Hot 50: R-S
Talk to anyone at the sharp end of design about what has inspired them most in recent years and you are likely to find it’s the online TedTalks. Probe a
Hot 50: L
A firm favourite with curious youngsters since its opening in 1986, the Science Museum’s Launchpad was enlarged and redesigned (with 3D elements by Andy Feast, graphics by Pentagram and other
Hot 50: D-F
South Africa’s annual design-fest, Design Indaba, and its maestro Ravi Naidoo, have merited places in the Hot 50 before.
Hot 50: C-D
This year, we indulge the art of the chocolatier in the Hot 50. Chocolate is a commodity with a high desirability factor. It is creative, luxurious, rich and decadent, but
Hot 50: A-C
Apple has become the benchmark for quality and elegant, functional, user-friendly design innovation. Its ultra-slim Apple MacBook Air, launched in 2008, is sure to feature in the next round of
Swath-drying device wins Glasgow 1999 Design Medal
A device used to dry out bales of cut hay is this year’s winner of the Glasgow 1999 Design Medal. Glasgow School of Art product design engineering graduate Gavin Armstrong’s
Anne Carlisle takes over at Falmouth
Professor Anne Carlisle is to replace University College Falmouth rector Alan Livingston.
Preloaded creates 1066 battle game
Digital consultancy Preloaded has created a computer game, 1066, that will run alongside an eponymous TV series in March.
Design Council recruits seven new board members
Sebastian Conran, Virgin Atlantic Airways head of design Joe Ferry, and Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre director Professor Jeremy Myerson are among seven new recruits to the Design
Two receive RCA’s Misha Black Medals
The 2009 Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education will be presented to Judy Frater at a ceremony at the Royal College of Art on the 17
Gareth Williams moves to the RCA
The Victoria & Albert Museum’s curator of furniture Gareth Williams has decamped to the Royal College of Art to become its senior tutor in product design.
Loughborough Uni ranked top for design research
Loughborough University’s design and technology department is producing some of the best academic research in the UK, according to a new Government study. The Research Assessment Exercise, published today, has
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