London design

Design / 13 Aug 2018

Es Devlin and Google to bring live poetry to Trafalgar Square

Set designer Es Devlin is collaborating with Google Arts & Culture and The Space on a unique London Design Festival project that sees history, digital design and public art merge in Trafalgar Square. Winner of the Panerai London Design Medal...

Design / 7 Aug 2018

London Design Biennale 2018: 10 interactive installations to look out for

London Design Biennale (4-23 September) returns for its second iteration, this year exploring the theme of ‘emotional states’. ‘It’s a gathering like the World Cup,’ says Sir John Sorrell of the 40 countries, cities and territories that are taking...

Design / 31 Jul 2018

Patricia Urquiola unveils interiors for first London residential project

Patricia Urquiola makes her London residential debut this year with The Lincoln Square development in Bloomsbury. Due for completion later this year, the project by developers Lodha has been realised by PLP Architecture as a ten-storey residential block sitting firmly...

Lifestyle / 5 Jul 2018

Hermès launches a pop-up café at its London flagship

Over 3000 ping-pong balls on acrylic stalks sway in the summer breeze, like space-age poppies on an alien planet. White bistro tables and stools are dotted between these spherical blooms, while the Cellar Society’s finest waiters flit to-and-fro between the...

Lifestyle / 3 Jul 2018

Ministry of Sound opens a co-working space and bar in south London

Ministry of Sound has grown up as London has grown up. The stalwart of the city’s nightlife scene is opening a new club this July – but it’s not what you might expect. The Ministry (a stone’s throw away from...

Lifestyle / 5 Jun 2018

Benjamin Hubert creates ‘Trove’, an unhackable wallet for your cryptocurrency

Benjamin Hubert, designer, technologist, idea-originator, has put on yet another hat – this time in the controversial fabric of cryptocurrency. TROVE – his new prototype for an ‘unhackable wallet’ – is a physical storage system for your virtual money to...

Design / 25 May 2018

Graphic design studio LucienneRoberts+ reimagines the display system at the Royal Academy

It’s an exciting year for the Royal Academy, as it celebrates its 250th anniversary – with David Chipperfield’s highly-anticipated redevelopment that includes a new bridge connecting Burlington Gardens and Burlington House, an auditorium, and redesigned galleries. Chipperfield described the redevelopment...

Travel / 25 May 2018

London’s Roux at The Landau has emerged from a refit led by David Collins Studio

Roux at The Landau has emerged from a refit led by David Collins Studio, the London-based interior architecture practice which designed the original space ten years ago. A new dining concept informed the handsome redesign of Michael Roux Jr’s restaurant...

Sans Pere at Hershesons beauty salon in London

Lifestyle / 10 May 2018

London’s loveliest bakery, bistro and blow-dry bar gives new meaning to immersive beauty

Self-proclaimed ‘lifestyle café’ Sans Pere has launched its third space within Hershesons’ flagship beauty store in London’s Fitzrovia. Already on our hot list of the best beauty spots around the world, the addition of Sans Pere elevates Hershesons from immersive...

Travel / 10 May 2018

Ollie Dabbous makes a triumphant return with Hide

Devotees of Ollie Dabbous were ‘surprised’ when the renowned restaurateur closed his eponymous Michelin-starred restaurant Dabbous last summer. Much to their relief (and ours), Dabbous has joined forces with Hedonism Wines to open a new restaurant, Hide, located opposite Green...

Miller Harris forage at the Truman Brewery London

Lifestyle / 2 May 2018

Miller Harris embraces the wild beauty movement in an urban foraging experience

Over the last few years, ‘wild eating’ and ‘wild beauty’ have become more a movement than a trend, with Michelin star restaurants like Noma in Copenhagen foraging locally for their ingredients, and cosmetic brands focusing more on fresh, bio-dynamic ingredients...

Design / 1 May 2018

London Craft Week 2018: the Wallpaper* guide to the unmissable events

Now heading into its fourth year, London Craft Week (9-12 May) sees studios, showrooms and creative spaces open up across the capital in celebration of modern-day making and heritage artisans. For 2018, there is an expanded international reach within the...