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COS teams up with the Serpentine Pavilion for Park Nights

This summer, COS has teamed up with the Serpentine Gallery for Park Nights, a series of events, screenings and talks taking place at Sou Fujimoto’s Serpentine Pavilion. To celebrate the collaboration, the brand has created two limited edition shirts for

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COS teams up with the Serpentine Pavilion for Park Nights

This summer, COS has teamed up with the Serpentine Gallery for Park Nights, a series of events, screenings and talks taking place at Sou Fujimoto’s Serpentine Pavilion. To celebrate the collaboration, the brand has created two limited edition shirts for

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1 Granary magazine by the students of Central Saint Martins

The students of Central Saint Martins have debuted their first print magazine, 1 Granary, launched at a party in a pair of uber-trendy warehouse apartments in Shoreditch a few weeks ago. The college’s fresh crop of new talent danced the night

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1 Granary magazine by the students of Central Saint Martins

The students of Central Saint Martins have debuted their first print magazine, 1 Granary, launched at a party in a pair of uber-trendy warehouse apartments in Shoreditch a few weeks ago. The college’s fresh crop of new talent danced the night

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Diogene at Vitra Campus by Renzo Piano

Italian architect Renzo Piano has unveiled his smallest building yet- a cabin on a hill at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany. The idea started in the 1960s when Piano was teaching at the Architectural Association in London and experimented

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Diogene at Vitra Campus by Renzo Piano

Italian architect Renzo Piano has unveiled his smallest building yet- a cabin on a hill at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany. The idea started in the 1960s when Piano was teaching at the Architectural Association in London and experimented

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French Film Club: Something in the Air

Set in the outskirts of Paris after the May ’68 protests, Olivier Assayas’s latest film Something in the Air (or Apres Mai in French) centres around Gilles (played by newcomer Clement Metayer) and his teenage friends who are intent on

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French Film Club: Something in the Air

Set in the outskirts of Paris after the May ’68 protests, Olivier Assayas’s latest film Something in the Air (or Apres Mai in French) centres around Gilles (played by newcomer Clement Metayer) and his teenage friends who are intent on

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Stop Look Listen: Three things to do this week

Here’s my pick of three things to do this week: get out in the sunshine and see Fujimoto’s Serpentine Pavilion, or get your art fix at the Royal Academy from Monday, or fill your Saturday with a talk on architecture

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Stop Look Listen: Three things to do this week

Here’s my pick of three things to do this week: get out in the sunshine and see Fujimoto’s Serpentine Pavilion, or get your art fix at the Royal Academy from Monday, or fill your Saturday with a talk on architecture

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O’2nd Autumn/Winter 2013 Collection

  I have just discovered the Korean label O’2nd and could literally buy their whole Autumn/Winter collection. O’2nd describe their design philosophy as “an engagement of a dreamer and a pragmatist [...] driven by a mood, an experience, a purpose”,

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O’2nd Autumn/Winter 2013 Collection

  I have just discovered the Korean label O’2nd and could literally buy their whole Autumn/Winter collection. O’2nd describe their design philosophy as “an engagement of a dreamer and a pragmatist [...] driven by a mood, an experience, a purpose”,

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Bang by Ai Weiwei at Venice Art Biennale 2013

Ai Weiwei has installed 886 three-legged wooden stools in the German pavilion for the Venice Art Biennale this year. In fact, the German and French pavilions have traded locations for the first time this year, so the works of Anri Sala,

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Bang by Ai Weiwei at Venice Art Biennale 2013

Ai Weiwei has installed 886 three-legged wooden stools in the German pavilion for the Venice Art Biennale this year. In fact, the German and French pavilions have traded locations for the first time this year, so the works of Anri Sala,

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Tilda Swinton goes back to the Middle Ages for Chanel

When I opened the pages of Vogue this month, I immediately fell in love with this campaign for Chanel’s pre-fall 2013 Paris-Edimbourg collection starring actress Tilda Swinton and lensed by Karl Lagerfeld. She normally pulls off the simpler, boxy shapes of Jil Sander

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Tilda Swinton goes back to the Middle Ages for Chanel

When I opened the pages of Vogue this month, I immediately fell in love with this campaign for Chanel’s pre-fall 2013 Paris-Edimbourg collection starring actress Tilda Swinton and lensed by Karl Lagerfeld. She normally pulls off the simpler, boxy shapes of Jil Sander

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Stop Look Listen: Three things to do this week

There’s a lot going on in London this summer with the month-long London Festival of Architecture, with exhibitions, city tours and site-specific installations. Here’s a few things to look forward to starting next week. STOP What: High Rise Where: The

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Stop Look Listen: Three things to do this week

There’s a lot going on in London this summer with the month-long London Festival of Architecture, with exhibitions, city tours and site-specific installations. Here’s a few things to look forward to starting next week. STOP What: High Rise Where: The

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Thisispaper Shop

I am absolutely in love with the back-to-basics lookbook for the new Thisispaper Shop. I was already a dedicated follower of Thisispaper magazine, so I was very excited to hear that they had opened an online shop, selling a line

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Thisispaper Shop

I am absolutely in love with the back-to-basics lookbook for the new Thisispaper Shop. I was already a dedicated follower of Thisispaper magazine, so I was very excited to hear that they had opened an online shop, selling a line

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Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus by Robbrecht en Daem

Ghent-based architects Robbrecht & Daem has created a full-size model of a 1930s design by Mies van der Rohe in Krefeld, Germany. The area already houses two villas by van der Rohe, Haus Esters and Haus Lange, which date from 1927-1930. The

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Mies van der Rohe Golfclubhaus by Robbrecht en Daem

Ghent-based architects Robbrecht & Daem has created a full-size model of a 1930s design by Mies van der Rohe in Krefeld, Germany. The area already houses two villas by van der Rohe, Haus Esters and Haus Lange, which date from 1927-1930. The

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Q&A with… Freyja Sewell

I met Freyja for the first time last week when I stumbled upon her stall at the House of Detention at Clerkenwell Design Week, where she was exhibiting her latest piece of work, a wool felt cocoon designed as a

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Q&A with… Freyja Sewell

I met Freyja for the first time last week when I stumbled upon her stall at the House of Detention at Clerkenwell Design Week, where she was exhibiting her latest piece of work, a wool felt cocoon designed as a

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J. Crew pops up at Central Saint Martins

For its introduction to Londoners, J.Crew set up a temporary shop at Central Saint Martins in Kings Cross last week. The pop-up shop gave the city a taste of whats to come when the preppy US brand finally opens a

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J. Crew pops up at Central Saint Martins

For its introduction to Londoners, J.Crew set up a temporary shop at Central Saint Martins in Kings Cross last week. The pop-up shop gave the city a taste of whats to come when the preppy US brand finally opens a

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Weekend Inspiration #7

I haven’t done a Weekend Inspiration for a little while now, but seeing as it was Clerkenwell Design Week this week, I thought it was a good chance to share an image of a classic, timeless chair from my Pinterest page.

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Weekend Inspiration #7

I haven’t done a Weekend Inspiration for a little while now, but seeing as it was Clerkenwell Design Week this week, I thought it was a good chance to share an image of a classic, timeless chair from my Pinterest page.

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Stop Look Listen: Three things to do this week

Another bank holiday! It seems like the previous one was just around the corner. If you’re wondering what to do with your (damp) three-day weekend, here is my pick of three things to do this week… STOP What: Sir Hugh Casson

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Stop Look Listen: Three things to do this week

Another bank holiday! It seems like the previous one was just around the corner. If you’re wondering what to do with your (damp) three-day weekend, here is my pick of three things to do this week… STOP What: Sir Hugh Casson

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Clerkenwell Design Week: Tetra Sheds

Another one of my favourites from Clerkenwell Design Week and not to be missed. British architect Innovation Imperative has teamed up with Weproductise and Amorim Isolamentos to create the Tetra Shed- a cork modular building system that is fully recyclable,

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Clerkenwell Design Week: Tetra Sheds

Another one of my favourites from Clerkenwell Design Week and not to be missed. British architect Innovation Imperative has teamed up with Weproductise and Amorim Isolamentos to create the Tetra Shed- a cork modular building system that is fully recyclable,