All articles by Katherine Houston
Katherine Houston
Blueprint Awards judges: Thomas Heatherwick
Blueprint editor Johnny Tucker gives us a debrief on the judging panel for the Blueprint Awards 2015.
B3 Designers breathe new life to Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Award-winning design studio, B3 Designers, have redesigned the Summer Cafe, main bar and Interval Cafe at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, which is reopening May 15th, 2015.
Futurology: How renewable energy systems are impacting developing countries
The idea of converting the sun’s energy can be dated back to the 1800s, yet it is in the last 10 years that the development of renewable energy has advanced, coming to the forefront of design companies around the world.
Can Of Coke: The men behind the madness
The pillow fight that lead to a multi-million dollar piece of artwork. Read the exclusive interview with the Tinker Brothers who transformed a standard Coca-Cola can into potentially the world’s most expensive work of art…
John Underkoffler, Oblong Industries CEO, wins US National Design Award
John Underkoffler, co-founder and CEO of Oblong Industries, has been announced the winner for Interaction Design by the highly acclaimed Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
Marcel Wanders for LG Hausys at Milan Design Week
Marcel Wanders and Gabriele Chiave discuss the LG Hausys Hi-Macs installation at Milan Design Week. Watch the video now.
New Design Britain “Alumni Collective” at May Design Series
This May Design Series the ‘Alumni Collective’ return, showcasing top talent from the last ten years of finalists from the New Design Britain Awards. Read on for this year’s pick of the crop.
Living on the Edge in Paris
Home, recently completed and the tallest residential block in Paris since 1977, stands out other ways. Not least it bridges a divide between social and private housing. Herbert Wright visited it, with architect Jean-Christophe Masson of Hamonic + Masson.
London’s Top Model Gets Bigger, Has More to Say
At the start of April, London’s top model vanished without trace. Yet since the twenty-second of the month, at the same Bloomsbury haunt, the model has been back. Still… something has changed. The model is somehow bigger, and has a lot more on show.
Lido Life: The Thames River open-air swimming pool is on the horizon
The eagerly-anticipated Thames River lido is on the horizon with the launch of today’s Thames Baths crowdfunding campaign with co-founders Chris Romer-Lee and James Lowe. Support the project and you could be experiencing the river-based open-air swimming pool sooner than you think.