Europeans propose a new school of thought
A European design education pressure group has stepped back from the everyday practicalities of the industry to focus on colleges’ wider ethics and responsibilities.
Future Dates
Friday 13 December Make a note of the Design History Society Annual Conference, this year hosted by Middlesex University.
Popularity of design is a new challenge
Design schools are flooding the market with graduates? Pitiful job prospects? (DW 8 November) Or is something else happening which we should all be pleased about? In higher education, even
Blow up
Good photography is essential in creating good graphics work, so how and who do you choose? Amanda Lake gets the answers on five recent projects
Time for action to stop ‘pitiful job prospects’
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ELC kids chain learns from Warner Bros
Two Early Learning Centres refurbished in a “Warner Bros-style” have opened this week with interiors, graphics and logo by New York group Mansour Design. The children’s chain’s biggest store on
Design graduates face pitiful job prospects
Design graduates face the worst employment prospects out of all college leavers. More 1995 design graduates were still unemployed by last December than graduates from any other discipline, according to
Napier elected to RDI faculty
Theatre designer John Napier, whose credits include Cats and Les Miserables, was today elected to the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry. Danish product designer Nanna Ditzel and Italian graphic
Briefs
Rodney Fitch is still in takeover talks with Wickens Tutt Southgate. Although a deal is yet to be struck, sources suggest Fitch is the only partner currently in the frame.
Dyson sweeps top DBA award
James Dyson’s DC02 cylinder vacuum cleaner has won top prize, the Eversheds Grand Prix, in the Design Business Association’s Design Effectiveness Awards. The cleaner also won the consumer product category.
How to communicate in a world of dyslexia
At a recent seminar on dyslexia funded by The London Institute and The Arts Dyslexia Trust, Jane Graves shared some of her research findings with us. She suggested that at
Natural progression
The Natural History Museum has never had it so good since the Earth Galleries opened. And its success has had a knock-on effect all round, reports Liz Farrelly
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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.
