Arne Jacobsen Stelton Cylinda-line

Arne Jacobsen created a tea and coffee service in stainless steel for Stelton. The simplicity of cylindrical shapes and specially designed plastic handles characterized the line which, along with its brushed steel surfaces, stood in striking contrast to the highly polished curves of its day. Cylinda-Line was awarded the ID Prize in 1967. Stelton

Max Lamb Plank Furniture

Design/ Furniture

The roots of Max Lamb’s Plank furniture lies in the carpenters workbench. The wide planks of oak and Douglas Fir preserve the uninterrupted wood grain in the furniture and also demonstrate the impressive scale of the tree. Benchmark

Arne Jacobsen Georg Jensen cutlery

Design/ Homeware/ Objects

Arne Jacobsen’s cutlery was revolutionary. With extremely simple and bold lines, it was unlike anything that existed at the time. It was a departure from Georg Jensen’s earlier styles and made a huge impact in the design world at its debut. His Functionalist approach went on to dominate much of design in subsequent years. 1957. Georg Jensen,

Barbican Exhibition Japanese House 2017

Architecture/ Exhibition

23 March – 25 June 2017.

The Japanese House welcomes you inside the Moriyama House (2005), designed in Tokyo by Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA) and inhabited by Yasuo Moriyama, an enigmatic urban hermit. As well as the full-size recreation of the Moriyama House, the exhibition also features a Japanese teahouse and garden designed by Terunobu Fujimori. The Japanese House is the centrepiece of the UK’s first major exhibition exploring Japanese domestic architecture from the end of the Second World War. Barbican

Phillipe Malouin Core

Architecture/ Design/ Objects

The first architecture project by Phillipe Malouin is Core. Core is a small brutalist concrete modular structure designed as part of the Superbenches project to regenerate Kvarnbacken, a park in Järfälla, Sweden. Philippe Malouin