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
Ventete’s inflatable bike helmet flattens to become thinner than a laptop
L/O designs Osaka shop to “celebrate artistry and utility” of Japanese knives
Challe cafe in Kyoto fuses Mexican and Japanese design
LuneUp ceramic basins can double as barbecues
The Collector’s Residence showcases collectible Portuguese design in a “lived-in space”
Fold-out greenhouse with opening sides transforms into pavilion for agricultural education
Steel slats form sculptural shelves at Tianjin Zhongshuge bookstore by X+Living
POOR Collective completes colourful transformation of neglected south-London games area
Glasshouse Garden pavilion offers “moment of beauty” in women’s prison
Foster + Partners brings triple-height interiors to megayachts with Outlier I
School pupils design modular public seating for King’s Cross
Craig & Karl takes over Brisbane bridges with colourful inflatables
Lidar and radar technology help to make EX90 “the safest Volvo ever”
Tent-like canopies bring “outdoor feeling” to Blue Bottle Coffee at West Bund
Undulating wooden benches provide versatile public seating on London’s Strand
Spring Studio uses biomaterials to create sustainable interiors for World Heritage Centre Wadden Sea
Lucas Muñoz converts 1960s office into offbeat furniture showroom
Crayon Pine collection sees wood decorated with thousands of hand-drawn lines
Zeitgeist 2.0 exhibition transforms artist’s home into showcase for “new Norwegian design movement”
Urify is a toilet-cleaning tablet that helps diagnose kidney disease
Terence Woodgate designs furniture collection where “carbon fibre is the structure”
Studio &Space renovates 1930s Amsterdam home with “iconic spiral staircase”
