Max Fraser

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Dezeen, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard have partnered to host a series of talks exploring water, wellbeing and design during Clerkenwell Design Week, where Shaping Water Competition installation will be unveiled. Clerkenwell Design Week kicks off in London, UK, next week. Visitors will have the chance to experience Arthur Mamou-Mani's Harmonic Tides installation, which we revealed as the winner of the Shaping Water Competition earlier this week.

2 months ago | dezeen.com | Max Fraser

This year's Milan design week was a noisy assault on the mind that often felt light on substance and heavy on commercial opportunism, writes Max Fraser. For as long as I've been attending Milan design week, I've contended with two conflicting emotions: that which gets a buzz from the influx of creative novelty, and that which struggles with the unapologetic onslaught of new stuff. Usually I've managed to inhibit that latter feeling. This year I struggled.

2 months ago | dezeen.com | Max Fraser

Design industry leaders fear slashed income and job losses amid volatile conditions caused by ongoing uncertainty about US import tariffs imposed by president Donald Trump. Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser reports from Milan design week. "I think everybody is sort of braced for trouble," British designer Jasper Morrison told Dezeen. "It's already been a tough time for a lot of companies in the business, so this on top is going to be very difficult.

2 months ago | dezeen.com | Jennifer Hahn |Max Fraser |Starr Charles |Dan Howarth

Pastel-toned, suicide-proofed chairs are among the penitentiary furniture revealed to the public as part of Prison Times, the debut exhibition curated by the Dropcity centre for architecture and design in Milan. More

2 months ago | dezeen.com | Max Fraser

As British furniture brand SCP celebrates its 40th anniversary, its founder Sheridan Coakley reflects on the brand's journey over the past four decades. In the mid-1980s, when antique and reproduction furniture prevailed in the UK, entrepreneur Coakley tried his luck at selling modern designs. This year, Coakley is enjoying a moment of introspection, recalling humble beginnings and pivotal moments for SCP.