Liverpool awards to focus attention on city
Winners have been announced in the 1998 Liverpool Design Awards, which aim to focus the attention of the design world on the city. A total of 130 entrants were whittled
Display cases
Claire Catterall on Stealing Beauty I’ve got an exhibition opening at the ICA, Stealing Beauty, and although it’s a heart-felt one, I have had to compromise because I don’t think
Screening the future
Design conferences are quite the fin-de-siècle phenomenon, fulfilling a perennial craving for inspiration among designers while making tidy profits for the organisers. In the US, even in a year of
Screen process
In the new digital age, competition for TV channels will come increasingly from all leisure and entertainment brands, including newspapers and other information sources, the Internet and games activities, as
Seat crosses the red line
While a red face is usually nothing to shout about, car manufacturer Seat is shouting long and hard about its red face at the moment. The company, of Spanish descent
Play time
Deeply emotive topics such as popular music and sport present a pleasantly poisoned chalice for exhibition designers. Passionate fans with an encyclopaedic knowledge of their idols need to be taken
Making light
There are three career routes into architectural lighting design – 90 per cent of practitioners start in theatrical lighting, engineering or architecture. But, the man who recently became lighting design
Ernst & Young design awards
Accountancy group Ernst & Young has launched a competition to design and manufacture the trophies for its inaugural Entrepreneur of the Year award scheme. The competition is open to any
Underworld connections
The staggering thing about Paris’ most recent showcase for design, contemporary art, fashion, architecture, photography and cinema is not just the whacking FF6100m (about 610m) in construction costs, nor the
Bass ditches roster levy plan
Bass Brewers, the brewing arm of leisure giant Bass, has scrapped a plan to levy a 500 fee on design groups wishing to join its approved suppliers list, after it
Suspended animation
We like to think of architects as all-seeing, multifaceted beings. But last week was the first time I’d seen one stop deliberately and look up as he crossed the foyer
Team Saatchi names sports body
The Sports Council is to introduce new branding, which includes the alternative name of Sport England, this weekend. Team Saatchi has designed the new look. Although the Sports Council will
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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.
