The unique spring system that gave rise to the icon Anglepoise lamp was invented 80 years ago this year. Yvonne Courtney sheds light on the story behind the bright British brand.

With the Barbican about to host the biggest Bauhaus exhibition in the UK for years, Katie Bowman examines why such a brief moment in design has had such a lasting legacy

Showroom shy? Clerkenwell-based design expert Max Fraser offers a quick and unintimidating tour of his local favourites