CSM exhibition course is not the only one in the UK
Hannah Booth’s News Analysis regarding Central St Martins College of Art and Design’s proposed exhibition design course (DW 24 January) may have misled your readers. This is because it infers
Show business
Victoria & Albert Museum design head Moira Gemmill is one month into the job and keen to establish a first-class design team.
Tonic website for Roundhouse
Tonic launched a website for the Roundhouse, the cultural centre in London’s Camden where the likes of The Rolling Stones made their names, last week. The website, www.roundhouse. org.uk, provides
Voxpop
As Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO executive creative director Peter Souter prepares to take up his presidency of British Design & Art Direction, what do designers believe should be on his
Digest
Polydron International, the educational products retailer and manufacturer, relaunched its logo and packaging, created by Blue I Design, last week.
Radiating passion
Lynda Relph-Knight speaks to Peter Peirse-Duncombe, the managing director of design-led radiator company Bisque, and warms to the company’s philosophy
Vox Pop
Prime Minister Tony Blair is deliberating on which of 13 towns will be European City of Culture 2008. The choice is Belfast, Birmingham/ West Midlands, Bradford, Brighton/ Hove, Bristol, Canterbury/
With a clear vision
Danella Weir, BBC marketing manager, brand communications talks to Hannah Booth about logos, rosters and her fascination with apostrophes
Vox Pop
The Royal Institute of British Architects is considering limiting membership to practising architects at a time when the Design Business Association and the Chartered Society of Designers are both building
Digest
Appleby Bowers has created the corporate identity for Bolton and Bury Education Business Partnership’s Adopt a School scheme, which is due to launch on 6 March.
Calatrava wins Misha Medal
Spanish engineer and architect Santiago Calatrava has won the Sir Misha Black Memorial Medal for services to design education.
Future designers unleash their burning ambitions
In June, the Design Council’s Designers into Schools initiative, which replaces Design in Education Week, gets off to a fiery start as kids at one notorious south London school go
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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.
