US architect wins Art Fund Pavilion competition
US architect Tina Manis Associates has won the competition to design the Art Fund Pavilion 2009. The competition, organised by Woking’s Lightbox Gallery in association with Tent London and the
Blinking into a brighter world
The world’s a very strange place at the moment. As a consultancy we’re fortunate not to have suffered too much, but horror stories abound – and a frightening chat with
Quirky approaches to designing exhibition catalogues
How do you design collectable exhibition catalogues, which will live on long beyond the shows themselves, while doing full justice to the work? Anna Richardson looks at some quirky approaches
Talking buyouts, investments and sell-offs with E3
Digital media group E3 made sure that investors were on board before chasing cool clients, and it has paid off. Lynda Relph-Knight talks buyouts, return on investment and sell-offs with
Salaries: Take the long view
Last year’s uncertainty has turned into this year’s sure thing – recession. Inevitably, this has fed through to job insecurity and reduced salary levels, but all is not lost. Anna
Universities are key to training for global design challenges
Your magazine’s Professional Development supplement (DW 26 February) raised some very interesting points. When conditions are tough, most of us hardly notice cuts in training budgets – we question the
Christopher Frayling wants education funding change
The outgoing rector of the Royal College of Art, Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, is set to mount a campaign to persuade Government to rethink its categorisation of design education.Frayling has
Holmes Wood shows the way for British Library
Holmes Wood is creating new wayfinding for the British Library in London.Lucy Holmes, creative director of Holmes Wood, says the consultancy was appointed directly last December. She says Holmes Wood
Packaging gains ground in the marketing mix
As fmcg clients start to recognise packaging’s point-of-sale potential, design consultancies are gaining ground in the marketing mix, writes Gina Lovett
McFaul creates guidelines for Nokia Interactive
Nokia Interactive Advertising appointed McFaul last summer, after Boston-based Oasis recommended the group to create illustrations for the website. The site aims to convince brands to advertise on websites modified
Sunhouse Creative adds design to Aquapax ‘cartonised’ water
SunHouse Creative has designed the face of the UK’s first ‘cartonised’ water ahead of its relaunch next month.The entrepreneur behind Just Drinking Water’s consumer brand Aquapax, Neil Tomlinson, says he
Designmap develops Crossness sewage visitor centre
Designmap is developing the visitor experience at the Victorian-era Crossness Sewage Treatment Works Complex, London SE2, as part of a wider £3m restoration which is set to open to the
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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.
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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.
