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Jmitchell
Post-apocalyptic bar opens in Hong Kong
Temporary bunker-style bar by artist Nadim Abbas opens as part of Hong Kong’s Art Basel festival
Design a flag for an independent Scotland
If Scotland votes for independence in September, we will be ready to offer up a raft of new national flags that you have designed. We’ll be printing up the best of your designs and displaying them during London Design Week, for you to vote for the winner
May Design Series to feature Fabric Pavilion and Portuguese Pavilion
May Design Series is set to celebrate design from all angles later this week, with the introduction of a Fabric Pavilion as well as a Portuguese Pavilion
London’s Growing Up! – Exhibition review
New London Architecture, Store Street London WC1; until 12 June. Review by Herbert Wright
Bloggers design chairs for charity auction at May Design Series
Eight interior design bloggers and journalists have helped design and make chairs, which will be sold by silent auction at this year’s May Design Series to raise money for charity Sweet Dreams
Space Craft exhibition opens at Habitat’s Platform gallery
Exhibition at London store Habitat explores the relationship between craft and architecture
Tom Dixon’s Y chair made available to buy online
Distinctive stacking chair with Y-shaped seat back is now available to order
Metal with memory: Chris Lefteri on smart materials
Chris Lefteri turns his attention to smart materials – plastics and metals that once altered have the ability to return to a previous form with the application of heat. Lefteri is a designer and has written seven books about new materials and their application
Aidan Potter on architecture and community
John McAslan + Partners has set up an office – N17 Design Studio – in the heart of Tottenham, north London, to engage with the community and help regenerate the area from within. Its director for urban design, Aidan Potter, also the N17 Design Studio project director, argues that architects have become marginalised — they need to regain the moral high ground and become agents for change rather than simply profit
Battersea Power Station redevelopment to include new roof garden
As part of its redevelopment into a luxury apartment and shopping complex, London’s iconic Battersea Power station is to have a roof garden by top garden designer Andy Sturgeon