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CitizenM creates second ‘secret garden’ for LDF
This article was published 10 years To mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, arguably Britain’s greatest playwright, CitizenM collaborated with their neighbours at the Globe to commission an installation for the hotel’s atrium. The temporary artwork is part of an annual series of secret garden installations,…
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feature :: the thinking behind the invisible store of happiness
This article was published 11 years I am really excited to be working with Sebastian Cox, Laura Ellen Bacon and the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) on a series of four essays for the Invisible Store of Happiness project, which will culminate in an installation at Clerkenwell Design Week in…
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out and about :: art house, designblok
This article was published 12 years The third exhibition at Prague’s Designblok was held within the baroque Colloredo Mansfeld Palace, as part of the festival’s remit of opening interesting buildings to the public – the image above is a close-up of the huge wooden doors that marks its boundary. The…
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out and about :: temple of agape
This article was published 12 years Martin Luther King said, “I have also decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind’s problems. And I’m going to talk about it everywhere I go. I know it isn’t popular to talk about it…
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interview :: gamfratesi
This article was published 12 years Guests of honour at this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair were GamFratesi aka Danish architect Stine Gam and Italian architect Enrico Fratesi. I was lucky enough to bag an interview with them in the installation they created for the show… Are you enjoying the show…
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interview :: neal fox, le gun
This article was published 13 years Memory Palace is a “walk-in story” at the V&A that brings to life a new work of fiction by the author Hari Kunzru: An “immersive exhibition experience” has been created through a series of commissions by 20 internationally acclaimed illustrators, graphic designers and typographers…
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design geekery :: song dong waste not
This article was published 14 yearsI was at the Barbican for Celebrating Maggie’s and OMA / Progress a couple of weeks ago, and while I was there, thought I would pop into Song Dong’s Waste Not in the Curve. I’m so glad I did – it was a fascinating exhibition…
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out and about :: installations at the V&A
This article was published 15 yearsI went to explore the V&A this weekend; ‘hub’ of the London Design Festival. I will come back to The Power of Making exhibition in another post. Today, I want to tell you about two of their installations. First, the Textiles Field designed by Ronan…