The Loewe Foundation and Studio Voltaire have named the inaugural seven winners of their awards programme aimed at providing affordable and secure workspace for artists in London.

As the Euros rumble on, we look at the design issues prompted by football in lockdown. How do you generate the feeling of normality in abnormal times?

The June 2021 edition of The Crit is here, with a roundup of all the design news from the past month and an extended interview with architect Alan Maskin about his new ANOHA museum.

As the Design Museum launches Charlotte Perriand: The Modern Life, we republish our review of Inventing a New World, the original Paris exhibition on which the new show is based.

Clad in 11,000 stainless steel panels arranged like a faceted carapace, a new Frank Gehry tower has been opened in Arles, France, as part of the Luma Arles cultural campus.

In place of a rigid metal armature, the Gravity chandelier is formed from suspended loops of braided cable.

Industrial designer Luca Nichetto has announced the launch of a new monthly podcast, Opinionated.

The Bell chair sees Konstantin Grcic reflect on the importance of clear information and rigid constraints to the design process.

The company behind design brands including B&B Italia, Maxalto, Flos, and Louis Poulsen has announced a new retail space in Copenhagen.

Police raided the Hoxton Docks arts building in a bid to target Extinction Rebellion, who are tenuously connected to one of this year’s Antepavilion commissions.

Connected, an exhibition of new home offices by AHEC and the Design Museum, raises questions around the opportunities and challenges of designing over FaceTime.

The Swiss-Argentinian designer has created two editioned versions of the mechanical pencil that was first developed in 1929.

Act will be installed in Highgate’s West Cemetery and explore ideas of memorialisation and Victorian society’s relationship to death.

We share an article on ambient technology and the screen, published as part of Map Project Office’s e-paper about connected tech in the home.

Catherine Slessor has been named as the next president of the UK’s Twentieth Century Society.

An essay on the beheading of the Columbus statue in Boston’s North End and the political implications of monuments.

A look at the phenomenon of woke-washing and the failure of many brands to meaningfully engage with social justice movements.

A co-operative of street vendors from Barcelona have released a new line of sneakers after forming a streetwear brand, Top Manta.