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
Tatsuya Tanaka transforms Muji products into miniature dioramas
Casa Valle cloaks Gaudí’s Battló Chair in dark ebony stain
Schoolchildren create award-winning loom for turning old clothes into new textiles
Donut Lab’s circular motors fit inside tyres for “out of this world” performance
Moser’s Magnus vases “channel the essence of brutalism”
Embroidered wooden furniture decorates Nullus Locus installation
Ten projects that illustrate Jean Prouvé’s “pragmatic approach to design”
Masquespacio completes Riyadh waffle house that’s “not just a place to eat waffles”
Konel’s nap-inducing robe incorporates music and lighting to lull wearer to sleep
Anrealage adds cooling fans to uniforms for Osaka Expo’s NTT Pavilion
Phantom Hands reissues Geoffrey Bawa’s tropical modernist furniture
Omar Chakil’s stone furniture collection references ancient Egyptian gods
Blade-Made transforms former wind turbine into tiny house
Multicoloured furniture by We+ shows “expressive potential” of microalgae pigments
Anastasiia Tempynska brings “austere brutalism” to Kyiv eroticwear showroom
Saudi skyline informs PriestmanGoode’s cabin design for Riyadh Air
18 Drops of Sweat is an inflatable hammam designed to “explore water consumption and rituals”
Neri&Hu designs bao restaurant to evoke Shanghai’s street life
Unknown Untitled’s tiles double as hooks and wall lamps
Fico’s “playful yet poised” furniture showcases Bangladeshi design
Naoto Fukasawa designs colourful children’s sculptures that are “impossible not to play with”
Shakti Design Residency celebrates Indian craftsmanship at Alcova
