After over one hundred entries and fierce deliberation, the latest Herman Miller Liveable Office Award winners have now been crowned, with the winning designers setting new benchmarks in workplace design

From Germany’s Dauphin comes Fiore – a range of chairs inspired by the smooth contours of a flower petal.

For many furniture designers struggling to survive on two to five per cent royalties cheques, the recently departed David Bowie delivers a masterclass in ‘get rich or die at Salone’.

April is undeniably a month with design as the centre point, but there are many other topics, such as the future of our cities, which have come under debate. The biggest news of all though was a blockbuster INDE.Awards shortlist. From the publisher’s desk this April.