Furnishing our dreams
With the advent of the British Furniture Council, it seems that there might finally be a chance for the industry to take the market towards a better mix of high
British design must be valued globally
You have scant praise for those with the job of bringing British design to the attention of foreign markets (DW 17 March) but you miss a significant issue. The preoccupation
Designers fear `shallow’ Millennium exhibition
Museum and exhibition designers fear that the national exhibition being planned to mark the Millennium may degenerate into a “shallow, glitzy” affair. The Museum & Exhibition Design Group is to
Romanian designers to get help from UK
Romania is to set up a design centre in Bucharest this spring, with the assistance and backing of a voluntary group of UK and Romanian designers. The centre, called the
It’s time we emerged from the dark ages
Further to your news story, “UK manufacturers under attack” (DW 3 March), I agree totally with the sentiments that were expressed. As a member of the British European Design Group,
Curriculum Veto?
An exhibition organised by graphic designers from Camberwell College of Arts offering a perspective on the issues that will face graphic design in the late Nineties. Until 30 April. Venue:
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Speaking the same language: The British Overseas Trade Board is supporting a national Languages Campaign Week on 3-8 April. A series of national events, along with an awards scheme, is
Culture Vultures
London’s cultural hot spots are vying for funds to pay for revamps that will improve the face of the city.
Furnish makers with the export arguments
I have heard through a colleague about the shenanigans at the National Furniture Forum event last week. – It is all very well for the design contingent on the rostrum
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Border Biscuits – one of the UK’s largest biscuit suppliers to the independent retail sector – has new branding by Edinburgh group Graphic Partners. Manchester Design Community has launched its
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Brixton’s Photofusion Gallery is exhibiting a body of work produced by participants from Photofusion’s education programme. Those prepared to have a try have so far included Stockwell Junior School, The
Design Council trumpets aims
The Design Council’s Education and Training Foundation is “arming kids to have a sense of design”, says senior education manager Eileen Barlex. Her rallying call comes as the foundation publishes
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