This year, the Biophilic Design Conference will take place on the 12th November at London’s Barbican Centre. With the countdown officially on, we sit down with the Journal of Biophilic Design’s founder, Vanessa Champion, to chat about the specifics of…
Welcome back to enki’s Eco Edit: September 2024; our monthly instalment of sustainable life and style news where we curate a selection of eco-friendly brands, shopping ideas and places to visit. This month we’re feeling inspired by the coming of…
Welcome back to enki’s Eco Edit: August 2024, which brings you sustainable lifestyle news every month. Our round-up includes our curated selection of eco-friendly brands, shopping ideas, and places to visit. This month we explore an opportunity to learn more…
Launched in June 2020 by award winning designer Henry Swanzy, Less is Better’s design intention is clear: “to design and make innovative products of exemplary quality and functionality.” Designed and crafted in Cornwall, Less is Better’s beautifully functional and flexible…
London-based design studio, LSA International is a family business built on a culture of understanding, craftsmanship and design. Specialising in contemporary handmade glass and porcelain, the brand are dedicated to creating thoughtful, considered designs with intrinsic value. For over 50…
One of the many launches that took place over London Design Festival was the unveiling of what Bespoke Projects claim to be the world’s first crystal encrusted oven. Impressively, the company who specialise in unique Gaggenau customisation skilfully applied over…
Like so many brands over London Design Festival, Italian brand Meridiani opened the doors of their re-styled London flagship store to reveal their latest collection of expertly crafted, timeless furniture creations intertwined with some of their classic pieces from the…
If your Saturday afternoon is looking rather empty, we say venture down to the Heal’s Tottenham Court Road store to witness a live upholstering of Fritz Hansen’s renowned Egg chair. The expertly crafted model, designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1958,…
The Guildhall Art Gallery’s forthcoming exhibition, Architecture of London is a definite date for your diary this 2019. Curating a selection of works from the 17th century to the present day, the exhibition aims to illustrate how the UK capital’s…
Night Tales bar has shed its temporary pop-up status, and is now a semi-permanent, year-round space under the railway arches of Hackney Central. Designed by conceptual spaces and design solutions studio, Sella Concept – which is made up of Tatiana…
Good news just in, Cub (the drinks-led dining experience by internationally renowned bartender Ryan Chetiywardana – aka Mr Lyan – and Douglas McMaster of Brighton’s zero-waste restaurant Silo) has announced they’ll be popping up at various neighbourhood and community gardens…
If you’ve picked up the latest issue of enki (Volume 4) you would have seen our Working with friends feature based on the booming trend for beautifully designed co-working spaces. If the likes of WeWork, Makerversity and The Department Store…
The annual highlight of the London Festival of Architecture, the WATG’s Great Architectural Bake-Off kicked off this weekend featuring some of the biggest names in the field (including the likes of SOM, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Squire + Partners and Wilkinson…
The French natural beauty, skincare and fragrance label, L’Occitane en Provence have opened it’s first London flagship store in the UK’s capital… Designed by retail design experts FutureBrand UXUS, the brief was to create a new immersive retail experience within…
The London Festival of Architecture is now up and running with over 500 events live across the capital. Here’s some of our favourite up-coming highlights… #1 Dulwich Pavilion: The Shortlist (5 – 22 July 2018) Where: Dulwich Picture Gallery Discover…
