September/October 2023


CONTENTS REPORTER


017 Reporter The London Design Festival returns to the capital and will take place on 16 – 24 September


018 The Business News and pictures from the design sector


023 Diary Pick of the events coming up over the next few months


024 Top Ten The best new products to market


026 One to Watch Showcasing the work of Roberta Ventura, CEO and founder of Social Enterprise Project


028 Profile Eva Jiřičná talks about her modest beginnings, her humble outlook on life and what the future holds


PROJECTS


032 SpaceInvader / Stopford House, Stockport Stockport Council’s newly revitalised building has adopted a forward-thinking approach to future-proof the building’s operations


037 Squire & Partners / 78 St James’s Street, London Adding a life-extending redevelopment to the former members’


club, 78 St James’s Street in London is reimagined as a multi-tenant, clubhouse-style environment


040 Fred Rigby Studios / Oliver Heath / LESTRANGE, London LESTRANGE’s aim has been to meld practical and accessible shopping with biophilic natural design


044 Wilson Mason / Artistry House / Manchester Museum, Manchester With more than 130 years of heritage, the Manchester Museum needed a tasteful update to bring it into the modern world


FEATURES


048 Brief Encounters In the heart of Vilnius’s Old Town, Veronica Simpson visits an unlikely but ambitious refurbishment of a medieval palace


050 Frame of Mind FX invites you to see what inspires, captivates and motivates leading designers


052 Radical Thinking James Soane urges us to look to a future that has a healthy and circular relationship with the world we live in


056 Brief Encounters What’s the benefit to a city of a public art festival? It very much depends on how – and where – you do it


100 Aviva Studios, Manchester Whatever happened at the Factory? A ‘landmark new cultural space for Manchester and the world’ is a far cry from Factory Records


108 The Vital Arts David Trigg takes us on a tour of how the arts and creativity are being employed in clinical settings to promote wellbeing and health


FOCUS


059 Lighting Jill Entwistle explores some of the key trends and innovations in the lighting industry today


078 Ofice Cathy Hayward talks to designers in the workplace design space and looks at some of the most exciting upcoming projects


TECH SPEC


119 Light + Tech Jill Entwistle takes us through some of this year’s award-winning lighting installations


BACK PAGE


138 If Only… AI was the key to unlock a Utopian Community, says Enora Nydell of Lumsden Design


Below The Central Cube at SKP Chengdu, with a shimmering wall of glass that’s washed by a combination of water and light


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