Brave new word: Reflections on 2019, predictions for 2020
Needless to say, it has been a turbulent introductory decade to the new millennium with so much profound change and so many challenges ahead. Yet, even as dark as it is politically around the world, and hopeless as it feels with our planet’s health and our people’s happiness, we may have climbed the steepest part. […]
Émeric Lhuisset on the power and possibilities of photography
Émeric Lhuisset’s work tells an alternative story to photojournalism. The French visual artist captures the human side of the refugee. I met with the latest artist in the BMW Residency programme at his exhibition L’autre rive’ in Paris Photo.
Insight: Paolo Pininfarina on the past and future of the famed Italian design studio
Interview with Paolo Pininfarina, the chair and grandson of the famed Italian design studio, who reveals the progressive future of the brand
V&A takes on the car as a design object in new exhibition
In its latest exhibition ‘Cars: accelerating the modern world’ the V&A in London takes on the motor car as a design object to explore its impact on society and its future
‘Women In Design’ – the alternative design history
‘Women in Design’ is a fascinating new book published by Laurence King focusing on the female voice in the history of design.
Should true sustainability be about breathing new life into existing objects?
Lunaz restores classic cars and converts them with electric powertrains. Its aim is to make the most beautiful and celebrated cars in history ready for the future
Clean, green and urban: Zbee is a progressive electric auto-rickshaw
With the climate in crisis, a wave of progressive designers and makers are rethinking the traditional transport model with some brilliant and exciting ideas. Meet the latest, the three-wheel Zbee urban shared run-around by Clean Motion.
Enter photographer Tim Walker’s fantastical world at the V&A
Tim Walker: Wonderful Things at the V&A in London is the largest exhibition of one of the most successful fashion photographers of his generation and a magical journey into his fantastical mind
Exploring the allure of sparkling wine with an English twist
English wineries have been building somewhat of a reputation for a crisp, dry sparkling wine with a blended cool-climate grape variety, and made to the classic méthode champenoise. Are they disrupting Champagne, the pinnacle of sparkling wine?
Is this the future of the urban commute?
Introducing a collection of progressive, multi-model sustainable transport solutions designed to assist our ever-complex digital and increasingly urban near future
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‘Women In Design’ – the alternative design history
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New books celebrate the Bauhaus centenary and its legacy
I attended an art and design foundation course much...
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Discover innovative, extreme, ingenious urban designs in ‘The Contemporary House’
The Bauhaus, 100 this year, has impacted tremendously...
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Best new books on architecture and design for 2018
Once-upon-a-time design theory was considered art...
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New books: The Current by Gestalten
Against the noise and pollution of modern industrial...
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Modernist Design Complete, a book review
Modernism impacts on every aspect of our lives. This...
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Brave new word: Reflections on 2019, predictions for 2020
Needless to say, it has been a turbulent introductory decade to the new millennium with so much profound change and so many challenges ahead. Yet, even as dark as it is politically around the world, and hopeless as it feels with our planet’s health and our people’s happiness, we may have climbed the steepest part. […]
Émeric Lhuisset on the power and possibilities of photography
Émeric Lhuisset’s work tells an alternative story to photojournalism. The French visual artist captures the human side of the refugee. I met with the latest artist in the BMW Residency programme at his exhibition L’autre rive’ in Paris Photo.
Insight: Paolo Pininfarina on the past and future of the famed Italian design studio
Interview with Paolo Pininfarina, the chair and grandson of the famed Italian design studio, who reveals the progressive future of the brand
V&A takes on the car as a design object in new exhibition
In its latest exhibition ‘Cars: accelerating the modern world’ the V&A in London takes on the motor car as a design object to explore its impact on society and its future
Should true sustainability be about breathing new life into existing objects?
Lunaz restores classic cars and converts them with electric powertrains. Its aim is to make the most beautiful and celebrated cars in history ready for the future
Clean, green and urban: Zbee is a progressive electric auto-rickshaw
With the climate in crisis, a wave of progressive designers and makers are rethinking the traditional transport model with some brilliant and exciting ideas. Meet the latest, the three-wheel Zbee urban shared run-around by Clean Motion.