All articles by Toby Maxwell
Toby Maxwell
Flooring Focus: Ella Doran on wool flooring
Designer Ella Doran explains why wool is an often-overlooked material for flooring
FX Design Seminar: In search of icons
FX brought together experts from across architecture and design to consider what leads a product, or building, to be bestowed with the status of ‘icon’… and whether the term itself has lost some of its resonance in an ever-evolving consumerist society
Risks worth taking: FX Talks 2019
Nothing worth doing is ever easy, so the adage goes. Taking the simple route is always tempting but seldom rewarding, which is why those brave enough to think independently can be such valuable sources of inspiration. FX Talks returned for its second year with another engaging line-up of inspiring radical thinkers to share their individual perspectives on thinking differently
Fabled Studio use India’s famed dabbawalas to design Bombay Bustle
The Mumbai institution of food delivery men, the dabbawalas, was the inspiration for London’s Bombay Bustle, designed by Fabled Studios
A rebrand for UK-wide chain of restaurants: Frankie and Benny’s, Liverpool by turnerbates
One of the latest Frankie & Benny’s restaurants in Liverpool, saw the trialling of a new concept design for the chain by turnerbates
Transporting guests back to jazz age Bombay: Dishoom, Kensington by Macaulay Sinclair
John Macaulay, director of Macaulay Sinclair, explains the design inspiration behind the Kensington branch of Indian restaurant brand Dishoom
Interiors for a day-to-night dining space: Hans Bar & Grill by Goddard Littlefair
In a former London mews, the Hans Bar and Grill for the 11 Cadogan Gardens hotel was designed by Goddard Littlefair to offer a selection of dining and bar spaces
A private members club for Ministry of Sound: The Ministry by Squire and Partners
Squire & Partners deliver a detailed concept for global entertainment brand Ministry of Sound’s new private members club, The Ministry, featuring a stand-out bar, lounge and terrace bar
Town meets country: Pigsty, Bristol by Pheonix Wharf
Pheonix Wharf has incorporated old and new industrial elements with playful graphic slogans in this new interior concept for Pigsty
Mark Bithrey talks B3 Designers, consumer tastes and the future of hospitality design
Toby Maxwell kicks off our bar and leisure focus, interviewing Mark Bithrey, founder of B3 Designers, a specialist in hospitality design