CSD in final stage of register plan
The Chartered Society of Designers has held an extraordinary general meeting which it says marks the end of a period of consultation on its plans to set up a register
Funding is not biggest problem for courses
In response to the Editor’s blog, www.designweek.co.uk, 6 May, involving the private sector in design education is an interesting albeit not new proposition. In my opinion, though, funding is not
The power of making
Boasting a life-sized crochet bear and a lion-shaped Ghanian coffin, the Power of Making exhibition, coming to the Victoria & Albert museum in September, may sound like eclectic throwaway fun,
Make your breaks
With competition still tough for creative jobs, graduates who lack experience of the industry need to show they can bring a lot more to the table than just a degree.
Editor’s blog
Graduate shows like London’s New Designers and D&AD’s New Blood will have a particular poignancy this year, embodying work by the last generation of design students to hit the streets
Spring wins pitch for tide mill visitor centre
Spring has been appointed by the Woodbridge Tide Mill Trust to create a new and improved visitor centre for the Suffolk attraction. The Woodbridge Tide Mill is believed to be
Passage to India
Despite it being one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, poverty remains endemic in a country of 1.2 billion people and growing. John Stones explores the ways in which innovation is
Best of British
The Southbank Centre’s 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain celebrations will open to the public tomorrow, with the glorious weather of the past week set to make it a
Taxi Studio helps to deliver Relaxed Birth and Parenting’s new baby
Bristol-based consultancy Taxi Studio has created a new identity and branding for Relaxed Birth and Parenting, a company that supports women and their families in pregnancy, birth and parenting through
Inside international interiors festival launches
The World Architecture Festival has launched a new festival and awards programme dedicated to interior design.
Fine type
Cool Britannia is alive and well, according to Wayne Hemingway. The designer is launching a new vintage-inspired typographic print collection in collaboration with East End Prints, due to launch on
It’s time to stop teaching Web skills like it’s still 1999
In response to Lynda Relph-Knight’s editorial on the demise of craft skills and typography in college curricula (Comment, DW 7 April), I would add that the situation in Web design
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Introducing Design Week’s new editorial team
We’re excited to announce the new Design Week editorial team ahead of the platform’s relaunch this autumn. Rob Alderson joins as Editor, with Clare Dowdy as Senior Writer.
Remembering Sir Kenneth Grange – 1929-2024
It is with great sadness that we heard about the passing of the hugely influential British designer, Sir Kenneth Grange.
From the archives: Picture Post
As we head back into our archives, here’s a gem from March 1990. Jane Lewis looks at the creative ways design firms promoted their services through mail-outs.
From the archives: Driving back to the future
During our pause, we’re re-publishing the occasional article from deep in our archives. This March 1990 column by our founder, Jeremy Myerson, looks at car design trends.
Design Week is resting, and we’ll be back soon
In December 2023, it was announced that Design Week was closing its doors. However – good news! We’re reopening by the end of summer 2024!
Design across five decades: from the editors who brought you Design Week
As the design industry propelled itself forward, we were always there to champion, inform, analyse and guide the way.
Design Week quiz: a look back through the ages
Have you been paying attention for the last four decades? Only one way to find out.
Design Week: 1986-2023
Design Week closes, having championed design excellence for the past 38 years.
What will retail and experience design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, WeWantMore creative director Ruud Belmans offers his view on what retail and experience design might look like next year.
What will exhibition design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, Studio Arc director Lyndsey Bowditch offers her view on what exhibition design might look like next year.
Why 2024 will be the “year of creative emergence” when it comes to AI
As part of our series on design in 2024, Mia Blume – founder of Design Dept. and Designing with AI – tells us that next year will be a “paradigm
Using VR to break outdated taboos around women’s health
Taking the form of a ‘vagina-like’ tent, INTER/her by Camille Baker uses cutting edge tech to open up conversations around issues like ovarian and cervical cancer, endometriosis, and menopause.
