Design Council cash
Bids have this week been lodged for the ú200 000 Government cash to be distributed by the Design Council. – Bidding organisations, including the Design Business Association and the Chartered
The great leap forward for design
Your editorial regarding corporate identity clients was sobering (DW 27 January). You were surprised to find “a huge gap between what the designer thinks are the priorities for clients and
RSA branches out with regional centres plan
The Royal Society for the Arts opens its first regional centre tomorrow in Halifax. If successful, it will lead to five similar ventures in a bid to raise the RSA’s
Harpin wins Singapore job
Paul Harpin of the Magazine Consultancy has been appointed to redesign eight women’s magazines for Singapore Press Holdings. As creative director, Harpin will update the English language magazines to take
More work, less play for new-look charity
The Pre-school Playgroups Association is relaunching this week as the Pre-school Learning Alliance, with an identity by The Jenkins Group. The 35-year-old association is the country’s single largest provider of
On the hunt for graphics’ roots
The furred and feathered graphic design community among ancient cave-dwellers had no need for Internet, no aspirations of a global village. They had it all already, according to Dr Jim
Clients deliver some unpalatable messages
One of the biggest surprises Vicky Sargent and I encountered in preparing our series on clients is the huge gap between what designers think are the priorities for clients and
Adopting the cross-disciplinary habit
I applaud the liaison between Design Week and the RIBA Architecture Centre over the Products of Desire show ( DW 20 January). Attempts such as these to break down barriers
Don’t look to the Government for help
More on the subject of free- pitches I’m afraid, as I believe this to be the most important issue facing the profession at this time. Giles Velarde and Richard Fowler
Reliving former glories
The new leaner Design Council fails to realise that resurrecting the short-term design strategy that served it so well in the affluent Eighties isn’t going to help anyone. What we
Moira Fraser-Steele joins Design Council
Industry Lead Body for Design director Moira Fraser-Steele has joined the Design Council this week as assistant director of its Education and Training Foundation. The council’s former director of education,
Caught up in the Catch 22 of free-pitching
Adding to Shan Preddy’s letter (DW 30 September 1994), would someone please explain exactly how we should educate our current or potential clients regarding their frequent offensive requests for a
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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.
