September/October 2024
CONTENTS REPORTER
019 Reporter This year, the London Design Festival continues its tradition of celebrating creativity and innovation
020 The Business The latest news and pictures from the design sector
024 Top Ten The best new products to come to market
026 Diary The pick of the events coming up over the next few months
029 One to Watch Fettle, a boutique interior architecture and design practice
030 Profile Zerlina Hughes shares how she fell in love with lighting and how to give opportunities to young people who wish work in the sector
PROJECTS
034 dMFK Architects / 3 New Street Square, London This retrofit of a flexible workspace solution sought to evolve the quality of the existing building while improving its sustainability, flexibility and well-being offering
038 File Under Pop / Gubi House, Clerkenwell, London Gubi has teamed up with surface design specialist File Under Pop to unveil a London showroom that feels less showroom and more authentic, liveable space
042 Nissen Richards Studio / Untold Lives Exhibition, Pigott Galleries, Kensington Palace, London An exhibition is telling the stories of the people who worked at the royal palaces in the 17th and 18th centuries
FEATURES
046 Designer’s Judgement The team at Scott Brownrigg review two versions of the Mat Armchair: a shell version and an upholstered one
049 Client File Dame Laura Lee, chief executive of the cancer support charity Maggie’s, talks about the importance of architecture and design in creating supportive spaces for patients
052 Brief Encounters Veronica Simpson takes heart in a newly improved maker facility in Deptford that ticks all the boxes for adaptive reuse, cultural and social sustainability, and arts education
054 Radical Thinking The founder of Studio Found discusses his pathway into the field of design, plus the people who inspired him in the past and those who inspire him today
058 Brief Encounters Site-specific art installations can reveal a whole lot more about the qualities and narratives underpinning the significant places they are responding to…
060 Obituary The Estiatorio Milos Hudson Yards, New York, celebrated the life of Jeffrey Beers last June, founder of Jeffrey Beers International, who died earlier this year
079 Olympics What happens after the summer Games has passed through town? Stephen Hitchins looks at London and Paris to see the infrastructure legacy left behind
102 Normandie Impressioniste A look at artist Sean Scully’s work on display inside a French church, and the Inventir l’impressionnisme exhibition
114 School Design Kay Hill reports on several schools where architects have had a positive impact on learning environments
FOCUS
062 Lighting Paul Nulty, founder of consultant Nulty, presents three case studies; Colin Ball, lighting director at BDP London, reflects on the complexities, culture and mysterious relationship of colour and lighting; and fittings made from natural materials
075 Ofice Scarlett Walker-Hebborn speaks with suppliers and designers within the industry to see what their views are on the ever-changing landscape of ofice design
TECH SPEC
125 Light + Tech Jill Entwistle reports on the winners of the Daylight Award, and a proposed giant clock installation in Mannheim
BACK PAGE
146 If Only… we lived in a world where all of our incredible buildings and spaces steeped in history could actually talk…
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Rotherhithe Primary School, winner of a 2024 RIBA Regional Award– see School Design
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