Design

Caught between the first world war and the Great Depression, the jazz age was a period of social transformation. A new exhibition shows how women’s clothes captured the mood

There are millions of tonnes of plastic floating in the world’s oceans. But, as this table at the London Design Biennale proves, we needn’t think of it as trash

One of the most inventive young architects of his generation is working on his most important project yet. But can he fuse his playfulness with the demands of enduring design?

What a terrible design featuring the Brandenburg Gate tells us about Berlin’s charming – and very un-German – carelessness

Most houses could be spruced up with a bit of greenery but some architects have begun to embed living trees within the structure of their buildings. Jonathan Glancey branches out

Why doesn’t Hermès want you to buy their amazingly expensive bag? Brooke Unger gets his head round the economics of the world’s most desirable accessory

As climate change causes more flooding and rising sea levels, architects from Nigeria to the Netherlands are floating some big ideas

Much more than a cheap thrill, the urban slides opening around the world are part of a trend to make cities more playful 

The controversial buildings and eccentric architects that inspired
J.G. Ballard’s famous novel