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Five Ways Restaurants are Exploring Extremes

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Five Ways Restaurants are Exploring Extremes

From one-ingredient meals to psychedelic soundtracks, dining spaces are giving guests moments to remember through extreme eating experiences.

Food : Drink : Design

Multifunctional lighting to elevate Los Angeles streets

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Multifunctional lighting to elevate Los Angeles streets

Design studio Project Room is the winner of Los Angeles-based Lights the Way competition – an initiative that aims to create a new standard of str...

Design : Technology : Lighting

A lightbulb moment for anti-viral technology

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A lightbulb moment for anti-viral technology

Italian lighting brand Artemide has unveiled ultraviolet technology that can transform lights into room sanitisers.

Technology : Interiors : Health & Wellness

Autumn/Winter 2017 Fashion Week: Part 2

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Autumn/Winter 2017 Fashion Week: Part 2

In the second part of our autumn/winter 2017 design directions report, LS:N Global examines the changing notions of femininity and the continuing f...

The Dislocated World : Prada : AW 17

Residential retail

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Residential retail

Los Angeles – The Future Perfect has opened a curated private residence where everything is for sale.

The Future Perfect : Home-tail : Los Angeles

Well-trodden path

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Well-trodden path

London – Pavegen has released the latest version of its energy-generating flooring, the V3.

Pavegen : Renewable Energy : Footfall

Chromatic cosmos

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Chromatic cosmos

Milan – Studio FormaFantasma continues its evolution with an exhibition that examines the cosmic origins of light.

Studio FormaFantasma : Lighting Design : Milan

Stockholm Design Week 2016

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Stockholm Design Week 2016

From the traditional to the avant-garde, a variety of intriguing furniture and products set the standard for contemporary Scandinavian design at ...

Interior Design : Scandinavian Design : Nordic

Stockholm Design Week and Furniture Fair 2016: Review

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Stockholm Design Week and Furniture Fair 2016: Review

At Stockholm’s off-site events, young designers were keen to present a new direction for Scandinavian design.

Furniture : Lighting : Nordic

Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2015 Preview

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Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2015 Preview

Regarded as the unmissable event in the global design calendar, this year the 54th edition of Salone Internazionale del Mobile offers an inspiring...

Salone Del Mobile 2015 : Expo Milano : Furniture Design

Musical architecture

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Musical architecture

China – Creative architecture studio Penda has created The Soundwave, an interactive space celebrating architecture, music and lighting.

Penda : The Soundwave : Soundscapes

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Pee power

Bristol – Researchers at UWE Bristol have collaborated with Oxfam on a prototype toilet that converts urine into electricity, with the potential ...

Bioenergy : Microbial Fuel Cells : UWE Bristol

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LED’s moment

Southwark, London – Making LED lighting sexy might sound like a tough sell, but designers at Buster + Punch have done just that with the Buster Bul...

Buster And Punch : Buster Bulb : Lighting

Stockholm Furniture Fair and Design Week 2015

Design Directions

Stockholm Furniture Fair and Design Week 2015

This year at Stockholm Furniture Fair and Design Week functionality was combined with experimentation. A series of design directions emerged that c...

Furniture : Lighting : Scandinavian Design

Monumental makers: Poetic process takes centre stage at SFF

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Monumental makers: Poetic process takes centre stage at SFF

Stockholm – Presenting the talent of established Nordic designers, Twelve returns to the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair (SFF) in 2015, ...

Twelve : Methods : Stockholm Furniture Fair 2015

Colourful bites: Mycoocoon brings chromotherapy to the dining experience

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Colourful bites: Mycoocoon brings chromotherapy to the dining experience

London – Sketch, experimental chef Pierre Gagnaire’s Mayfair restaurant, is offering its diners a pre-course chromatherapy experience.

Sketch Restaurant : Mycoocoon : New Foodscapes

Let there be light: Venetian palace evokes an illusion of the afterlife

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Let there be light: Venetian palace evokes an illusion of the afterlife

Venice – Visitors to the Palazzo Grassi will be caught between mirage and reality as American artist Doug Wheeler challenges their perception...

Venice : Palazzo Grassi : Doug Wheeler

London Design Festival 2014: Furniture collection explores the beauty of indigo

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London Design Festival 2014: Furniture collection explores the beauty of indigo

London – During London Design Festival JAMESPLUMB exhibited a collection of lighting and furniture pieces that explored the revivalist process of i...

London Deisgn Festival : Furniture : Dying

London Design Festival 2014: Lee Broom launches new marble lighting

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London Design Festival 2014: Lee Broom launches new marble lighting

London – As part of the 2014 London Design Festival, Lee Broom has launched his new Nouveau Rebel lighting and accessories collection.

Nouveau Rebel : Lee Broom : Lighting

Shared skies: Lamps connect people across the globe

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Shared skies: Lamps connect people across the globe

Treviso, Italy – Patch of Sky is a series of ambient lamps that enable people to share the colour of the sky above them with loved ones far away.

Fauna Fetish : Lighting : Fabrica

Sensing space: Responsive installation at Design Miami/ Basel

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Sensing space: Responsive installation at Design Miami/ Basel

Basel – Industrial designer Jamie Zigelbaum has created a striking digital installation for Design Miami/ Basel that responds to human movement.

Jamie Zigelbaum : Fauna Fetish : Design Miami/ Basel

Monumental mirage: Luminous sculptures at desert festival

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Monumental mirage: Luminous sculptures at desert festival

Indio, California – Although people come for the music and the celebrity-spotting, what many will remember from the 2014 Coachella Festival is the ...

Lucid Spectrum : Phillip K. Smith : Lucid Stead

The Polarity Paradox

Macro Trends

The Polarity Paradox

Moderation is no longer the modus operandi. In our busy, networked and choice-rich lives, people are finding a new model for self-restraint by fl...

Extreme Lifestyles : 5:2 Living : Pop Culture

Samba-style: Frozen yoghurt shop’s new rhythm

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Samba-style: Frozen yoghurt shop’s new rhythm

London – To differentiate itself from the proliferation of other frozen yoghurt shops on the high street, Samba Swirl enlisted design agency Mizzi ...

Mizzi : Frozen Yoghurt : Samba Swirl

EuroShop 2014: Part 2

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EuroShop 2014: Part 2

The 2014 EuroShop retail shopfitting show attracted 109,000 visitors, with 110 nations represented. Retailers noted their interest in interactive...

Interior : Shopfitting : Lighting

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