Family and Friends’ logo for Peter Popple’s Popcorn takes its cue from the alliteration
Family and Friends has created the identity, packaging and promotional materials for new popcorn brand Peter Popple’s Popcorn.
To the barricades
As the art and design world braces itself for the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review next month, Angus Montgomery reports on some recently launched campaigns that are fighting back against funding
Voxpop
What issues would you like to see Simon ’Sanky’ Sankarayya take on in his role asnew president of D&AD?
Coley Porter Bell creates identity for Diesel not-for-profit body
Coley Porter Bell has created a new visual identity for the relaunch of fashion brand Diesel’s not-for-profit organisation, the Only the Brave Foundation.
Profile: Simon ‘Sanky’ Sankarayya
With a CV that includes Geordie school drop-out and teenage graffiti artist, this digital pioneer has gone on to reach the top of the design establishment, and he still hasn’t
Northern cool
In the second report in our mini-series on Nordic design, Will Sorrell follows up a visit to Helsinki Design Week with an investigation into the state of the design industry
Shortlist unveiled for Prince Philip design prize
Graphic designers Neville Brody and Margaret Calvert, furniture designer John Makepeace and industrial designer Bill Moggridge are all in the running for this year’s Prince Philip Designers Prize.
Designs of the Financial Times
Ironic isn’t it that just as the coalition Government’s axe falls on school design in the UK, the Financial Times should focus on the benefits on great educational building design
Editor’s blog
September kicked off in a big way for design, with so much in the offing at the London Design Festival and Neville Brody’s Anti Design Festival next week and any
Too many students, and too little creative director input
Last week you asked what can be done to raise the standard of design education in the UK (Voxpop, DW 2 September).
Profile: Neville Brody
Uncomfortable with the self-referential and business-friendly world of modern design, this industry maverick – and future departmental head at the Royal College of Art – has decided it’s high time
Sanky outlines ambitions for D&AD presidency
Simon ’Sanky’ Sankarayya will provide the ’glue’ between advertising and design, he says, when he becomes D&AD president next Tuesday evening.
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.
