Design
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Looking for answers
What does it take to be a great designer? Is fussing over furniture distribution crucial to your brand’s success? These issues are tackled in conversation with three industry heroes.
Fashion
An Armani fashion-and-furniture flagship, monogrammed French sandals and national style stereotypes.
Keeping it in the family
When Sandy Cavill’s parents asked him to renovate their Brisbane home he tackled the project with a respect for the past, the city and nature – and his mum and dad, of course.
Bright idea
Midgard, a lighting company revered for its functional design and beloved by the Bauhaus, has been given a new lease of life by a couple of mid-century devotees.
Shapely numbers
From furnishings and fixtures to full refurbishments, we celebrate 50 winning design innovations.
Turning heads
Sinister and mean, these plastic owls have become a global design success by doing one thing well: scaring the crap out of pigeons and other crop-raiding birds.
Sets to stun
Ahead of unveiling a new artwork for Photo London, the artist – and world’s finest set designer – Es Devlin talks inspiration, hating doors and dreaming of a world in miniature.
Outside the box
Pop-up gallery Black Box Projects is heading to Photo London. Meet the team and, opposite, see what other galleries have planned.
Blown away
Czech design is in the spotlight and its artisanal glassware and furniture are finding an enthusiastic global market.
