Unlike in most parts of the world, Iceland‘s design scene is overwhelmingly female. Nat Barker explores what makes the tiny Nordic nation different. This year, Iceland’s annual design festival, DesignMarch, began just three days after… Read More »The country where design is dominated by women
Weston Williamson + Partners co-founder Chris Williamson has been elected to become the next president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Succeeding current RIBA president Muyiwa Oki, Williamson will begin his two-year term on… Read More »Chris Williamson elected next president of the RIBA
Austrian architect Jakob Sprenger has installed 1920s plaster medallions above a large sculptural sink as the centre of skincare brand Aesop‘s store in Paris. Located within a residential neighbourhood in the district of Ternes in… Read More »Jakob Sprenger embellishes Aesop store with salvaged plaster medallions
Newly exposed concrete walls are paired with a matching terrazzo in this sensitive home renovation by London studio Archmongers in North Kensington’s Trellick Tower. Led by architects Margaret Bursa and Johan Hybschmann, Archmongers reworked a… Read More »Archmongers celebrates “raw beauty of brutalist concrete” in Trellick apartment refresh
British politician Jo Johnson, brother to the former prime minister Boris Johnson, has criticised the current state of Britain’s design and technology education. Speaking at the launch of the Design Council‘s report A Blueprint for… Read More »UK design education has “fundamental problem” says Jo Johnson
Seattle-based manufacturer Lindal Cedar Homes has partnered with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to create a series of purchasable house designs informed by the American architect’s Usonian philosophy. The floor plans of nine houses are… Read More »Lindal Cedar Homes offers house plans informed by Frank Lloyd Wright designs