Iconic Quaglino’s Set for London Relaunch

Quaglino’s, the iconic restaurant and late-night venue in the heart of London’s Mayfair St James’s, is set to re-open its doors in October 2014 following a full-scale, multi-million pound renovation. When Quaglino’s first opened, Londoners were dancing the Charleston and King George V was on the throne. The place has history. The re-launch celebrates 85 […]

Platform 6 Celebrity exhibition and auction for Stonewall

7th September sees Platform 6, a non-profit arts organisation, opens the doors to its first collective exhibition with a showcase of artwork featuring emerging and established artists including Boy George, Carl Hopgood, DNA Factory, James Tailor, Layla Lyons, Lewis Burton, Rolina Blok, Victor Ivanov, William Baker and Judy Blame. Alongside the exhibition a special auction […]

Endless Stair climbs into production phase as project location is moved to Tate Modern, Bankside

The Endless Stair, landmark project for this year’s London Design Festival, will be sited on the lawn in front of the world‐renowned Tate Modern.  Starting from a fantasy Esher‐inspired drawing utilising, for the first time, tulipwood cross‐laminated timber (CLT), dRMM and Arup have worked with specialist teams in Italy and Switzerland to research and test […]

Matthew Williamson Partners With Scream To Present ‘Hand To Earth’ Exhibition

Scream gallery and British fashion designer Matthew Williamson will present a two-person exhibition ‘Hand to Earth‘ featuring Caroline Jane Harris (UK) and Shane McAdams (USA). Both artists experiment with unusual mediums – paper, ball-point pen ink, resin – taking nature and landscapes as a starting point but with different results. Matthew Williamson was inspired by McAdamʼs work, specifically […]

Bodleian Library Chair Competition

In September 2012 a UK-wide competition was launched to design a new chair for the historic Bodleian Libraries in Oxford. A call for entries resulted in a strong response of over 60 expressions of interest from designers and manufacturers. After much deliberation, six award-winning designer/manufacturer partnerships were selected to proceed to the next stage of […]

Motorola Solutions Honoured With Five Red Dot Product Design 2013 Awards

Motorola Solutions, Inc. announced that it has been honoured with five red dot product design 2013 awards. The HC1 headset computer, MC40 mobile computer, O2 control head, SL Series digital radio and TLKR two-way radios were recognized for their excellence in design quality. They were selected by a 37-member jury of international experts out of more […]

Volvo V60 Diesel Hybrid – Style, Design & Sustainable Luxury

Exclusive design and generous standard equipment The V60 is a good-looking car and with the first 1,000 cars that will be launched will have an eye-catching colour of ‘Electric Silver’. Each car will come with exclusive design features and generous standard equipment.The interior is comfort itself. Sitting behind the wheel and surrounded by its new […]

Volvo V60 Diesel Hybrid – Style, Design & Sustainable Luxury

Exclusive design and generous standard equipment The V60 is a good-looking car and with the first 1,000 cars that will be launched will have an eye-catching colour of ‘Electric Silver’. Each car will come with exclusive design features and generous standard equipment.The interior is comfort itself. Sitting behind the wheel and surrounded by its new […]

JustBook: First Class Hotels, Last Minute Prices

Missed your plane? Meeting overran and stranded for the night? Decided, on the day, to turn that London shopping trip into a luxury mini-break? Then reach for your mobile and make a spontaneous hotel booking using the JustBook app, new to the UK. With JustBook, which is free to download, finding accommodation in a city at the […]