All articles by Sowmya Thuniki
Sowmya Thuniki
Designers’ dolls houses in bid for charity
Twenty of the world’s best contemporary architects and designers will present their version of a dolls’ house in an exhibition and auction next month at Bonhams in aid of the KIDS charity.
Barber Osgerby chair to sit pretty at Bodleian
A chair design by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby has been named as the winner of the Bodleian Libraries Chair Competition.
Scottish talent on show at new BA Airport Lounge
The work of Scottish craftsmen and artists play a major part in a new £80,000 BA business-class lounge at Glasgow Airport, designed by Glasgow-based practice Graven Images.
Review response delights Sir Terry Farrell
The response to the Farrell Review consultation has delighted the review chairman Sir Terry Farrell. It has had a very positive response, both to the online Call for Evidence and workshops held up and down the country, says his office.
New Blood: Designers in Residence 2013
A new crop of four young up-and-coming designers has been selected to be this year’s Design Museum Designers in Residence. All will benefit from a bursary of £6,000 to continue their design investigations. Director of the Design Museum Deyan Sudjic said that this year’s Designers in Residence programme, now in its sixth year, ‘will explore of how design in any field can be used to convey, to create, or to reflect a sense of identity’.
Foster’s Triple for Sainsbury
Refurbished galleries of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich have been unveiled.
Let there be light…
We look at the lighting of two places of worship in detail, and both in stark contrast to each other – one ancient, the other very new; one white and minimalist, the other in touch with its outside setting
Art for art’s sake
Is time running out for freethinking art schools and art students? The warnings have been given, and while some commercial sponsorship and bursaries are in place, they can have serious strings attached, says Veronica Simpson
Religion in the spotlight
The world’s first lighting guide for places of worship is soon to be published by the Society for Light and Lighting. Francis Pearce looks at what the SLL and lighting designers have to say about illuminating churches
Temporary Treats
Pop-ups were the fad of the past decade, but now temporary structures are adding real design ingenuity to the mix, bringing new life to unusual, difficult or previously uncelebrated spaces. Veronica Simpson Investigates