Editor’s blog
If a creative industries debate at the House of Commons this week is anything to go by, the Liberal Democrat element of the coalition Government is in denial about 40
Helen Hamlyn Centre to berenamed reflecting its dedicated focus on design
The Helen Hamlyn Centre at the Royal College of Art is launching a new name and structure next month. The centre is to be renamed as the Helen Hamlyn Centre
Voxpop
The Art Fund Prize aims to reward the best museum refurbishment or exhibition in the UK. What is your favourite museum, and why?
Our design networks need co-ordinating…
The editor’s comment about the proliferation of regional and local design bodies (DW 3 February) was generous enough to suggest that Design Initiative has some influence in triggering growth. The
…to challenge imbalances and offer ideas
Design Week’s focus, post the Temple Review, on the need to join up the dots and network the networks to co-ordinate design’s considerable assets and aggregate value across the entire
D&AD to merge student and professional awards ceremonies
D&AD will combine its student and professional awards into one event this year – the first time the organisation has ever merged the ceremonies. This year’s awards ceremony – which
Mentor team put together for Design Ventura
A mentoring team has been put in place to work with Year 10 pupils from Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College in London, who have won the Design Museum’s Design Ventura initiative.
Art Fund Prize longlist unveiled
Ten museums have been longlisted for the £100 000 Art Fund Prize 2011, which recognises museum and gallery exhibition design and refurbishments.
Industrial Design Day to explore how design improves life
The fourth World Industrial Design Day – to be held on 29 June – will take the theme of Industrial Design: How Does it Improve Your Life?
Rich Creative flies with wartime project
Rich Creative has been appointed to create an online educational resource for the Royal Air Forces Association. The consultancy was appointed two weeks ago and was briefed to create a
HOT 50: RAVENSBOURNE
With Government cuts set to change the way things are taught in colleges, particularly in arts and humanities subjects, it is good to see one design university effecting big structural
HOT 50: GRADUATES
It’s a hard time to be a student, what with the recession, the lack of jobs and the bad press resulting from a small minority rioting over university fee increases.
Latest articles
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.
