Design Week
17 March 2011
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...And support each other, starting at student level
17 March 2011
As a student in my final year, it’s the girls who are making names for themselves, not the boys. We’re slightly more organised and have realised the lack of recognition women get, so have banded together to support each other in our endeavours. The most inspirational placement I have done was Story UK, as most of the heads of department were female.Rachel Jane Patrick, by e-mail
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...So we can leave behind this male monoculture...
17 March 2011
I think it is interesting that Design Week’s Laura Snoad refers to ’more traditionally minded professions’ in her Women’s Day blog piece looking at the role of women in the design industry today.
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Act to keep design top of the class
17 March 2011
The Government’s swingeing cuts in design education funding call for tough choices to be made to maintain standards, says Dick Powell
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All of Us and Dixon Baxi create Russian TV channel
Wed, 16 Mar 2011
All of Us and Dixon Baxi have been appointed to create a new television channel for Russian media company Kommersant.
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Best of the Web
17 March 2011
http://26.jeremypettis.comSome people may say typography is dull, but think again. Typographer Jeremy Pettis has created a typographic study for every letter of the alphabet, with an animal representing each one. The project aims to show how much life typography has - hopefully the type will linger in your mind longer than the average word would.
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Blacksheep opts for Vespa lights and 'industrial' feel for Stratford City Jamie's Italian
17 March 2011
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British Music seeks to woo SXSW with Lethal campaign
17 March 2011
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Cada cooks up marketing flavour of Roast
17 March 2011
Cada has created a retail marketing campaign for Roast, the British food specialist outlet, which will pilot at the Westfield London site.
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Design Camp seeks funding as cuts threaten its future
Thu, 17 Mar 2011
London-based children’s initiative Design Camp is seeking funding, following cuts that look to put the future of the scheme in danger.
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Designs unveiled in anti-bike theft competition
Wed, 16 Mar 2011
Five designs have been developed in the Design Council’s initiative to tackle residential bicycle theft.
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Drawing on new ideas
17 March 2011
Love them or loathe them, advances in technology have had a massive impact on the world of illustration and creativity. Garrick Webster looks at some of the key digital developments
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Event Communications works on National Army Museum
Wed, 16 Mar 2011
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Fruits of freedom
17 March 2011
Nations that liberate themselves from malign political regimes often experience an outpouring of creative expression afterwards. Berlin’s edgy, innovative arts scene exploded after the wall came down and South Africa’s liberation from apartheid in 1994 also resulted in an enthusiastic blossoming of creativity that continues to flourish today.
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Government funding cut for arts institutions
Thu, 17 Mar 2011
The University for the Creative Arts has had its annual central Government funding slashed by 7.8 per cent in the latest round of grant allocations from the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
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Inspired
17 March 2011
Mark Major - Speirs & Major
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Lounge wizards
17 March 2011
High-end airport lounges offer international travellers a haven where they can escape from the stresses of air travel. Tom Banks looks at some of the latest developments and considers the future of lounge design
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Moves afoot to create five further Eden Projects
Thu, 17 Mar 2011
The Eden Project, which celebrates its tenth anniversary today, is in talks to create further Edens in different locations around the world.
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N1 Creative rebrands Wilton's Music Hall
Wed, 16 Mar 2011
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News in Pictures
17 March 2011
Art & Graft has created a charity film, Choose Soap, which will be used by health workers in India to educate rural populations about the benefits of washing hands with soap. The consultancy was commissioned by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for the Share Consortium.
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News in Pictures
17 March 2011
With Relish creative director Sarah Hyndman will create a series of posters called Process & Effect, screen-printing them live at Pick Me Up graphic art fair, which runs at Somerset House in London until 27 March.
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Paying fair
Thu, 17 Mar 2011
The design world has got off to a great start in 2011, with consultancies beginning to hire again and work flooding in. Emily Pacey asks if this is an indicator of even better things to come. With research by Suzanne Hinchliffe
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Plumen light bulb is Design of the Year
Wed, 16 Mar 2011
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Positive is on the ball for Bath Rugby as the club's digital strategy and services player
17 March 2011
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Profile: Dror Benshetrit
17 March 2011
The Israeli-born, New York-based designer is starting to gain a reputation for himself on the international stage and has just launched his most ambitious project yet, Quadror. John Stones finds out more about his conceptual work
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Radford Wallis engages brain to create charity's identity
17 March 2011
Radford Wallis has rebranded brain disorder charity The National Hospital Development Foundation as The National Brain Appeal.
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Reading room
Thu, 17 Mar 2011
Multidisciplinary consultancy Designers Front has designed an immersive reading environment which has appeared in Spitalfields Market in time for the paper-back launch of David Mitchell’s The Thousand Autumn’s of Jacob de Zoet, published today.
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RSA initiative tackles issueof Design & Rehabilitation
17 March 2011
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Setting the tone
17 March 2011
One humdrum story from the 1940s told in more than 90 different ways offers an exercise in writing styles and tone of voice. Jim Davies finds plenty of inspiration for his briefs in it
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Tangent One creates identity and online presence for The Hive
Thu, 17 Mar 2011
Tangent One has branded and is designing an online presence for wholesaler Gardeners Books’ new venture The Hive, which is aiming to increase customer awareness of high street bookshops.
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The Budget must support start-ups and R&D
17 March 2011
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The charity sector is becoming ever more important at all levels
17 March 2011
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Voxpop
17 March 2011
The practice of design has changed radically over recent years. How would you define what it is that you do now?
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Women need to change too to close the gender gap
17 March 2011
Further to Laura Snoad’s blog about women in design and gender inequality (www.designweek.co.uk/blog, 8 March), I don’t think it is lack of self-promotion. I think it is a case of the industry being dominated by men, and men are more likely to promote their fellow men than they are women.
