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  ‘At its best, it's all an act of love’: Apparatus’ Gabriel Hendifar on building a cult design brand

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  A relative newcomer to the London design scene, New York furniture and lighting brand Apparatus opened its first UK outpost, in Mayfair, in autumn 2023. Since its inception in 2012, the brand has become renowned for its all-encompassing approach to design, led by co-founder and creative director …

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  ‘If there wasn't a demand for design that fits the psyche of the day, we'd still be sitting on Victorian furniture,’ Sheridan Coakley, SCP founder

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  Few figures on the London Design scene have been in business as long as Sheridan Coakley, founder of retail store and furniture brand SCP. Since opening the doors of his Shoreditch showroom in 1985, he has navigated recessions, the digitisation of retail, Brexit and a pandemic. Coakley was the …

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  ‘You’ve got to hang out with Judd furniture… you learn something’: Rainer Judd

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  The artist Donald Judd didn’t hold back his criticisms of the furniture industry. 'It’s impossible to go to the store and buy a chair,' he lamented in a 1993 essay. He went on to say that after William Morris and Mission-style pieces went out of fashion, 'there has been no furniture which is …

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  Exclusive archive images spotlight Flos’ most iconic lamps and their creators

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  A decade after Flos’ last photographic review, the 'Icons' project celebrates the brand’s pioneering design culture by highlighting 12 distinctive and innovative lamps by leading creatives throughout its history. These include pieces by Gino Sarfatti, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Tobia …

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  Boffi and Zaha Hadid Design’s new Cove Kitchen, an Italian island dream

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  In partnership with Boffi For 90 years the Boffi atelier in Italy’s province of Monza and Brianza has been revolutionising the concepts of cooking and living. In its collaborations with key Italian designers, from Luigi Massoni to Antonio Citterio and Piero Lissoni, Boffi’s insightful approach to …

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  ‘London has a punk attitude – it has enabled somebody like me to emerge in this extremely niche field’: designer Natsai Audrey Chieza

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  Designer Natsai Audrey Chieza dreams of a future where everything from the fibres of our clothing to the bricks of our buildings is derived from living organisms. Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, Chieza studied architecture in Edinburgh and Material Futures in London before embarking on what she describes …