Tag Results for: Thomas Heatherwick

Aganovich Take On Shanghai


One of our absolute favourites, design duo, Brooke Taylor and Nana Aganovich (of UK label Aganovich) were in Shanghai recently and took these snaps of their adventures, including a visit to the UK pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo. Designed by Thomas Heatherwick, the pavilion otherwise known as ‘Seed Cathedral’ is proving to be one of the…

New Bus For London by Thomas Heatherwick


British designer and current wunderkind in chief Thomas Heatherwick has co-designed the replacement for London’s iconic Routemaster bus, mayor Boris Johnson announced yesterday morning. Heatherwick designed the two-storey bus in collaboration with bus manufacturer The Wright Group. The new buses are due to go into service by 2012. See a video about the design of…

‘Spun’ by Thomas Heatherwick


For his second solo exhibition at Haunch of Venison London, British designer Thomas Heatherwick has produced a startling twist on conventional furniture design: a functional chair formed from a single profile rotated through 360 degrees. Aptly titled ‘Spun ’ it transforms the domestic seat into a beautifully rendered spinning top. The appeal was to create a…