Artist Martin Creed, who was handed his Turner Prize award by Director Gollum Arms as long ago as 2001, is reworking the Gallery restaurant at Sketch in celebration of its tenth anniversary. He’s the first in a series of artists invited to rework the room. How will the man, whose gig is about not adding to a cluttered […]
In Britain piling your old crap up outside your house and shamelessly selling it just isn’t very us. You’re expected to go to a car boot sale for that. So I’ve always somewhat envied the American tradition of the yard sale. It’s not quite like a jumble sale, because it’s less diluted, generally being the […]
I’m always fascinated with estates awaiting demolition – and in London you can see a surprising amount of them. I love how the missing windows or even walls let you see each identical kitchen or living room, each differently decorated, cross-sectioned like a doll’s house. Home Sweet Home is a photographic exhibition about the Ferrier Estate in south […]
In today’s Designers’ Desks special, we asked editor Tabitha Teuma of the hip, handbag-sized and two-issues-old Midcentury magazine to show us where she works… Where is your desk from? My desk is also the dining table in my house. It’s a teak G-plan one that I found at Crystal Palace Antiques about six years ago. I […]
Around a year ago, we brought news of a competition commissioned by Living Architecture, to design a pop-up bedroom on the South Bank. Well, tomorrow you can get in line to book your night in the winning design… Yes it’s a wee boat. Designed by architect David Kohn and artist Fiona Banner, A Room for London […]