Designers

Extending Tables

The phrase ‘extendable table’ used to evoke images of clumsy designs with bulky wooden flaps that, when folded, rendered the table ...

This month UK copyright law with regard to furniture and lighting finally comes into alignment with that of mainland Europe. This will ...

Zaha Hadid was an architect whose work intrigued and excited us throughout her career until her untimely death in March 2016. Of particular ...

It’s that time of year again when we review the past twelve months and start to look beyond Christmas to spring, and the fresh start it ...

Have you ever wondered about the mysterious acronyms with which furniture by mid-century masters Charles and Ray Eames is named? Well, ...

One of our highlights during this September’s London Design Festival was visiting Jasper Morrison: Thingness at the new Tate Modern ...

Palace of Assembly, Capitol Complex “Chandigarh is the biggest example in India of experimental architecture. It hits you on the head ...

Polder [Pohl-der]: Noun 1. A tract of low-lying land reclaimed from the sea or a river and protected by dykes, especially in the ...

Poul Henningsen - born in 1894 in Ordrup, Denmark - trained as an architect between 1911 and 1917 but he never qualified, preferring ...

Visitors are instructed to 'Entrez Lentement' (enter slowly) by a stencilled command on the entrance hall wall. This long-awaited ...