As the famous saying goes, ‘life imitates art’, so we thought we’d investigate this theory when it comes to some of the world’s most influential artists and their kitchens. What do they reve...
Don't miss the latest in ‘cabin kitchen chic’ this month! We are taking our shepherds' hut to new interiors event, ‘HOUSE’, from 17th – 20th June at Olympia London. Our cosy hut kitch...
This evening, all at British Standard will be eagerly awaiting the airing of Restoration Man on Channel 4 at 8pm! The first of a two-part programme follows the dedicated and sympathetic restoration of...
British Standard is very pleased to announce that we have chosen to support The Prince’s Foundation for Building Community, by sponsoring a joinery apprentice as part of their Building Skill in Craf...
The sometimes bleak terraces of the Southbank Centre were transformed recently by various architectural constructions as part of it’s 'Festival of the World'. Amongst stalactites of plastic bottles ...
Belgian Photographer Filip Dujardin deftly bends and reimagines reality in his Fictions series. Through the digital manipulation of his own architectural portraits he explores a seemingly endless and ...
Epater la bourgeoisie There’s a lot of ‘surreal’ design about these days, design shows and galleries are full of twisted or melting household objects. Elements of surrealist imagery were appropr...
Swiss Army Knife and a Georgian Chatelaine Men are the stereotypical purchasers of Swiss army knives; Leathermen and the like – something to do with the technical aspects of folding and miniaturizat...
Few 'real' kitchens resemble the serene, carefully styled examples of advertisements and brochures. The kitchen is, for most of us a practical place, a workshop where the visual jumble of mismatched '...
Whatever happened to pine cladding, Swiss Cheese Plants, primary colours, radiused – corners, non - ironic beards..? The lost world of optimistic 1970s DIY: countless books and magazines show...
The increasingly ubiquitous Pantone Company has produced a Queen – shaped swatch to assist any 'Royal Watchers' who may wish to imitate her innovative ‘French Fancy’ colour – palette.
HRH Prince Charles meets the directors of British Standard at the Ideal Home Show (This is not a caption competition) A suitable and topical subject with which to launch our new journal – The visit ...
