Author: James Whitworth

Electric Works Sheffield: Creative Workspace Guide
City Guides

Electric Works Sheffield: Creative Workspace Guide

Electric Works is Sheffield's creative workspace hub — home to seventy businesses working in design, digital and the creative industries.

8 December 2025

The Millennium Gallery: What's On and Visitor Guide
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The Millennium Gallery: What’s On and Visitor Guide

A visitor's guide to the Millennium Gallery — Sheffield's design-focused public gallery with its celebrated metalwork collection and touring exhibitions.

17 November 2025

Sheffield Train Station: A Design Perspective
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Sheffield Train Station: A Design Perspective

Sheffield's train station is a layered architectural story — Victorian ambition, twentieth-century pragmatism and future regeneration plans.

27 October 2025

Winter Gardens Sheffield
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Winter Gardens Sheffield

One of Europe's largest urban glasshouses, the Winter Gardens is a free, green, public space at the heart of Sheffield's city centre.

6 October 2025

Kelham Island Museum: Sheffield's Industrial Heritage Explored
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Kelham Island Museum: Sheffield’s Industrial Heritage Explored

The Kelham Island Museum tells Sheffield's industrial story through steel, cutlery and a twelve-thousand-horsepower steam engine.

15 September 2025

A Design Lover's Weekend in Sheffield
Culture

A Design Lover’s Weekend in Sheffield

Two days of architecture, making and culture — a design-focused weekend itinerary for Sheffield covering galleries, studios and industrial heritage.

25 August 2025

Sheffield's Galleries and Exhibition Spaces
Culture

Sheffield’s Galleries and Exhibition Spaces

From the Millennium Gallery to independent artist-run spaces, Sheffield's gallery scene offers serious visual culture without the fanfare.

4 August 2025

Design Thinking in Sheffield: From Factory Floor to Start-Up
Culture

Design Thinking in Sheffield: From Factory Floor to Start-Up

Sheffield applies design thinking from factory floors to start-ups. How the city's industrial problem-solving tradition shapes its creative economy.

14 July 2025

Sheffield Hallam and the Next Generation of UK Designers
Culture

Sheffield Hallam and the Next Generation of UK Designers

Sheffield Hallam's design programmes produce graduates who can make things. How the Sheffield Institute of Arts shapes the next generation of UK designers.

23 June 2025

The Designers Republic: How Sheffield Shaped Graphic Design
Culture

The Designers Republic: How Sheffield Shaped Graphic Design

The Designers Republic redefined graphic design from a Sheffield studio. How Ian Anderson built one of the most influential design practices of the 1990s.

9 June 2025

Print Design in Sheffield
Makers

Print Design in Sheffield

Sheffield's print scene — from letterpress studios to screen printing workshops and print fairs. Where ink meets intention in the city.

19 May 2025

The Best Independent Design Shops in Sheffield
Makers

The Best Independent Design Shops in Sheffield

A curated guide to Sheffield's best independent design shops — from Kelham Island studios to Abbeydale Road boutiques.

5 May 2025