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A conversation between: Jim Biddulph & Mat Barnes, CAN Studio
Amid the many new builds one sees popping up around the country it’s not very often that you find any that stick in the mind. The same cannot be said of projects carried out by London-based CAN Studio. The buildings they work on are uniquely colourful, tactile and memorable, in no small part because of… Read More >
Women in Lighting: The emotional dimension of light
What happens to us when we stand before an artwork? What are the paths we take around an exhibition? What attracts our attention and what stimulates our emotions? Light is the common thread of our questions. Light enhances the interplay of light and shadow, facilitates the reading of the artworks and moves us through the… Read More >
Hybrid Working with Cameron Fry, Liqui Group
As we emerged from the Covid pandemic did you question how, and where, you wanted to work? You certainly were not the only person to reassess their working life, many of us taking the opportunity to evolve from an office based worker to a hybrid worker. We recently spoke with Cameron Fry, Creative Director and… Read More >
A conversation between: Jim Biddulph & Helen Leask, Leask Architecture
Whether it’s large-scale commercial projects or intimate residential properties, an architect’s work in shaping the look and feel of a building is paramount. Invariably there is far more to the process than meets the eye, which is perhaps a sign of a successful outcome, something that Helen Leask knows all too well. After graduating from… Read More >
Designer Q&A with Rose Campbell
Rose Campbell has been featured in our Designer Muse series before, but as she’s just taken over as head of design and marketing at Newmor, we thought it was a good time to catch up. Tell us about Newmor and your role there. Newmor is a family owned business, specialising in commercial wallcoverings. We have… Read More >
The Magic Dinner
“The thought . . . called up the flavors of an elaborate and bold cuisine, . . . an incomparable experience.” – Italo Calvino, Under the Jaguar Sun How often does a friend or someone from work ask you to book a table in a nice restaurant? Often. It’s easy, right? We all know that… Read More >
Jim Biddulph & Iain Monteith, Loader Monteith Architects
Developing a relationship between practice and education is a bedrock of architecture as a profession. But whilst RIBA’s CPD curriculum is designed to keep things fresh for practicing architects through informative talks, Iain Monteith of Loader Monteith Architects took a slightly more unique, and involved, approach to expanding his architectural knowledge. Having gone to work… Read More >
A Conversation Between: Jim Biddulph & Field Day Studio
Marrying rich design concepts with tasteful material and colour palettes is no simple task. Creating spaces that are immediately warm and welcoming yet oozing with style and detail is in many ways the holy grail of interior design, particularly when it comes to spaces that people live in. For design duo Jess Gibbons and Kat… Read More >
Women in Lighting: The Extraordinary Light
Details have the task of expressing that which the basic design requires in that particular point of the object: union or disjunction, tension or lightness, friction, solidity, fragility (…). Details, when they are successful, are no mere decoration. They do not distract or entertain, but induce the observer to understand the whole, to whose essence… Read More >
A Busy Time
It’s currently a very busy period in the development of standards and regulations. In previous columns I’ve mentioned the proposed revision of the UK’s Furniture & Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations, together with the UK government’s aim to revise, replace or repeal all legacy EU regulations on the statue books by 31 December 2023. In addition,… Read More >
Women in Lighting: Light as a Material
“We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates.” – Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows How does a lighting design project start and how does it evolve? Often it is the client or interior designer who requests the… Read More >
Women in Lighting: See the Light, Feel the Light
“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.” Sometimes I wonder how many people are engaged in the process of designing a space and how many industries are involved in its construction. Moreover, what was the space designed for and how many different activities will be carried out in… Read More >
Home Office with Phil Reynolds
Through the various lockdowns (I’m sure we’re all tired of that word) many of us found we could continue to do our jobs successfully from home. Now the country has opened up, it’s striking how less busy roads, rail and offices are, as flexible working becomes the norm for many. What does that mean for… Read More >