Month: September 2016

HUB feature in a double page spread in the latest edition of The Art of Design.

See the digital edition here.

A great preview evening was spent at the Roca Gallery to mark the start of the London Design Festival and the opening of their exhibition Soak, Steam, Dream: Reinventing Bathing Culture curated by Jane Withers.

It explored the future of communal bathing. From hot springs to mud baths, Soak, Steam, Dream explores a new global bathing culture through the work of architects, designers and writers including Peter Zumthor, Shigeru Ban, H3T Architekti, Kengo Kuma and Something & Son.

This immersive exhibition traces the rich history of bathing and highlights international projects through photography, film, objects and archive material.

London-based design studio Kellenberger-White use natural materials such as clay, wood and charcoal to transform the Roca London Gallery into an animistic bathing grotto, making this a must-see show featuring on the Icon Design Trail.

The 2016 windows have just gone live in a number of shops along and around Regents Street showcasing RIBA Architects and retail brands championing good design. Liberty’s windows are particularly impressive. Designed by Architecture Social Club and focussing on Arthur Lasenby Liberty as a figure that liberated fashion offering higher quality design for London. Some windows feature the iconography of ‘Noah’s Ark’ with undulating floors of swaying gold creatures and objects, with bold wallpaper backdrops and items of clothing displayed to create a riot of colour, texture and design.

This year the three week display coincides with London Fashion Week and the London Design Festival. You can vote for your favourite via the link below or the Regents Street app.

More information can be found here.

HUB have just been awarded another badge on Houzz – for 10,000 saves of our photos into peoples’ ideabooks.