Astronaut coffee and DIY heart surgery – Designs of the Year unveiled
Ikea’s flat-pack refugee shelter, an online sexual health test and Taipei’s scooter share among ideas to go on show at London’s new Design Museum
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#TimeforDesign: Paul Smith x Carpenters Workshop Gallery
To increase the excitement and raise funds for the Design Museum’s relocation, Paul Smith has partnered with Carpenters Workshop Gallery to create a very special table for #timefordesign, auctioned off alongside unique objects from other icons of design including Jony Ive, Michael Craig-Martin and Norman Foster – to name but a few. Time for Design marked … Read more
The beauty of bikes – redesigning two wheels
The bicycle’s technical evolution and symbolic power are soon to be celebrated in Cycle Revolution at London’s Design Museum
Rowan Moore’s top 10 exhibitions of 2014
Parking lots in Los Angeles, arty wind tunnels, Dada collages and 1960s visions of future living – Rowan Moore picks his favourite shows of the year
#womenfashionpower: How influential women have used fashion to define and enhance their position in the world
Women Fashion Power – Look at what the woman next to you is saying. Confidence is very powerful. From Elizabeth I to Margaret Thatcher, Coco Chanel to Lady Gaga, the clothes women wear have always been a powerful form of self-expression and part of a sophisticated visual language. WOMEN FASHION POWER exhibition opened at Design … Read more
Peter Saville: the UK’s most famous graphic designer
He talks about the joy of Factory Records, hating the fashion industry and being sacked by the city of Manchester