Accommodating Chic
Hotels are just a place to rest your head for the night? Not any more, says Katy Greaves. Hoteliers are offering modern facilities, competitive prices and radical interior design
Print Prospects
Design courses need to market themselves to attract the best students but often have limited financial resources. Sara Manuelli sees how they are overcoming this problem
Playing away from home
The UK’s reputation for quality design is spreading throughout the world. Hannah Booth talks to consultancies that work with overseas clients to discover the pros and cons
Collective effort for C4 website
London Design Collective is developing a health website for Channel 4, which is due to go live on 25 July. Health House will build on Channel 4’s existing education and
SuperHumanism failed to pinpoint the real problem
As one of the very few product designers at the SuperHumanism conference, I was bemused by its strong, over-simplistic tone of demonisation: globalisation is bad, brands are bad, technology is
Fast food
Great Western Trains are hoping to make tracks with its new dining services and in doing so, get ahead of the competition. Katy Greaves serves up the state of Britain’s
Digest
The Victoria & Albert Museum has confirmed it is going ahead with its controversial Spiral extension, designed by architect Daniel Libeskind.
When is it time to go it alone?
Jim Surguy helps you decide whether to start up your own consultancy and explains some of the things you will need to do
The Lowry
The good looks of the bar in The Lowry came about despite, rather than because of, the architecture of the new-build five-star hotel in Salford, Manchester, which opened in April.
Digest
Mulberry has confirmed plans to roll out its flagship store format, designed by Four IV (DW 23 February), across 50 stores worldwide. It is spending £2m on the Bond Street
PSD Associates cuts design jobs
Nine design jobs have been cut at PSD Associates, blamed on the general climate of change in the industry and a specific downturn in the telecoms sector. In total 11
On a high
British Design & Art Direction has awarded designer Mary Lewis the D&AD President’s Award. Lynda Relph-Knight flies through Lewis’s career and finds out what, and who, inspires her.
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.
