Stock option
Using stock photography presents designers with a myriad of creative and legal challenges, including copyright issues, lack of originality and how to make them your own. Gareth Gardner suggests a
Season’s greetings and reasons to be cheerful
We at Design Week end the year on a high, having been ranked 13th in the Guardian Media Top 20 magazine charts. It’s an unexpected honour for us that reflects
Ethos Brand Design applies a makeover to Vivalis
Constance Carroll Cosmetics, the global budget cosmetic and perfumery company, is relaunching with a corporate identity designed by Ethos Brand Design. The Lancashire company, which has a number of ranges
Clients should not judge on ideas alone
Our recent research results, co-produced with British Design Innovation, put the annual cost of free-pitching at an average of £38 000 per consultancy and even paid pitching at £25 000
Points of focus
From the vantage point of the year’s end, Design Week zooms in on milestone events and key figures that have shaped the design landscape over the past 12 months, and
Design businesses should take up Cox’s suggestions
It is a rare moment when the Government opens its ears to design’s potential to change things for the better. Prime Minister Tony Blair espoused the creative industries, in a
Voxpop
The call has gone out to the public for nominations for the Design Museum’s 2006 prestigious, if sometimes contentious, Designer of the Year. Who would you give the £25 000
Brown backs but is yet to fund London design centre
A national design centre for London, proposed in the Cox Review last Friday, got the green light in Gordon Brown’s Pre-Budget speech this week. But no new public funding for
Royal Museum revamp by Ralph Appelbaum
National Museums of Scotland is poised to announce the appointment of Ralph Appelbaum Associates to the £7m overhaul of Edinburgh’s Royal Museum. The appointment will follow a series of unpaid
First Things First business plan
John Spencer wants designers to stop targeting a ‘punch-drunk consumer society’ and start tackling meaningful social and ethical issues. On 29 November 1963, Ken Garland launched his First Things First
Profile: Foreign Office
At Foreign Office, the contrasting skills, nationalities and creative approaches of the team make for an exciting and innovative mix. Yolanda Zappaterra meets the team who are pushing the boundaries
Free-pitching ruled out for Olympic identity selection
The Olympic Games organisers have ditched their controversial approach to free design pitches, following pressure from the industry. The appointment of a design group to create the master emblem and
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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.
