‘Do you remember the very first scene from “A Space Odyssey”, where the monkey picks up a bone and whacks the other monkey over the head with it?’ Ben Evans, London Design Festival director, is ...

Portal 2 has been released on Steam after a whole week of release anticipated. Every big game launch on PC doesn’t come hassle-free, so you may have had to go through several problems at start due to ...

The ambisonic clamour of sea shanties, clattering percussion, classical guitar and lush synthetic vocals flooded the space inside the BE OPEN Sound Portal on Trafalgar Square today. An intriguingly ...

Designed by Arup, the round black structure is entered via a short, curving passageway. On our visit, the cool white interior, with walls of mesh fabric and a generous skylight, was warmed by the ...

If you're wondering what the circular black thing in the middle of Trafalgar Square is, it's an audio exhibition and part of the London Design Festival. The BE OPEN Sound Portal looks a bit forbidding ...

It has all the hallmarks of a conceptual art space – a giant, rubberised ‘sound portal’ showcasing the work of five aural artists. But to its organiser Be Open and creator Arup, the installation is ...