#design

#design

"No one gets up on a Saturday and goes, 'Oh God, I'm just dying to buy a sofa.' We wanted smells, taste, and that whole sensory experience to be part of the shopping."

The two-building complex aims to spotlight the many ways global artists, designers, and makers use creativity to shape the world, dedicated to creative opportunity and its power to bring change.

Streaming hasn't killed physical media. It's made us crave it more. CDs are back in rotation, showing up in record stores, apartments, and design studios with a renewed sense of purpose.

The mirrored chandelier that dangles ominously over Marianne Elliott's production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses is a true spectacle, even at a tech rehearsal. At nearly five metres wide, it's more than a third of the width of the National Theatre's vast Lyttelton stage.

"Everything out there felt like a compromise, too much tech, too much access, or just another screen to manage."

Chris is a genuine anomaly in the media landscape. He consistently takes on projects that are difficult to execute under high-pressure deadlines, maintaining a calm demeanor and a contagiously positive attitude.

The Brewers for example, went for the combination of (1) really ugly, and (2) a locational nickname that you totally definitely hear people saying all the time.

A Chinese silver-gilt tea service once leapt from a €50,000 estimate to more than €200,000 when auctioned by Sotheby's Amsterdam in 2011.

"As a perfectionist... I think there's something that I have to practice a lot, which is standing proud next to things that are imperfect, and loving them anyway."

The Perch clock does not just revive an old idea; it reframes it for how we live today, becoming part of how you move through a space.

'What if utopia was never a destination, but a method?' This question frames the exploration of how utopia can serve as a tool for continuous adaptation and change.

The 1970s were a sweet spot in product design, especially in France, where makers were beginning to marry natural materials like wood with the new optimism of plastic.

I designed this bag in the same way I designed everything else, so largely based on right angles, but perhaps a little more emotionally, more personally. Designing a handbag is undoubtedly different to designing a Braun stereo system, but I applied the same principles. It had to be functional, visually durable, and very aesthetic. Less, but better.