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

Aimed at enabling outdoor gatherings, the Studio Roosegaarde project cites scientific research into the sanitising effects of far-UVC light Words by Francesca Perry In the

Design

New launches from Stockholm Design Week and Furniture Fair

Minimalism reigns at the annual furniture and lighting fair in the Swedish capital In the face of a maximalist movement, the furniture and lighting fair

Design

Why LEDs are not our lighting saviour

The design possibilities are endless and the sustainability credentials impeccable, but they give our homes as much warmth as a hospital ward, argues Max Fraser

Design

Tom Dixon’s Mirror Ball Pendant light

  John Jervis looks at the design that propelled Tom Dixon to world domination – and earned him the grudging admiration of his peers Tom

Design

Light artist Leo Villareal on making London’s bridges sparkle during Illuminated River

Cosmos, Cornell University, Ithaca (2012) – a homage to the astronomer Carl Sagan London’s bridges set to light up as art project Illuminated River takes

Design

Cities switch on to a new era of smart lighting

Lighting companies are offering sophisticated systems that control outputs across large urban spaces. Could it transform the way we experience cities? Los Angeles Street Lighting.

Architecture

Challenging conventional lighting to bring the outside in

Light Cognitive’s systems’s are designed to mimic outdoor lighting Conventional indoor lighting may provide light that enables us to extend our days ways that were

Design

Bellhop: The pioneering battery-powered lamp by Barber & Osgerby

All photos: Germano Borrelli ‘There comes a point in the life of a product where technology makes things possible,’ says Edward Barber, one half of

Design

How to be creative: thinking sideways

Nulty lighting in ‘Graffiti Tunnel’ in Leake Street Arches, Waterloo Guest blog: Nulty‘s Daniel Blaker looks back at ways people have found to ‘think outside

Opinion

Flos: Van Duysen masterminds new Light+Building stand

Flos stand at Light+Building Frankfurt. Photo: C41 Studio Flos debuts new architectural and outdoor lines in Van Duysen authored space in Light+Building 2018, in Frankfurt.

Design

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Vea by Villeroy & Boch: precision, elegance and the architecture of detail

‘Why not think of success as making people feel good?’: Signe Byrdal Terenziani on creating a more purposeful 3daysofdesign

Tarkett presents Beginnings & Endings exhibition at 3daysofdesign

Yacht builder Sanlorenzo repositions its brand identity in a notable shift for the company

Yahvi Is Quietly Redefining Contemporary Textile Practice

On 10 June 2026, France will welcome a unique exhibition space: the Galerie Nationale du Design

Carl Hansen & Søn partners with colour consultancy Etté to reimagine its Clerkenwell showroom

Noelani Rutz discusses the subtle intricacies of her cultural design crossover between Japan and Switzerland

Vipp brings Scandinavian hospitality to Upstate New York




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Vipp brings Scandinavian hospitality to Upstate New York

Iittala brings iconic Aalto Vase into public architecture for 3daysofdesign

Snøhetta and Annabelle Schneider turn USM’s Modular System into pavilion

SANAA connects museum and library in new Taichung complex

How a Singapore apartment was rebuilt around a discontinued brick

Travel architecture gets a vivid rethink in Dream in Progress

Practice on Earth transforms Ningbo farmland with inflatable architecture

YOD Group designs contemporary Ukrainian mazanka guesthouses

Luca A. Caizzi explores Milan through metal surfaces in new book


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‘Why not think of success as making people feel good?’: Signe Byrdal Terenziani on creating a more purposeful 3daysofdesign

Tarkett presents Beginnings & Endings exhibition at 3daysofdesign

Yacht builder Sanlorenzo repositions its brand identity in a notable shift for the company

Carl Hansen & Søn partners with colour consultancy Etté to reimagine its Clerkenwell showroom

Noelani Rutz discusses the subtle intricacies of her cultural design crossover between Japan and Switzerland

Horatio’s Garden and Ffern unveil a scent-led floral installation

This new lighting system celebrates exposed architectural details

Iittala brings iconic Aalto Vase into public architecture for 3daysofdesign

WATCH: Kohler Cocktail Party at Milan Design Week 2026



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Vea by Villeroy & Boch: precision, elegance and the architecture of detail

‘Why not think of success as making people feel good?’: Signe Byrdal Terenziani on creating a more purposeful 3daysofdesign

Tarkett presents Beginnings & Endings exhibition at 3daysofdesign

Yacht builder Sanlorenzo repositions its brand identity in a notable shift for the company

Yahvi Is Quietly Redefining Contemporary Textile Practice

On 10 June 2026, France will welcome a unique exhibition space: the Galerie Nationale du Design

Carl Hansen & Søn partners with colour consultancy Etté to reimagine its Clerkenwell showroom

Noelani Rutz discusses the subtle intricacies of her cultural design crossover between Japan and Switzerland

Vipp brings Scandinavian hospitality to Upstate New York