All articles by Staff Writer

Staff Writer

Flooring Focus: Flooring for the future

What does the future hold for the floor beneath our feet, which, it can be argued, is an element underexplored by architects? FX looks at some of the smart flooring applications on the horizon.

Flooring Focus: Let the space tell its story

The Tempus, a new 15-bedroom boutique hotel, bar and restaurant, located in Northumberland is filled with colour, texture and excitement – right down to the floorboards.

Flooring Focus: Projects: Goodbye grey carpet tiles

Wanting varied and interesting office flooring is part of a post-Covid drive towards a friendlier and more comfortable working environment. We cover three projects that meet the brief.

Light + Tech

Jill Entwistle reports on two fabulous examples of coloured lighting, and looks at (or should that be ‘through’?) several transparent solutions

Schools – Access to the arts

As austerity and short-sighted governments extinguish opportunities for creative participation, some resourceful individuals and institutions have found ways to open up access for all.

Art Fairs

Exploring the role of the fair and those, such as Tom Postma, that design them in the context of an art business that has endured a difficult period

Radical Thinking

James Burke from Acrylicize reveals who and what has inspired him on his creative journey

Profile – Gail Klevan

Last year, jewellery designer Gail Klevan teamed up with her son to launch GK Style

Lighting Design – Five things that will change lighting

Iain Macrae, an independent lighting consultant and former president of the Society of Light and Lighting, looks at what will have the most impact on lighting over the next five years.

Beyond Lighting

Together with the latest media technology, light has the power to influence human behaviour and transform interior spaces, says Tapio Rosenius, founder of Lighting Design Collective.