Francesca Perry

2 weeks ago | wallpaper.com | Francesca Perry

As a design polymath – working across fashion, industrial design and architecture, through his two firms A-COLD-WALL* and SR_A SR_A – Dr Samuel Ross MBE is well placed to reflect on the potential of a designer in today’s society. And through his role as artistic director of the 2025 London Design Biennale, on show at Somerset House this June, the 34-year-old British creative has brought that perspective to life through curation.

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Francesca Perry

Six years ago, designer Vaishnavi Walvekar was walking through a bazaar in Delhi when a bowl caught her eye.

3 weeks ago | wallpaper.com | Francesca Perry

The London Design Biennale has returned to Somerset House in the UK capital, with a host of exhibits on show to the public until 29 June. With multidisciplinary designer Dr. Samuel Ross MBE as the artistic director, this year’s event adopts the theme ‘Surface Reflections’, prompting participants and visitors to look both inward and outward in the endeavour to imagine a better future through design.

3 weeks ago | wallpaper.com | Francesca Perry

‘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.

4 weeks ago | wallpaper.com | Francesca Perry

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).