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Asha
London’s ‘Cheesegrater’ could be Richard Rogers’ finest high-rise yet
The Leadenhall Building, London’s new star skyscraper, crystallises Richard Rogers’ design philosophy and may be his practice’s finest high-rise yet. Despite realising a concept that’s more than a decade old, and being informed by even older principles forged in the high-tech revolution of the Seventies, this is structurally and symbolically a building facing into the future.
Design Lighting Tokyo 2015
Only in its third year and an already established part of the lighting design calendar, Design Lighting Tokyo is expecting 16,000 visitors from around the world to visit this year’s event, taking place next month.
The art of repetition: artists depict The Shard
100 drawings of London by 100 famous architects and designers are going up for auction to raise money for charity Article 25.
MVRDV’s Markthal, Rotterdam – building study
Adding its own unique signature to the regeneration of Rotterdam is MVRDV’s stunning Markthal, a market hall sitting in a 10-storey, 120m-deep arch of apartments, while the vibrant Horn of Plenty mural by Dutch artist duo Arno Coenen and Iris Roskam inside the arch is trumpeted by the developer as the largest artwork in Europe.
Erik Spiekermann – tipping: good manners, or a form of corruption?
Is a tip a reward for good service, a lure for extra services, or the vainest form of egotism, asks Erik Spiekermann. Erik Spiekermann set up MetaDesign and FontShop, and is a teacher, author, designer and partner at Edenspiekermann.
One to watch – Designgoat
Talented duo Ahmad Fakhry and Cian Corcoran, making a stir in Ireland as Design Goat
Eyewitness – Nice to see Ewe
Gareth Gardner gets sheepish over two new installations in the window of Brook Brothers…
Jean-Michel Gathy – in conversation
The creative director of Denniston International Architects and Planners talks hotels with Su Pecha.
Richard Serra at the Gagosian Gallery
Watching an oil tanker being launched made a profound and lasting impression on a four-year-old Richard Serra. Now 75, the artist is still feeding off that memory and it informs his latest works at the Gagosian Gallery in London’s King’s Cross.
Design Museum Designers in Residence – profile
Returning for a seventh year, Designers in Residence at the Design Museum invited four up-and-coming designers to respond to the theme of disruption. From a solution to Britain’s housing shortage and a hypothetical legal case to a working cash machine and a den-building construction system for children, each designer has diverged from traditional practices and proposed new, unexpected ideas. Here the residents talk about the experience and what they hope to take away from it. An exhibition of their work is on display at the Design Museum until 8 March.