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Posts tagged 'V&A'

Review- Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed and Style

Normandie in New York 1935 39, photo courtesy of Collection French Lines   V&A’s exibition reveals Ocean Liners as the most intense, total works of

Opinion

Plywood: Material of the Modern World

The V&A has crammed some great exhibits into a small space, but its scattergun approach fails to get beneath plywood’s surface, writes John Jervis Expectations

Opinion

Icon 171: IF_DO, V&A extension, Matylda Krzykowski, Nanjing exhibition centre, 100 years of Finnish design

Our latest issue takes you from London’s cultural and property sector to China’s efforts to lead the global conversation about the environment After years of

Opinion

‘They went from darlings of the underground to a global mega-band’ – Pink Floyd exhibition at the V&A

The curator of Their Mortal Remains on how the band transformed expectations of rock concerts This audio-visual journey through Pink Floyd’s music, design and staging,

Design

LDF: Installations at the V&A

Mathieu Lehanneur and Glithero fill two contrasting spaces to mesmerising effect For their LDF installations, both Mathieu Lehanneur and Glithero have chosen containers at the

Design

Ove Arup and the Philosophy of Total Design

This exhibition at the V&A is a victim of its own ambition, says John Jervis, displaying a wealth of impressive material, but with explanations that

Opinion

High heels

Businesswomen, kings and medieval Asian warriors have all understood the symbolic power of heeled footwear. And its impracticality only seems to add to its allure

Design

Frida Escobedo at the V&A

Inspired by an Aztec city on a lake, the Mexican architect’s installation references the many layers of architecture that have been left in Mexico by

Architecture

All Of This Belongs To You

As the British general election draws closer, an exhibition at the V&A looks at the role of art, architecture and design in public life Works

Design

Saturday Club: State of the art

Thomas Heatherwick and Turner Prize-winners Jeremy Deller and Antony Gormley are among those tackling the marginalisation of creative subjects in schools as part of a

Opinion

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The contemporary Magdalen House in Quebec brings a new perspective to coastal architecture

ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

‘We need to talk more about trees’: David Venables of AHEC continues his quest for the preservation of forests and the people behind them

A Douro winery by Atelier Sérgio Rebelo connects design with wine traditions

This Copenhagen park nurtures climate resilience and neighbourhood life

Finn Juhl and Sea New York’s collaboration finds a common thread

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

Normann Copenhagen reissues Niels Bendtsen’s Limit Lounge Chair

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




Architects

The contemporary Magdalen House in Quebec brings a new perspective to coastal architecture

A Douro winery by Atelier Sérgio Rebelo connects design with wine traditions

This Copenhagen park nurtures climate resilience and neighbourhood life

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


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ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

‘We need to talk more about trees’: David Venables of AHEC continues his quest for the preservation of forests and the people behind them

Finn Juhl and Sea New York’s collaboration finds a common thread

Normann Copenhagen reissues Niels Bendtsen’s Limit Lounge Chair

‘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

Ferm Living debuts newly refurbished London showroom



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The contemporary Magdalen House in Quebec brings a new perspective to coastal architecture

ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

‘We need to talk more about trees’: David Venables of AHEC continues his quest for the preservation of forests and the people behind them

A Douro winery by Atelier Sérgio Rebelo connects design with wine traditions

This Copenhagen park nurtures climate resilience and neighbourhood life

Finn Juhl and Sea New York’s collaboration finds a common thread

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

Normann Copenhagen reissues Niels Bendtsen’s Limit Lounge Chair

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