All articles by Sowmya Thuniki
Sowmya Thuniki
Inge Moore honoured with top Gold Key award
Inge Moore, has been named the Gold Key Designer of the Year.
Why big-name hotels are going in for bespoke design
Design-savvy travellers are demanding more than superb comfort and luxury-class service from the big-name hotel groups. Su Pecha looks at how the trend for individualistic design, set in motion by the small independents, is taking hold
Theresa Dowling on her favourite hotel, The Scarlet in Cornwall
Editor of FX magazine Theresa Dowling on an eco hotel that gets the balance of luxury and pleasure just right.
Pearls of wisdom from the elder statespeople of design
As more design students emerge into the job market, FX takes a look at the elder statesmen of design, those designers who have decades’ worth of experience behind them but still have a passion for the industry. What is the secret of their success, who and what inspired them, what mistakes did they learn from, and what is their legacy for the industry? By Helen Parton
Art & retail: future directions
As art is being increasingly used – and to great effect – in high-street retail marketing as it takes its lead from top-end retailers, that section is always looking to up its own game and keep that extra step ahead. Wendy Marshall, interior designer at MRA Architecture and Interior Design, looks at new initiatives and projects that are works of art in their own right
Finnishing School
Giving people a voice in how their city evolves has reaped huge rewards for Helsinki. Clearly there is still more to be learned from the Fins about inclusive, elegant and people-centred design, says Veronica Simpson
Derek Phillips (1923-2013)
Derek Phillips FRIBA, FCIBSE, Honorary Fellow SLL, MILP, FIALD, M. Arch, B. Arch, MCD, who died in early November at the age of 90, was the UK’s very first independent lighting designer and a pioneer of the profession. Lighting designer and writer, Carl Gardner, looks back at his life and work
Interview: Kengo Kuma – sharing the same shadows
The Japanese architect talks to Clare Farrow about growing up in a traditional wooden house in the suburbs of Tokyo, and the ways in which technology can reinforce the relationship between architecture and nature
Lighting design loses Russell Lipscombe
Leading lighting designer Russell Lipscombe has died following a long illness. He had turned 49 just a few days before his death.