Peter Pan is never short on darkness. With its child-hating Captain Hook, ominously skulking crocodile, and wistful musings on the pains of growing up, there is plenty of grime beneath the fairy dust.

Built in the 1960's, Barbican Estate is a brutilist utopia for inner city living. The estate is a massive complex of 2000 apartments, surrounded by gardens, lakes and arts spaces, known as one of ...

A contemporary creation, Gesualdo Passione is inspired by the religious music of the Italian composer Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613), specifically his Tenebrae Responsoria, which follow the passion of ...

The right support system transforms the most uncomfortable seats into chairs you’ll never want to leave—that’s right, we’re talking about the best seat cushions. While the streamlined look of a Danish ...

Barbican curator Karen Van Godtsenhoven and assistant curator Jon Astbury discuss the subversive role of dirt in fashion in this video produced by Dezeen to mark the opening of the London cultural ...

SOM has submitted proposals for a 20-storey office building in the City of London, neighbouring the Barbican and resembling Jenga blocks The scheme, for developer Lipton Rodgers and investor La Salle, ...

The scandal – which forced the gallery to close, raising numerous questions about whether director Ann Freedman was herself deceived or complicit – has already been the subject of a 2020 Netflix ...

There are some fashion exhibition greats that live in my mind rent free. The 2015 Savage Beauty exhibition of Alexander McQueen’s life work at the V&A. Camp at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New ...

Lacrima sweeps us from a Parisian fashion workshop to the lacemakers of Alençon (a commune in Normandy) and the male embroiderers of Mumbai. In this avant-garde production a lot of the detail is ...

The 120 objects on display at the Barbican’s latest show are all immaculately out of place. From dresses that have been buried in the banks of the River Thames to a collection of separates that have ...

Your space doesn’t have to follow Japandi or Wabi Sabi principles to benefit from these Shibori patterned floor cushions. The bold print draws attention without being overly loud and the square shape ...

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