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The old Severn Road Bridge could be transformed into a scientific research station

SYZYGY office, Frankfurt

HI-MACS was the material of choice to create a space within a space for this new office. Designers at 3deluxe created light openings and milled into it for backlighting

Bye bye HID light

While Ceramic Metal Halide and halogen lamps are inexorably being pushed aside by LEDs, which outperform both on most counts, Gary Heald warns users to do their homework before moving over, as...

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23 May, 2013 The old Severn Road Bridge could be transformed into a scientific research station

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Desitecture
Research-based design studio Desitecture, with a mission to ‘make the everyday extraordinary’

Richard Weston
When a professor of architecture finds that his work is ‘so last season’, is something seriously gone awry? Jamie Mitchell talks to Richard Weston, whose scan explorations into rocks, fossils and stones have found their way on to fashion items and accessories...

Vienna: Design destination
The capital of Austria has a rich and illustrious design past, but it’s not resting on its laurels, says Helen Parton, a visitor to the latest Vienna Design Week, where she saw much to be impressed with during the 10-day event and beyond

SYZYGY office, Frankfurt
21 May, 2013 HI-MACS was the material of choice to create a space within a space for this new office. Designers at 3deluxe created light openings and milled into it for backlighting

MEATmission, East London
In a one-time Christian Mission house the new religion of top-notch burgers is feeling right at home, thanks to an inspired design by Shed

Sir Robert Woodard Academy, West Sussex
For this the first new-build school for the Woodward Trust, the design by Architecture PLB aimed to give the sponsor something to shout about

George Patterson Y&R, Melbourne
A former department store from the 19th century is now an open, airy and throughly inviting office space, fitting in with the work ethos of the client

Penhaligon’s Regent Street
The latest store for this esteemed perfumiers exudes a bespoke quirky elegance, thanks to inspired interiors by rising star Christopher Jenner, named Breakthrough Talent of the Year in the 2012 FX Awards

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NEWS

Bye bye HID light
20 May, 2013 While Ceramic Metal Halide and halogen lamps are inexorably being pushed aside by LEDs, which outperform both on most counts, Gary Heald warns users to do their homework before moving over, as disappointment may lie ahead

One-stop shop for design shows
Four design events – DX London, The ARC Show, Interiors LDN and kbb LDN – will come together in the ExCeL arena London, for a new definitive industry event, The May Design Series.

Go-ahead for Holder Mathias in Swansea’s historic city centre
Architecture practice Holder Mathias has secured planning consent for a £8m scheme that will transform the historic heart of Swansea.

John Robertson Architects revitalises The Helicon building
John Robertson Architects (JRA) has completed the refurbishment of The Helicon, comprising some 11,600 sq m office and 9,000 sq m of retail, on the corner of Finsbury Pavement and South Place in the City of London. Originally designed by Sheppard Robson and completed in 1996, The Helicon helped to start the rejuvenation of Moorgate with its high-tech detailing and provision of substantial modern retail units. Around 40 per cent of the building is occupied by Marks and Spencer and HSBC, creating a strong presence at street level.

Mather & Co tries and converts best project yet for Springboks, South Africa
North West-based design consultancy Mather & Co has won one if its most prestigious international contracts to date – to design the new Springbok Experience for the South African Rugby Union (SARU) in Cape Town.

BLOG

Come and talk about design with FX assistant editor Jamie Mitchell at Clerkenwell Design Week
17 May, 2013 The best thing about being a design journalist is getting out of the office, meeting designers and seeing some of the amazing and truly innovative products that are the fruit of our creative industries. I’m not a designer myself, but I’ve always found designers to be truly fascinating people, the best of whom work tenaciously – in some cases obsessively – towards making our lives better and happier.

Q&A with Celia Sawyer
An interior designer and collector of rare objects, Celia Sawyer made her TV debut last year as one of the dealers on the second series of Channel 4’s Four Rooms, a show where people bring in items they think are valuable and try to flog them to four dealers. With the programme’s third series under way, Sawyer tells FX about her career so far, and how she balances a successful interior design practice with a TV career.

Watching the wildlife
Gareth Gardner sees the animals in the Shoredtich Zoo billboards

Acrylicize creates new artwork for Heinz
At FX we’re always on the lookout for new design talent and in each issue we choose a designer or design practice we think is ‘one to watch’. It’s always great to see the desgners and design practices we’ve chosen go on to glittering careers in the design industry, and this week we’re pleased to bring you a new project by Acrylicize, a London-based design agency that featured as our ‘one to watch’ in February 2011.

Towering achievement
The latest building with a nickname, the Walkie Talkie, is topped out

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