London design

Meet the boutique brands of Coal Drops Yard

Alongside scores of big names like COS, Samsung and Paul Smith, Thomas Heatherwick’s Coal Drops Yard is awash with smaller brands migrating from London’s fringe design locales into NC1, attracted by the high (and well-heeled) footfall the Kings Cross destination...

Retrouvius and Bella Freud unveil penthouse interiors in London’s Television Centre

Show apartments are rarely inspiring from a design perspective, but Helios 710, a three-bedroom duplex at Television Centre in London’s White City, is full of colour, texture and verve. The two-floor apartment in the Grade II-listed circular 1960s Helios building...

Natoora’s new London grocery store is the Aesop of vegetables

Natoora, supplier of fruit and vegetables to the influential chefs of London, has opened a new fresh produce store on Fulham Road. CEO and founder Franco Fubini tapped the expertise of Argentinian architect Noé Golomb and London-based cabinet-maker FincH (whose...

Paul Cocksedge designs light installation for COS Kings Cross store opening

Londoners are gearing up for the opening of the Heatherwick Studio-designed Coal Drops Yard development that will offer over 50 new stores, restaurants and cafés in Kings Cross. As the official late October opening fast approaches, brands are looking to...

SODA studio and Everpress launch charity t-shirt campaign with London designers

SODA studio and Everpress have launched a t-shirt collection to raise money for London charity, the Childhood Trust. SODA studio brought together a creative group of London-based designers to react to the theme of ‘Sanctuary’. The theme is connected to the work...

Discover contemporary visual culture on the St James’s Art and Design Walk

Georgian architecture, opulent arcades and gentlemen’s clubs have traditionally been the main draw in London’s St James’s, though recent years have seen an influx of contemporary art and design galleries, joining more historic institutions such as Christie’s and the ICA...

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