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Green, amber, blue and pink Scandinavian modern glass vases arranged in window light.

Putting Modernism in Its Place: Design, Identit...

An introduction to the relationships between modernism, place, craft and the identities we form through design.

Putting Modernism in Its Place: Design, Identit...

An introduction to the relationships between modernism, place, craft and the identities we form through design.

Clear glass carafe pouring water into a tumbler balanced on a natural wood block.

Modernism and Good Health: Architecture, Nature...

Written during lockdown, this essay considers how modernist architecture and design linked light, air, nature and material with healthier living.

Modernism and Good Health: Architecture, Nature...

Written during lockdown, this essay considers how modernist architecture and design linked light, air, nature and material with healthier living.

Close-up of a dark ceramic teapot showing its curved handle, lid and sculpted spout.

The Craft of the Handle: How Modernism Reimagin...

The humble handle reveals modernism’s changing relationship with function, ritual, material and touch.

The Craft of the Handle: How Modernism Reimagin...

The humble handle reveals modernism’s changing relationship with function, ritual, material and touch.

Blue glass vase in focus with a second vase by the same designer softly blurred in the background.

Scandi Noir and Scandinavian Modernism: Light, ...

Scandi noir offers an unexpected way to read Scandinavian design through landscape, shifting light, atmosphere and colour.

Scandi Noir and Scandinavian Modernism: Light, ...

Scandi noir offers an unexpected way to read Scandinavian design through landscape, shifting light, atmosphere and colour.

Red sculptural glass vase with deeply moulded circular forms.

Modernism and Summer: From Aalto to Tapio Wirkkala

How summer, landscape and the relationship between indoors and outdoors shaped modernist architecture and Scandinavian design.

Modernism and Summer: From Aalto to Tapio Wirkkala

How summer, landscape and the relationship between indoors and outdoors shaped modernist architecture and Scandinavian design.

Ercol Pandora elm tabletop during conservation, showing the contrast between the untreated and revived surface.

The Pub Table: Conserving an Ercol Pandora Table

The conservation of a fifty-year-old Ercol Pandora table, where decades of pub life had left their mark on its British elm surface.

The Pub Table: Conserving an Ercol Pandora Table

The conservation of a fifty-year-old Ercol Pandora table, where decades of pub life had left their mark on its British elm surface.