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Staying sharp at the Helsinki Knife Show
As the autumn/winter season hots up in the world of fashion, we meet some of the designers at the London Collections: Men event. Plus, we stay sharp for good design with a visit to the annual Helsinki Knife Show.
At home with Nini Andrade Silva
We meet one of Portugal’s most sought after interior designers Nini Andrade Silva on her home island of Madeira, hear from Portland Oregon where a postmodernist monument has just been spared the wrecking ball and head to Switzerland to meet architect Pascal Flammer: designer of a new style of alpine…
Typography with Erik Spiekermann
We tour Gaudí’s Torre Bellesguard in Barcelona, witness continuing architectural controversy in Belgrade and meet typographic legend Eric Spiekermann in Berlin.
Linking art and design
We explore the links between art and design with artist-cum-architect Anish Kapoor and London’s Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic tells us about his new book.
Porro and lidex
David Plaisant takes us through the best bits of Business of Design Week in Hong Kong. Plus, we head to Milan to learn about the craft of design brand Porro and travel to Toronto for Iidex: Canada’s national design and architecture expo.
Design Miami special
Design Miami special: we pick the best from the US’s most prominent design fair including chats with the event’s director Rodman Primack, Seattle-based architects Olson Kundig and we witness the unveiling of a new sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa.
Fifty years of graphic design at the RCA
We discuss 50 years of graphic design at the Royal College of Art, learn about RUA Arquitetos in Rio de Janeiro, head to Beirut to find out about 3D printing and speak to broadcaster Kirsty Wark as part of the Women Fashion Power show at London’s Design Museum.
Back to sketching school
We get our sketch books out as the Royal Drawing School celebrates its recent rebranding, head to Mexico City where American graphic-designer Lance Wyman is much revered, we also get the latest design news from Hong Kong and talk infographics at the VisualisediO conference in London.
Designing trains
What does it take to design a new train? We speak to Fabio Filippini of Pininfarina, which has just unveiled its new Eurostar carriages. We also take a tour of Oliver Spencer’s new Shoreditch shop and find out about Finnish master Alvar Aalto’s library in present-day Russia.
Japan’s stadiums
All the highlights from the Istanbul Design Biennal, plus we hear the latest on Japan’s national stadium plans, explore a book devoted to Danish silversmith Georg Jensen and visit Eley Kishimoto’s London studio.
