The Hub is a social enterprise: a global network of people all working in some way for social or environmental good. The shared ambition of Hub members is nothing less than to change the world. These socially minded individuals are innovators, founders of companies, drivers of new ideas and business models, or just those determined to use their marketing, finance or PR skills to ends such as propagating corporate social responsibility. And they need somewhere creative, cool and in-keeping with…

On first inspection this office in Vevey, Switzerland, appears to be nothing more than a precise piece of Miesian architecture. Delving beneath the waffle-like facade, however, reveals a building that not only provides five floors of prime-cut office space, but also repairs a redundant city block in one well-considered swoop. There are moments of unexpected humour, too – not a quality normally associated with office architecture on this scale. The building was designed by Personeni Raffaele Schärer Architectes (PRS), a…

    Robin Lee is standing at the gate of a grotty east London mews. He’s squinting up at the address, presumably trying to figure out where the hell he is. (Meeting the onoffcrew for a photo shoot under the arches of a railway line, as a matter of fact, but he’s a bit late.) When we wave him through, Lee’s anxious look melts away and he extends his hand. “I’m Robin, I’m so sorry I’m late,” he says in…

London-based Norwegian designer Magnus Petterson has created these concrete desk accessories that could probably double as paper weights. Called Solid, the collection is hand cast in Petterson's East London studio and includes a tape dispenser, pen holder and tray.