British Council logs on to AKQA
AKQA has started creative and technical design work on the British Council’s global website, www.britishcouncil.org, following its appointment last month. It won the work following a credentials pitch against Icon
Sitting pretty
Seats to rest your weary feet when you’re out and about are often taken for granted, but Sara Manuelli gets behind the priorities in public seating that inform most furniture
Learning the three Rs: recruit, retain, rethink
Lin Arigho argues that in a fiercely competitive market, all work and no play is bad for business and potential employees become burned up and tired out
Top billing
John Cooper flicks through the book Film Posters of the 80s, which brings together the iconic posters of the decade that influenced generations
Tim Rich: Time to mind your ethics
Tim Rich believes that professional designers need to take a serious interest in what effect their designs will have on the future and to not be so complacent
Setting The Screen
Yolanda Zappaterra surfs the channels of cable and satellite television to see how design is helping to increase viewing figures
DBA awards effective design
Brandon Cheevers rounds up this year’s winners of the Design Business Association’s International Design Effectiveness Awards in the aftermath of the DBA’s contentious hike in the award’s entry fees
Cherry Valley picks FLB branding
FLB has branded and packaged a range of frozen convenience products for Cherry Valley, which goes on shelf from 10 January. The work, which has been created with a £20
Digest
Spirit DPM has designed a series of publications, leaflets and brochures for Ernst & Young for its 2001/ 2002 Budget campaign, to be launched at ‘key times’ throughout the year.
Free to create? Dream on
In an ideal world, designers would all have the freedom to be more visionary, however, clients’ budgets often don’t allow it, according to Callum Lumsden
Skakel & Skakel shores up Loch Lomond brief
Skakel & Skakel has started work on the interior fit-out of a £13m visitor attraction building at Scotland’s Loch Lomond Shores, which opens next spring.
Barry Jenkins: The baggage of excess
Following the US terror attacks, will we see a more rational aviation industry? asks Barry Jenkins, director of environmental design at PSD-Fitch
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.
