Competition for School furniture
The Department for Education and Skills and the Design Council are calling for entries to the Furniture for the Future scheme, designed to deliver innovative products into the school-furniture market.
Sheppard Robson fires up £23m auto school plans
Interiors form an integral part of a £23m scheme by architect and interiors group Sheppard Robson, phase two of which was submitted for detailed planning permission this week. The Centre
We still need to bridge the college-consultancy gap
It’s that time of year when thousands of design graduates hit the streets, degrees in hand and optimism in their eyes. Fired up with enthusiasm for the job and a
Life’s lesson
Adrian Shaughnessy previews the Royal College of Art’s animation and interaction degree shows
Streamingahead
Hannah Booth gets to know Ravensbourne graduate and D&AD Student of the Year Alex Hulse
Clive Grinyer: Infiltrate business minds
Getting a design education doesn’t just mean producing designers, it can create design-aware professionals across all sectors of business, says Clive Grinyer
Emerging raw talent needs to be primed for business
I have read with interest the debate over the value of design courses. I agree that design courses ‘potentially’ provide far more worldly benefits to students than merely a route
Youngsters need design skills to help in later life
James Dyson is absolutely right to criticise the Government’s green paper proposing to drop design and technology as a compulsory subject for 14to 19-year-olds (Vox Pop, DW 30 May). Giving
Jim Sutherland, Hat Trick Design
Stefan Sagmeister
Given a make over
L’Oréal USA director of store design and merchandising Allison Thomas speaks to Liz Farrelly about her career since graduating from the Royal College of Art
Courses should produce transferable design skills
As a recent graduate, a designer and now a part-time tutor, I feel compelled to respond to the forceful remarks made by the directors of Blueprint Product Design (DW 16
RFA Designers to make history with museum job
RFA Designers has had final concepts approved for the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, which is due to open in Bristol in September. The project is worth close to £100
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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.
