Park life: the evolving approach to designing urban public space
You can read my latest article for Architonic about how landscape architects are approaching the need for better public spaces in inner city environments here.
no commentsLeading lights: current and future applications for new lighting technologies
This feature for Architonic examines external and internal uses for innovative lighting technologies. You can read the full article here.
no commentsThe Living Room exhibition
I will be co-curating an exhibition with Jonathan Krawzcuk, founder of DesignedMade, at Luna & Curious during the London Design Festival in September. The show will be on from 17 September until 2 October. Look forward to seeing you all!
no commentsHole Lot of Sense: smart uses for perforated façades and partitions
Another new article for Architonic examines applications of perforated materials in architecture. You can read it here.
no commentsSporting Chance?: the challenge of legacy-building in international stadium design
My latest article for Architonic just went live. It’s about the architectural legacy of major sporting events and you can read it here.
no commentsClerkenwell Design Week
The House of Detention - a new venue at Clerkenwell Design Week
The second edition of Clerkenwell Design Week featured an impressive line up of events, workshops and presentations as well as a diverse array of products on show at local stores and showrooms and at the two main sites, including a new venue housed in a former prison.
no commentsFuorisalone 2011 Highlights
Presentation by Pinch at Spazio Botta
This year, Milan welcomed visitors to the Internazionale Salone del Mobile for the 50th time and, as ever, there was a spectacular selection of events to enjoy around the city’s streets, courtyards and showrooms. With designers seemingly responding to the rather more reserved recent societal attitude to consumption there was a refreshing lack of flamboyance and a more appropriate focus on invention, quality and longevity. What follows is an edited roundup of some of my favourites from the week.
no commentsJoy of Living at Somerset House
Max Fraser
Design author and curator Max Fraser has invited 100 designers to create a graphic response to the theme the ‘Joy of Living’ as part of a project that aims to raise £50,000 for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres. Contributions came from a mixture of established and emerging design talent, each of whom used a single sheet of graph paper as their starting point.
no commentsNeo Geo: geodesic construction in contemporary architecture
This article I wrote for Architonic deals with the legacy of R. Buckminster Fuller’s principles of geodesic construction and how they have been applied by contemporary architects. Read it here.
no commentsStockholm Furniture Fair 2011
Fernando and Humberto Campana at flooring specialists Bolon
This year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair was a relatively tame affair with a distinct lack of daring new products on show. The majority of exhibitors chose to present updates or variations of existing ranges although some of the big Scandinavian brands did launch new collections on the most important date in their calendar.
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