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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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Sweeping onto UK shores for the first time, Electrolux's space-age temporary pavilion has landed on top of the Southbank's Royal Festival Hall. Curiously, it joins A Room for London - another temporary space lodged atop a Southbank institution, just...
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House of Concrete is not the prison the name suggests. Far from it, in fact. It's the HQ of Concrete, a design company responsible for some crisp, eye-catching work all over Holland and beyond. We've Hearted a couple of their previous efforts here...
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A brilliant product distributed by a brilliant company not quite hitting the brilliant sales numbers it so brilliantly deserves? You’ll have your own list, but this has been, for some time, the case of Naturalis, a paper manufactured for GFSmith...
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Over 90 design brands and designers took part in the 12th edition of the annual Designer’s Days festival in Paris. The event resembles a yearbook of some of the world’s current top designers. Weaved into the fabric of the city, the...
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Pulse is a design-led gift, homewares and accessories trade show, held every year at Earls’ Court. This year I was their official blogger and so I had a stand on which I was selling my book and conducting ‘live interviews’ with designers. I...
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We've heard all about the potential problems, we all saw Panorama's Stadiums of Hate, and, let's face it; nobody's really talked about these Euros in any sense of "grand spectacle". Little has been made of the host nation's stadiums themselves -...
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...
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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...
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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....
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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,...