Chime for Change: Salma Hayek for Gucci-UNICEF partnership

Salma Hayek Visits Lebanon with UNICEF to Raise Funds for Syrian Refugees through Gucci’s CHIME FOR CHANGE. Across the Syria region, UNICEF estimates that 14 million children have been affected and are at risk of becoming a lost generation, including 2.6 million children who are no longer in school, and close to two million who … Read more

The Stained Glass Driverless Car of the Future: You can sleep while the car takes you to the destination

Dominic Wilcox for The Design Museum Tank 2015. The Design Museum Tank, the outdoor and highly visible pop-up installation space on the Thames’ Riverside Walk, offers a programme of constantly changing installations. The latest Tank showcased in the dramatic location facing the Thames is signed by Dominic Wilcox. Dominic Wilcox’s driverless glass car prototype was … Read more

Britain’s craft boom produces new model artisan army

From furniture to ceramics, small-scale businesses – all 12,000 of them – are satisfying consumer demand for ethical, handmade goods

What the experts say: how to make our cities more sustainable

Catch-up on the highlights from our recent panel discussion on sustainable cities, including why it is a myth that Spaniards don’t cycle

Diane Kruger for ‘Martell France 300’ project

Hollywood actress Diane Kruger has been announced as Martell Cognac’s Ambassador for the brand’s 300th anniversary this year. The Martell House was founded in 1715 at the height of French Art de Vivre, a period of time in which gastronomy, tasting and craftsmanship were all celebrated. As the very oldest of the great cognac houses, … Read more

Ask the real experts about ocean acidification, not climate science deniers

Scientists review column on ocean acidification in The Australian newspaper and find it was ‘misleading’, ‘very wrong’ and ‘ill informed’.