Design Council initiative to motivate Government
The Design Council is launching a design management campaign this week, through a new publication called Design Helps and an on-line toolkit. It will target Government departments. The initiative is
Consultancies need a graduate probationary period
With regard to the Education guesswork article, as a recent graduate I believe some obvious factors contribute to the perceived low number of quality design graduates.
Lecture
Fine artist Jake Chapman continues the British Design & Art Direction’s President’s Lecture series at Meatphysics on 24 April from 7.15pm.
Conference
A concentration of digital creativity will take place in Glasgow as it hosts the Computers in Art and Design Education 2001 conference from 9-12 April. Contact: See www.cade.ac.uk for more
Interactive posters from The Design Council
The Design Council has launched the Big Zipper, a collection of ‘zany, visually exciting’ interactive posters designed to ‘unlock creativity and inspire innovation in schoolchildren and students’. The flip-top cranium
Designers aim to bag a Hat-trick
Three former creative and design directors joined forces to launch a consultancy, Hat-trick on Monday. The three, Jim Sutherland, Gareth Howat and David Kimpton started out at The Partners. Most
Kids give Design Council a creative minds lesson
Teenagers think balloon-flop Sir Richard Branson has better ideas than chainsaw-wielding Eminem and exploits those ideas more effectively than Sir Alex “the game’s not over until I say so” Ferguson,
Event
State of Graphic Design in Central and Eastern Europe.
Charity creates own show to educate kids
Design, science and technology education charity The Making Place is launching an exhibition to teach primary school children about design. Design Process 2001, part of the Design Council’s Design in
Prevent the perpetrators
Suzel Pitty investigates the issues raised for designers in the Design Council’s new Cracking Crime Through Design report and ongoing Design Against Crime initiative
Digital revenues set to soar
Design consultancies’ income from the Internet and digital media will increase 106 per cent in the next 12 months, according to the Government’s latest Creative Industries report. The sector is
Hugh Pearman : Room for improvement
The Design Museum and the V&A are both struggling to boost their profiles. Hugh Pearman puts his mind to the question of how to enhance these two design institutions.
Latest articles
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.
