News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has been awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) on the Queen's 2013 Birthday Honours list for services to the design industry. More »
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Thomas Heatherwick reveals garden
bridge designed for River Thames
"The Olympic Games is phenomenally
religious" - Thomas Heatherwick
News: the lighting of the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron was conceived as a religious ceremony, designer Thomas Heatherwick has explained. More »
Making of Thomas Heatherwick's
London 2012 Olympic cauldron
Here's a movie showing the concept animations, construction and testing of the London 2012 Olympic cauldron by British designer Thomas Heatherwick. More »
"Flames of fame for Olympic cauldron designer" - The Independent
Dezeen Wire: London 2012 Olympic cauldron designer Thomas Heatherwick has revealed that he has been inundated with messages of support from people "moved by his spectacular creation". Speaking to the Independent, Heatherwick also says he ignored advice to avoid having moving parts in the cauldron, which features around 1,000 moving components. " "It's probably more complex than a Swiss watch," Heatherwick says - read the article in the Independent.
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Laverstoke Mill by Thomas Heatherwick
for Bombay Sapphire
Dezeen Wire: Thomas Heatherwick has designed a distillery and visitor centre for gin brand Bombay Sapphire at an abandoned mill in Hampshire, England. More »
London 2012 Olympic Cauldron by
Thomas Heatherwick: model and drawings
Here are some photos of a scale model of the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron designed by Thomas Heatherwick, which has now been added to the ongoing exhibition of his work at the V&A museum, plus drawings from the designer. More »
Controversy over London 2012
Olympic Cauldron
Dezeen Wire: after a spectacular unveiling on Friday, the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron designed by Thomas Heatherwick is proving controversial. Detractors complain that it's hidden out of sight for most visitors to the Olympic Park, only on show for those with tickets to events inside the main stadium, and last night the Cauldron had to be extinguished while it was moved aside to make way for sporting events.
Read more about the Cauldron's design in our earlier story here and see all our stories about the London 2012 Olympics here.
Featured designer: Thomas Heatherwick
Thomas Heatherwick's design for the Olympic Cauldron stole the show at the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night. Here's a round-up of all our stories about Heatherwick; highlights include our video interviews with him about the cauldron, about his "hairy" UK pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010; and the new London double-decker bus.
London 2012 Olympic Cauldron
by Thomas Heatherwick
Dezeen Wire: here are the first images of the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron designed by Thomas Heatherwick, unveiled at the opening ceremony of the games tonight. More »
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick on his design
for the Olympic cauldron
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about his top-secret design for the cauldron that will hold the London 2012 Olympic flame in this interview filmed at his ongoing exhibition at the V&A museum in London. More »
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick on
designing a boat for the Loire
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick talks to Dezeen about his design for a riverboat in France in this interview filmed by Dezeen at Heatherwick's ongoing exhibition at the V&A museum in London. More »
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick on
his studio's Christmas cards
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick talks about his studio's tradition of sending unusual handmade Christmas cards in this interview filmed by Dezeen at Heatherwick's exhibition at the V&A museum in London. More »
Competition: V&A membership, Heatherwick's
new book and exhibition tickets to be won
Competition: to coincide with the Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary exhibition at the V&A in London, we're giving readers the chance to win a year's membership to the museum plus a copy of the new monogram Thomas Heatherwick: Making. Five runners-up will also receive a pair of tickets to the exhibition. More »
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick on designing
the UK pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick talks to Dezeen about designing the UK pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai in 2010 in this interview filmed by Dezeen at his exhibition at the V&A museum in London. More »




