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Asha
Shpeel by Biome Collective
Youngsters in distress find it hard to articulate their feelings. But Dundee-based game designer Biome Collective has found a potential antidote, creating an interactive game, called Shpeel for the London Design Biennial. Veronica Simpson explores the buttons it is pushing
King’s Cross Kit-Kats: Coal Drops Yard by Heatherwick Studio
The long-anticipated and Heatherwick Studio-designed shopping complex in King’s Cross, Coal Drops Yard, finally opens
Together Design Studio by Studio Mills
Twin sisters, one covering the discipline of architecture the other interior design, as Studio Mills have transformed a Victorian terrace into a contemporary studio for branding consultancy Together Design
Royal Academy cafes by LOT and Transit Studio
Though constrained by the building fabric’s listed status, LOT and Transit Studio have added pops of colour to the rich yet staid cafe interiors by picking up on the giant wall mural, while sorting out the queues
Woodland Classrooms, Belvue School by Studio Weave
At this SEN school in Northolt, London with the adjacent woodland, designers at Studio Weave made the students their client, to develop ideas for the new classrooms
PLYable: One to Watch
PLYable, created last year by architects, Claire and Mags Margetts, and furniture designer, Tom Ownsworth, is a design studio covering architecture, interior, furniture and product design
Eva Jiricná: ‘I had to survive and I had to do my best’
The Czech architect found herself in London and then unable to return home, thanks to the Russian occupation. Struggling to establish herself she has made her way to the top, often via her signature glass staircases, to be at the pinnacle of her profession
The Diary: Exhibitions, shows and events in November
Our pick of events happening this month or coming up