Design

Shocking art project spotlights ‘insidious’ anti-homeless spikes and hostile architecture
Homelessness

Shocking art project spotlights ‘insidious’ anti-homeless spikes and hostile architecture

Artist Stuart Semple covered spikes designed to stop people sleeping on the street with photos of rough sleepers in a shocking campaign to uncover ‘insidious’ designs

Why residents must, must, must have a say in the design of their communities
Architecture

Why residents must, must, must have a say in the design of their communities

Co-design is a process in which users are treated as equal collaborators in the design process – breaking down that historical hierarchy between architect/designer, and the public

Comfortable, sustainable and energy efficient: This is what the house of the future will look like
Housing

Comfortable, sustainable and energy efficient: This is what the house of the future will look like

What will the house of the future look like and how will design adapt to a changing world and an altered climate?

A prestigious architecture prize is finding new ways to tackle homelessness
Homelessness

A prestigious architecture prize is finding new ways to tackle homelessness

Top 5 books on colour, chosen by Riccardo Falcinelli
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Top 5 books on colour, chosen by Riccardo Falcinelli

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BetterPod: The radical power of design, with Alice Rawsthorn and Peter Barber
Housing

BetterPod: The radical power of design, with Alice Rawsthorn and Peter Barber

Can design solve homelessness, the climate crisis and racism?
BetterPod

Can design solve homelessness, the climate crisis and racism?

The Rolling Stones, Kate Bush, The Cure: Great albums’ cover stories revealed
Music

The Rolling Stones, Kate Bush, The Cure: Great albums’ cover stories revealed

Big Issue illustrator draws up more success in US award
Art

Big Issue illustrator draws up more success in US award

Big Issue illustrator Ollie Hirst in the running for World Illustration Award
Art

Big Issue illustrator Ollie Hirst in the running for World Illustration Award

A Big Issue-inspired design has helped a reader scoop a wood engraving prize
Art

A Big Issue-inspired design has helped a reader scoop a wood engraving prize

This bench is going to be at the centre of Stuart Semple’s new art show
Art

This bench is going to be at the centre of Stuart Semple’s new art show

Chronicler of Brexit Coldwar Steve designs exclusive Big Issue cover
Art

Chronicler of Brexit Coldwar Steve designs exclusive Big Issue cover

Meet the bench curing loneliness and social isolation
Housing

Meet the bench curing loneliness and social isolation

This competition could create homeless-friendly architecture of the future
News

This competition could create homeless-friendly architecture of the future

Hostile takeover: Who is welcome in our public spaces?
News

Hostile takeover: Who is welcome in our public spaces?