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The Modern Marketplace Check out marketplace newbies Edmund Sumner Architectural Prints with stunning photographs spanning Edmund's career over the last 20 years taken on location and through his own exploration and travels. Renowned photographer, Sumner has worked with the likes of David Chipperfield, Norman Foster and Tadao Ando. His limited edition prints are held in high demand so snap one up here now.Plus take a peek at Sansho's beautiful yet practical Japanese homewares developed with local craftsmen using traditional family techniques passed down from family member to family member, brought back from Japan for us to enjoy in our everyday...

Midcentury Modern organisers host show on the web The Midcentury Modern Shows team of Lucy Ryder Richardson and Petra Curtis are all grounded until next year. Joan Porter, Antiques Trade Gazette 30 Nov 2020 This 'Fun Funnel' table/desk lamp is made from oil and fuel funnels and costs £95. Creator Michael Grassi said: “When you look at a funnel as I do all too frequently you realise how much design goes into them.” This includes fairs at Dulwich College in south London, Haggerston School in the East End of London, the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and assorted pop-ups. Eager buyers...

A little while ago, Australian architect Marshall Blecher teamed up with Danish design studio Fokstrot, and designed a floating park in the Copenhagen harbor, titled Copenhagen Islands. And even though the park might look like something out of a science-fiction novel, it will be opened to public by the end of 2020!According to the studio, the islands in this “parkipelago” will offer platforms for all sorts of activities: swim zones, floating saunas, floating gardens, floating mussel farms and a even a floating sail-in café.Image credits: MIR“The top of the islands will be planted with endemic grasses, bushes, and trees, which...

image: @chilaburman] Chila Kumari Singh Burman has brought an explosion of colour to Tate Britain.You can see the installation until January 31 https://www.tate.org.uk https://secretldn.com #lighting #interiordesign #design #lightingdesign #light #photography #homedecor #led #architecture #interior #lights #art #decor #lamp #home #furniture #interiors #ledlights #chandelier #lightingdesigner #ledlighting #love #photooftheday #d #decoration #lamps #homedesign #instagood #luxury #bhfyp

A LEADING football club has included a requirement that its lighting upgrade must be friendly to the local moth population. The LED sources at the training grounds of the Red Bull Football Academy in Salzburg, Austria are believed to be the first to be compliant to the Association for the Protection of the Environment’s recommendations for minimising disruption to moths. These include a reduction in blue, which is known to attack moths, with a limit on the colour temperature of 3000K. It’s believed is that the reason moths are drawn to luminaires is that they use the moon and the...