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Asha
Access all areas: designing spaces and places for diverse sensory needs
For those with specific sensory experiences — from deafness and blindness to autism — the design of spaces can help or hinder. Increasingly, architects and clients are working together to create environments that are more inclusive than ever before
The Blueprint curated diary: Katerina Gregos
The curator of the first-ever Riga Biennale of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA), Katerina Gregos, shares her pick of the season’s best exhibitions, events and books
One to Watch
is Abigail Edwards, a graduate of the Wimbledon School of Art and a designer and producer of unique wallpapers, fabrics and accessories
Century of the Child: Nordic Design for Children 1900 to Today — review
The V&A Museum of Childhood’s survey of Nordic design for children since 1900 explores how Scandinavian designers have used play and wonder to put children at the heart of the design of homes, cities and communities
A ring road runs through it: Blox by OMA
OMA’s long-anticipated home for the Danish Architecture Centre has opened as a waterside stack of blocks in Copenhagen. The project, which embraces a major road physically and metaphorically, sits at odds with Denmark’s pedestrian-friendly urbanism — but does it work?
Guild Marks 2018
A new crop of British-designed furniture pieces have been selected by The Furniture Makers Company to receive the Guild Mark of distinction.
Talking Points – Donald Insall
Francis Maude of Donald Insall tells us about the finer points of conservation work
Architecture for art’s sake
Stephen Hitchins looks at the newly enlarged Royal Academy, being unveiled this month