All articles by Venugopal Immadi

Venugopal Immadi

Top Five in May

Our pick of products new to market

The rise of the flying car

Say goodbye to sitting in traffic jams, as flying cars are on their way. From as early as next year, these vehicles — once the sole preserve of sci-fi films — will start to be rolled out. But what are the challenges — and will our city skies really be full of cars soon?

The Business in May

News and pictures from the design sector

The Diary in May

Our pick of events happening this month or coming up

Reporter: 6a architects’ refurbished and extended MK Gallery in Milton Keynes

Recently refurbished and extended by 6a architects the project aims for both a burgeoning creative space and a monument to the utopian modern town

Biodynamic lighting: promoting employee wellbeing and energy with light

Tomáš Michna, facility and services senior manager at energy company innogy looks at his company’s switch to one of Europe’s largest ‘human-centric’ lighting systems

Gimme shelter: how are architects tackling homelessness?

Designs for high-end housing and bespoke home extensions are ten a penny in the architecture world, but what are today’s practices doing to address the homelessness crisis? From temporary housing and modular pods to a digital platform tackling bureaucratic boundaries, we look at the innovative designs developed by architects for those without homes

Radical thinking: Harry Harris of SUSD

‘Our children are almost always more sophisticated than we care to acknowledge’ Harry Harris of SUSD gives us his take on radical thinking

Turning corn husks into colourful furniture: meet Fernando Laposse

Debika Ray speaks to designer Fernando Laposse about his work harnessing natural materials in
unusual ways to create furniture — and supporting sustainable agriculture in Mexico in the process

What is ‘healthy’ lighting design?

Andrew Bissell, lighting director of Cundall Light4 asks what healthy lighting design is amongst all the wellbeing buzzwords circulating in lighting talk