Designers may tell you that when they’re creating public spaces like shops, museums and libraries, they live and die by the maxim that you should keep it really simple.

But is simple good? Or just boring? I’m wondering whether people…

What do the art spaces of the future look like? RIBA London challenged practising architects and architecture students to answer this question for a new competition, and their weird and wonderful proposals are on display at the National Theatre in London.…

The 40-year career of Finnish designer Eero Aarnio has recently been the object of a retrospective exhibition at the rather spectacular Felleshus (Pan Nordic Building) of the Nordic Embassies in Berlin.

The show, Eero Aarnio – Retro-pop, Imagination and Daydreams, closed on…

Tate Modern is really popular with babies (and their parents). It’s never too early to be exposed to culture after all. But babies need feeding, and it’s not always easy for mothers to find somewhere comfortable to do it -…

Fiona Sibley talks about venues that get the magic formula of leisure and learning in balance

I love this new culture of learning while you’re relaxing and taking it easy. It’s a bit like reading the Sunday papers on the sofa,…

Freshly plucked from our mood board, here’s an interesting idea from the Pompidou Centre. This is a mini working artist’s studio, complete with real live artist, allowing the public to get right up close and smell the turpentine.

I reckon…

Out with the old and in with the new as the phrase goes. A New Year brings new challenges and this year will be no exception for Tate Modern 2. Last year was a phenomenally successful one for the gallery…