Top trumps for British Design and Art Direction
British Design and Art Direction has introduced a Top Trumps-esque redesign of its President’s Lectures mailers by NB Studios. To give the speakers prominence, the design, based on the children’s
Whatever happened to atmosphere?
The Team has recently joined the British Design and Art Direction twinning scheme (between industry and education). My end of the deal is to offer students an insight into what
Digest
Litchfield Morris has designed the latest annual report, published last week, for the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.
Big spenders
As competition between supermarkets hots up, stores are going to have to offer something special if they want to survive.
Exhibitions
Design Process; The Structure of Transparency; Organic Arrangement; Michael Walter
Made to measure
The future for product design looks bright. Technological advances promise cheaper, quicker and more flexible ways of working.
Amaze remedy for drug brands
Pharmaceuticals giant Warner Lambert is developing its first product-branded websites for the UK, designed by London Web design group Amaze. Amaze was appointed after a three-way pitch against unnamed digital
Chocs away for the UK
UK chocolate manufacturers have long-been excluded from selling their products in continental Europe. Here, a look at the new ruling which will end this prohibition.
The name of the game
Why is the Dome unpopular but the London Eye a resounding success? Simply having an imaginative name is more likely to draw the crowds.
Educated to be proud
In Denmark the whole nation gets behind its designers and this country could well afford take a leaf out of the Danes’ book.
Oakwood DC plays with Fisher Price
Bristol design group Oakwood DC has created a national education campaign for toy manufacturer Fisher Price, designed to support the role of play as a vital tool in the early
What can we do to prevent more failures for the Dome?
The Great Exhibitions are milestones in social and industrial history, visually represented by icons such as Crystal Palace, Skylon and the Dome of Discovery, even after these buildings have gone
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.
