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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

The kids are alright
Once upon a time, children’s hospitals’ efforts to distract or amuse their patients were token – a cartoon character mural here, a decorative mobile there. The latest schemes offer everything from aerial walkways and meerkat enclosures to more quietly sophisticated spaces designed to support patient, parent, siblings and staff, says Veronica Simpson