The 20/21 Journal

"Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art." - Alvar Aalto

"One cannot create happiness with beautiful objects, but one can spoil quite a lot of happiness with bad ones.” - Finn Juhl

“It’s the inherent language of the materials I want to express.” - Poul Kjærholm

A festive market at Rochelle School on Saturday 6 December 2025.  

Celebrating the tenth anniversary of Barber Osgerby's Hotaru collection, plus the newly launched FRAME collection.

"Better to spend a day in the sun than to spend it dusting our useless objects." -Charlotte Perriand 

To mark the 90th anniversary of Artek, the iconic Finnish company has introduced a selection of timeless furniture pieces from its archives. 

"Most of us live on the bottom of a cube. If we were to use the walls in the same way we use the floor, we would get more space to live in."- Poul Cadovius

Making Sense: Designing in London, curated by Mentsen and twentytwentyone, showcases the work of six design studios, each driven by a firm focus on material, process, and utility during London Desi...

Enter the Making Sense Library, selected by Jasper Morrison as part of London Design Festival 2025.

As part of Artek’s 90th anniversary celebrations, two iconic Finnish brands—Artek and Marimekko—join forces for a limited-edition collection.

"Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan."- Eero Saarinen 

twentytwentyone and Mentsen present Making Sense: Designing in London, showcasing the work of Elliott Denny, Jones Neville, Michael Marriott, Ian McIntyre, Mentsen and Eleanor Pritchard.

We were delighted to host Fritz Hansen’s Ditte Buus Nielsen and Søren Nissen to celebrate the Pelagus collection by Note (design studio) and learn more about the art of maintaining outdoor furniture.

Join us as we share our top five highlights from Milan as the design fair transforms the streets of Milan, centred around the renowned Salone del Mobile.