London design

Es Devlin and Google 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...

Byredo founder Ben Gorham on channeling Soho’s creative energy for first London flagship

‘London was the very top of our location list for quite a few years – we’ve been building a following in this diverse and progressive city,’ Byredo founder Ben Gorham explains ahead of the launch of the brand’s first flagship location...

London Design Festival 2018: the unmissable highlights

Take a 30 minute holiday in central London with Bompas and Parr’s new outdoor spa

A slice of summery Shoreditch has landed in autumnal Belgravia, complete with a giant pink mist waterfall. Bompas and Parr’s latest London Instagram love-in (recall its immersive ice-cream installation in July), promises to transport you to Paradise Now, and make...

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...

London Design Festival 2018 preview: plot your way around the top exhibitions and events

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...