Red Bull by Jump Studios in REM magazine

Red Bull, designed by Jump Studios, has just been featured in Spanish real estate and architecture magazine REM. It was part of a wider feature on cutting-edge workspaces.

Some shots from Japan

Kyoto traffic lightsBamboo, KyotoTaxi, Kyoto
Tokyo skyline

Prayers, Tokyo

Littlehampton's East Beach Cafe by Heatherwick Studio

To the South Coast and a belated visit to the East Beach Cafe, designed by Thomas Heatherwick. And pretty marvellous it is too, although a few things disappoint: It turns its back on the town, features forbidding looking blue shutters along the sea front (we incorrectly thought it was closed) and too close proximity to the car park. The cafe should be isolated, marooned on all sides by Littlehampton's wonderful beach gravel (which is liberally sprinkled with shells). Instead you get the car park, wonky paving slabs and asphalt cycle track, which all combine to rather downgrade a magical architectural moment to something more mundane and municipal. However, the food was fab.

Neighbouring Worthing's beach huts were also an attraction, as was its rather stylish Art Deco pier.

H&M Tokyo

Here are a few shots of the brand spanking new Tokyo H&M store, launched a week after our trip to Tokyo. It has been designed by Jun Mitsui architects, and is a towering presence in Harajuko, alongside other brand flagships and more specialist outlets for the local loli-goths!

Sinclair Building, Project Orange, clinches CABE Building For Life Award

Sheffield mixed-use development The Sinclair Building has won a Building For Life Award, announced on 6 November. I photographed the six storey scheme, designed by Project Orange, a couple of years back. More information at www.buildingforlife.org/case-studies/sinclair-building/introduction

Bisley's John Fogarty in FX

My portrait of John Fogarty, design director at Bisley, has been included in a profile piece in October's issue of FX magazine.

Engine by Jump Studios in latest onoffice

Workspace design magazine onoffice has published an extensive feature on Engine's London HQ, designed by Jump Studios and featuring photographs by yours truly.

Back from Japan

I'm back from my trip to Japan - apologies for the lack of entries but I was unable to get wireless internet at our various hotels. It was my first trip, which took in Tokyo and Kyoto (and included a trip to 100% Design Tokyo).