Journal
Launching her debut wallpaper collection at last September's 100% Design, North East-based Kirath Ghundoo dishes up a truly eye-bashing dose of vivid geometric frenzy. Her mismatched shapes, colours and patterns are a potential killer for migraine...
Journal
With clients like Selfridges, Stella McCartney, Ritz-Carlton Hotels and London Design Museum, Spitalfields-based Giles Miller Studio are an internationally renowned maker of innovative surfaces. From retail spaces and pop-up bars, to a cardboard...
The Edit
Gloomy? Grim? Clinically depressed? Then you must live in Britain, where the country’s weather contrives to dampen even the liveliest spirits with one of the worst examples of a summer since Noah was a lad. If you’re fed up with asking...
Journal
Judy Robinson, aka Paper Tango, is an artist on a mission to push souvenirs up the luxe ladder. Her SPOTS LONDON series of intricately laser-cut gift cards offer up chic-origami interpretations of London's many landmark buildings. Our favourite, of...
Journal
London-based designers Studio Weave are a small practice with a very modern outlook on design, architecture, urban landscapes and planning. That's not to say you can expect to see steel, glass, and futurism gone mad... no, this is a studio...
Journal
From investigating "parallel lives" to predicting the future of superstitions and fortune telling in the year 2029, London-based designer Patrick Stevenson-Keating often toys with the curious concept of bringing hypothetical theory into the...
Journal
Not being a sporty type, I thought I’d look into the role the creative industries have played in the preparations for the Olympics. University College Falmouth Fine Art graduate, and medal maker, Natasha Ratcliffe has designed a commemorative 50p...
Journal
Two things that pretty much everyone knows for certain: bright colours make you happy (a 2009 study at the University of Essex showed that memory, mental agility, reaction times and even physical strength improved when exposed to sunflowers,...
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Husband and wife team Baines & Fricker have British heritage at the heart of all they do. Launching at last year's London Design Festival, the duo work out of their Brighton studio and use all British materials where possible. Often informed by the...
Journal
"The fabric of everyday existence", reads the headline on Nottingham-based designer Tori Murphy's website, and pretty apt it is too. Murphy's textiles are far from the conformity-defying work we often feature, however as we continue in our quest to...
Journal
Launching last November, TheSuperCool is a mobile design emporium, and online store, set up by husband and wife team 'Noonie & Kate'. With a passion for the quirky, the vintage, and the offbeat - and a bloody good eye for all that to boot - the duo...
Journal
Time to kick off our Create GB project, where we'll be featuring a profusion of super-talented up-and-coming British creative talent in the four weeks leading up to London 2012, and what better place to start than with a 2012-related product that...
City Notes
Chefs Karina Mejía and Israel Montero combine the tradition of Provençal cuisine with the soul and passion of Mexico in Saint Jacques Bistrot, their new gastronomic spot in the capital city's affluent Polanco neighbourhood. Allowing diners to...
City Notes
Located next door to Hotel Wilmina, which is housed in a former Berlin-Charlottenburg women's prison, Lotta Tagesbar has opened its doors, the café cum deli and bar designed by the same team behind Wilmina and serving an exquisite menu of healthy...
City Notes
With an enviable seafront location close to Barcelona and its airport, and having undergone a recent refurbishment, AC Hotel Gavà Mar is a 69-room hotel that is ideal for the business traveller, but also a surprising destination for the discerning...
City Notes
With interiors inspired by the Art Deco of Palm Beach County in Miami, and serving delicious ice cream on a newly pedestrianised street just off Barcelona's renowned Passeig de Gràcia, Amiko is not simply a 'heladería', rather it's a sensory...
Dispatches
Minimalism and elegance, too, are gaining fast as popular choices for serene, sophisticated interiors. Simplicity, clean lines, and curative approaches to decor are all that these two styles are made of, bringing home really calm and clarity within...
Dispatches
Finding the best Botox experts in Toronto can feel overwhelming, given the many options available. To focus your search, consider professionals with extensive experience and positive client reviews. A key step in identifying top specialists is...
Dispatches
Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Eight: Restorative Home Design. In the pursuit of wellness, many people are turning their attention homeward....
Dispatches
Austin’s housing market has seen a significant boom in recent years, with many homeowners looking to boost their property’s value through home improvement projects. In a city where home prices continue to rise, updating key areas of a property,...