Alyn Griffiths
Alyn is a freelance writer and editor who contributes to some of the world’s leading architecture and design publications, including Dezeen, Blueprint, Icon, Wallpaper, Interior Design and CNN Style.
He is also the author of 21st Century Lighting Design, published by Bloomsbury in 2014, and former design editor at Port magazine.
Alyn studied product design at Glasgow School of Art before moving to London in 2008, where he lived for eight years. He is now based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Stories by Alyn Griffiths
Clip-on SunBooster uses near-infrared LEDs to bring benefits of sunlight indoors
Layer anniversary exhibition uses traditional craft to present “provocative vision for the future”
Kidz Studio designs Doha jiu-jitsu academy around wooden amphitheatre
Clubroom speakeasy offers “refuge of refined escapism” in Beirut
Cake Architecture creates “hedonistic” spa with UK’s largest sauna
Daniel Arsham makes poker set from ceramic and linen to capture game’s “dual nature”
Jhanyar adds extra appendages to Bangkok’s street food furniture
Ramadan pavilion fuses historical architecture of Bradford and Mecca
OMA uses “abstract architectural language” for scenography of Islamic Arts Biennale
Tidal House on Scottish coast opens up to reveal views of estuary
Enzo Mari animals decorate Italian nursery by C+S Architects
SF-SO folds steel sheets to create “paper-like” shelving system
Curvy red-brick roof creates “cocoon of rustic sophistication” in Surat pizzeria
Yuri Suzuki creates acoustic playground for Shanghai park
Restored Casino Royal Palm recreates the “symmetry and boldness” of the 1920s
Nendo and Arep revamp France’s high-speed TGV train “from nose to seat”
Ministry of Design creates The Standard Singapore as a “quirky tropical oasis”
Waiting For Ideas crafts “monolithic” PP-1 record player from solid aluminium block
Rio Kobayashi creates furniture from redwood offcuts for Blunk Space exhibition
Tej Chauhan’s latest Rado watch tells the wearer when it’s “party time”
Hyundai unveils electric rickshaws “tailored to India’s unique environment”
Isern Serra completes “deeply human” interior for his own Barcelona studio
