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Astro Lighting: International design with a British core

We sit down with Astro Lighting’s Cofounder and Design Director, James Bassant, to talk about the design philosophy fuelling the international success of the brand, the importance of being accessible – and why Astro never aspired to be achingly cool.

You’re looking at the Best of the Best of Indo-Pacific design

Out of the 687 exceptional design submissions received for the 2021 INDE.Awards, one university building in Singapore stood out as the ‘Best of the Best’.

Mortice & Tenon: In The Detail

Where craftsmanship and the wonders of technology meet, you will find Mortice & Tenon.

A perfumery with somewhere to sit

For Libertine Parfumerie’s new Armadale boutique, Tamsin Johnson looked to the warmth of the home and the rhythm of old-world shopfronts to make fragrance retail feel slower, richer and more personal.

From floorplate to cityscape

M Moser Associates has reimagined DuPont’s Shanghai R&D Centre as a network of connected neighbourhoods, using local references and workplace strategy to support collaboration, flexibility and future growth.

Comment: Why the most valuable workplace connections are built offline

Davenport Campbell’s Neill Johanson argues that, in a hybrid era, the office is no longer justified by attendance alone.

“Density can be done well”: JPW project increases social housing offering by 300%

As a significant renewal of an established social housing project, JPW’s recently completed Cowper Street Housing in Glebe, Sydney aims to bring sustainable and community-focused density to an inner city suburb.