium and its humanistic approach to modernism

MAD Architects transform old riverfront warehouse into new Rotterdam Danshuis

With Fieldhouse MoDus Architects rethink architecture to create social value

Bell Phillips Architects on public-driven projects and making a difference in architecture

Woodland cabins about an hour from Helsinki set out to provide luxury in a pared-back rural style

The VDL House built by Richard Neutra can now be seen from all over the world

Photographer Elina Brotherus makes herself at home in the Didrichsen Art Museum

The four-roof pavilion is a pastel-toned urban hideaway in the heart of Shenzhen

Reed Watts unveils 78 affordable homes for Pocket Living in East London


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