Follow your nose to a more sensual future
We are all used to our visual and aural senses being bombarded, but now our noses and fingertips are being targeted too. Michael Evamy breathes in the latest brand developments.
The life and times of the Greenwich Dome
New Labour may not have won the General Election until last May, but in the eyes of many its victory was assured some time earlier. This cast a shadow over
Soft site, hard sell
A website for photographer Lee Miller shows that a simple design can also be an effective selling tool. Yolanda Zappaterra goes on-line to check it out
Lottery funding logo
Minale Tattersfield & Partners has created the identity for Awards For All, a trial lottery funding scheme for small-budget community projects in Scotland.
Get your kit on
With the world poised for another summer of football obsession, the real winners will be those who kit out the teams (and their fans). Liz Farrelly kicks off with the
Dare ID
The duo which makes up Dare ID is bursting with enthusiasm and determined to break new frontiers. Mykal Pinder and Charlotte Dinesen have no intention of operating as a conventional
Survival of the fitters
For a good shop interior scheme, says Callum Lumsden, there must be a good relationship between the shopfitter and designer. Design Week shows the results of some successful partnerships. Callum
Interactive multimedia heroes are applauded
The best in interactive multimedia was feted at the British Interactive Multimedia Association’s awards this week. – Disney Interactive picked up two awards for the Early Learning and Home Learning
United Designers scoops first shopfitting award
United Designers is the first winner of the National Association of Shopfitters’ Design Partnership Award. This new award, announced in London on Tuesday night, covers interior and shopfitting design. United
A three-piece suite for the office
Simple solutions are creeping back into the workplace, as new methods of working are introduced and clients no longer have the budgets for complex office furniture systems with multiple components.
Sampson Tyrrell Enterprise
Sampson Tyrrell Enterprise has emerged as one of the biggest and most profitable design groups in Design Week’s Top 100. With turnover and fee-income reported at almost 20m, the WPP-owned
Caran d’Ache sharpens up its identity with PSD
PSD Associates has created a new identity for Swiss quality pen group Caran d’Ache, as part of a wider repositioning of the brand. The project budget was 1.8m. As part
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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.
