Five Sights at the London Festival of Architecture

Hairywood in Covent Garden Piazza The celebrated collaboration between 6a Architects and fashion designers Eley Kishimoto has been reconstructed for 2008 and placed in London's busiest public square. The decorative tower (above left), inspired by both Rapunzel and Jaques Tati, created a buzz in 2005 when it appeared peeping over Old Street. Take some time out to rise above the chaos, go sit in the …

Pieke Bergmans: Uniques and Unlimited

Just this past spring, the presence of the young Dutch designer Pieke Bergmans could be felt throughout Milan during the Salone del Mobile. Her Design Virus series turned up at Dilmos Gallery, the exhibition "A Touch of Green" by Droog, and her own exhibition space in the Zona Tortona. New to her studies in parasitic design was a collection of lamps produced in collaboration with …

Marlies Dekkers Lingerie Exhibit

“Women who exude power are also sexy. They do not necessarily have to be the head of a multinational; there is also power in the little things.†These are the words of Marlies Dekkers, the famous and infamous Dutch designer whose “little things†are namely lingerie. A courter of controversy and a pusher of boundaries, empowering women everywhere, Dekkers has spent years making very sexy …