Francesca Perry

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‘Design and Disability’, a major new exhibition at the V&A South Kensington in London, spotlights the contributions of disabled, Deaf and neurodivergent people to the world of design. ‘Disabled people have always been here, they’ve always been designing and making things,’ explains exhibition curator Natalie Kane.

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Across the long bridge from its hip international neighbour Copenhagen, and 600km south of the buzzing Swedish capital of Stockholm, Malmö may not be the obvious choice for a design festival. Each May, however, the city – Sweden’s third largest – hosts Southern Sweden Design Days, a regional celebration of creativity (which this year ran 22-25 May).

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Spanish fashion house Loewe has announced the winner of its 2025 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize – dedicated to celebrating the contemporary evolution of traditional craft practices – as Kunimasa Aoki. The Japanese sculptor was chosen for his terracotta work ‘Realm of Living Things 19’ (2024), in which layers of clay have been stacked and compressed – expressing cracks and distortion from the force – before being smoked and coated with soil and pencil marks.

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In Milan’s elegant modernist Villa Borsani this April, popular London jewellery brand Completedworks revealed its first-ever furniture collection, as part of the annual Alcova exhibition. Comprising a table, console, stool, chair and footstool with bronze and silver finishes, the pieces are refined and precious-looking, yet simultaneously playful and unusual, reflecting the brand’s jewellery.

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London Craft Week 2025 starts 12 May, activating the UK capital with over 400 exhibitions, installations and workshops celebrating making in all its forms. From metalwork and ceramics to textiles and furniture design, the 11th annual edition of the citywide festival showcases creativity across a wide range of disciplines, and champions both the continuation of heritage techniques and the embracing of new innovations. Here are some highlights of the week.