Kard’Lapse game wins Design Ventura pupil design prize
A team from Burnage Academy for Boys has won the Design Museum’s Design Ventura prize for its Kard’Lapse product, which connects playing cards to let people build structures.
Branding David Beckham’s Unicef fund
Following its rebrand of children’s charity Unicef in the UK, Johnson Banks has created the identity for 7: The David Beckham Unicef Fund.
RSC to offer behind-the-scenes theatre training schemes
Royal Shakespeare Company is developing training schemes that will offer school students the opportunity to learn more about a career in set and prop design.
Will an arts degree stop you from getting a good job?
Earlier this week, bosses of some of the UK’s biggest firms – including Siemens UK, the National Grid, Shell and BP – suggested that students who want a good job
Developing games for peace
Unesco is running a competition which aims to support games designs that promote peace.
Seven designers for the future
To mark its 70th anniversary this year, the Design Council has identified 70 emerging designers that it is calling “Ones to Watch”. The designers were selected from initiatives including New
Shining a spotlight on the “Cinderella” discipline of theatre design
“Theatre design tends to be a little bit of a Cinderella,” says curator Kate Burnett. “The difficulty is that we fall between the schools of architecture and fine art, and
Design’s value to UK economy soars
The design sector contributed £3.1 billion to the UK economy in 2013 – a massive rise of nearly 25 per cent from the previous year, according to new Government figures.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s Song for Coal
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park has opened a new exhibit called Song for Coal exploring the timeless importance of coal.
UK plans to kick out foreign graduates dropped following protests
Home Secretary Theresa May’s plans to send home international students after they graduate from UK universities have been dropped following a series of protests, according to reports.
What we’d like to see from design in 2015
As the new year stretches ahead of us, here are the five things Design Week would like to see happen in the design world over the next 12 months.
Smithsonian opens up its collections online
The Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Galleries have released the entirety of their collections – over 40,000 high-resolution images of Asian and American art that have
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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.
