The Edit
We first encountered Dutch designer Tessa Koot earlier this year, at this spring's Salone del Mobile - her whimsical furniture-cum-art the very last word in design/art boundary muddying. For her next act, the young designer has blurred those thinly...
Journal
When your old car has been driven into the ground, into the back of the car in front, or off a cliff - the usual sad path for it is the scrapyard, to be dismantled for parts of crushed into a cube for recycling. Quite environmentally friendly but...
Journal
Anyone fancy a rocket lolly? Probably not in the middle of October, unless you're near the equator like me (small gloat there, sorry), so why not grab yourself a lolly made out of wood to stick on the mantlepiece and admire instead? Fair enough,...
The Edit
The following interesting pieces of reinvented furniture are credited to architects Marcio Kogan and his Studio MK27, Manuela Verga and Paolo Boatti, and were displayed at Gallery Fumi for London Design Week (although remains visitable until 30th...
The Edit
Generally speaking, shop displays usually work in three broad ways. Put your stuff on the floor, stick it to the wall, or hang it from the ceiling. Bored with the conventions of these display methods, Beijing-based designer Yoshimasa Tsutsumi...
Journal
Based in Beirut, .PSLAB are a lighting company with a difference - in fact, it's hard to describe this highly artisan studio as a lighting company at all; in their own words, they are 'to lighting what haute couture is to fashion', and it's a...
Journal
There is a definitely a trend towards revealing some of the design and making process to help us connect with products. A shiny showroom is no longer enough – we want to see behind the scenes into the workshop too. The stories of where products...
Journal
One of the oldest landmarks in Hungary, the venue for this installation is a Benedictine abbey dating back to 996AD, but since its founding the monks have been joined by the boys of a boarding school more recently attached. This school's gym is the...
Journal
At a design event the size of London Design Festival, there's invariably a heady array of big name designers dallying with form over function - even those projects that posses much thought, backstory and opinion end up falling foul to a glaring lack...
Journal
Unable to experience Keiichi Matsuda’s flagship installation, the Veuve Clicquot-commissioned Prism, at the V&A during London Design Festival (too late, too busy we finally gave up), we instead chose to marvel at the Prism Cabinet, a collaboration...
Journal
Shoreditch bar-cum-gallery DreamBagsJaguarShoes is consistently one of the capital's best places to find work from hot new design, art and fashion talents - whilst enjoying a tipple to boot - and, their contribution to this year's London Design...
Journal
One of the nice things about London Design Festival, and one of its most painful (if you favour form over function footwear, as I do), is the event's sheer spread - you always stumble across something you didn't expect to; A Place to Gather - a...
City Notes
Set inside Houston’s historic El Dorado Ballroom, Kindred Stories redefines what a bookstore can be. Designed by local studio gin design group, this vibrant space brings literature, community, and cultural legacy together under one bold roof....
City Notes
Marking a decade in hospitality design, London- and LA-based interior architecture studio, Fettle, unveil their latest work in collaboration with Amsterdam-born apartment-hotel brand The July. Hot on the heels of BOAT&CO and The July — Twenty...
City Notes
Valentyns sets a striking new standard for workplace design, launching a progressive model in Cologne, Germany, that puts small and mid-sized businesses on par with global firms. Housed in a modernist 1960s building with views over the Rhine, the...
City Notes
First featuring 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin way back in 2014, the inspired design hotel already stood out as one of the capital’s boldest lifestyle concepts. Now, over a decade later, Studio Aisslinger returns to breathe fresh life into the...
Dispatches
From architecture and interiors to fashion, digital products and beyond, the A’ Design Award & Competition casts its net wide, and with submissions for the 2025—2026 edition open until 30 September, creatives, designers, and entrepreneurs across...
Dispatches
Buying a car can be a minefield. It doesn’t have to be, though! Indeed, there are plenty of simple ways you can simplify the process of purchasing a vehicle. Using a professional car history checking app is undoubtedly one of the best options in...
Dispatches
Many people dream of turning a creative interest — writing, design, art, photography, music — into a meaningful career. The leap from something enjoyed as a hobby to a fulfilling profession can feel both thrilling and daunting. Yet it’s...
Dispatches
Plumbing may not always be at the forefront of design conversations, but the comfort of our homes depends on it just as much as light, texture, and space. The gentle hum of a well-functioning water system is often invisible—until something goes...