Design Week
5 May 2011
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101 designs National Art Pass
Wed, 4 May 2011
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A tidal wave of stuff
5 May 2011
With another Milan furniture fair behind us, and another deluge of new products on display, Max Fraser argues the case for slamming the brakes on ’the consumption machine we’ve created’ by focusing more on relevance and longevity
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Alien dreams
5 May 2011
We all know what space aliens look like. They have green complexions, huge craniums, massive almond eyes and tiny, lipless mouths. William R Leigh forged this image for Cosmopolitan in 1907 as an illustration for a thoughtful article by HG Wells about life on Mars and it has since informed the alien abduction dreams of many a Texan farmer, as well as creeping into our visual vernacular via Camden Town cyber-punk paraphernalia.
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Arts organisations need to boost membership as the cuts slash their funds
5 May 2011
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Best of the Web
5 May 2011
www.e-flux.com/projects/utopia/index.htmlA poster should be instant, a visual declaration that makes an impact. The site Utopia Station, designed by Anna Arbuckle, has an archive of 158 posters and is growing. Visually, it is a great website to browse through, but it is let down by its essay of a mission statement. Why say it in 1000 words, when a sentence will do?
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Blue Marlin breakaway group Aesop launches
Wed, 4 May 2011
From left: Ed Woodcock, Roger Hart, Martin Grimer, Jim Paterson
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Casts of the past
5 May 2011
Put aside digital typography for a moment, and consider the beauty of traditional type generation. Adrian Shaughnessy rummages around in a glorious archive of typographic history
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Construct creates commemorative Mulberry tome
5 May 2011
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Cook Chick adds historic character to Adnams bitter
5 May 2011
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Drawings revisited
5 May 2011
Turning illustrations into animated films brings the opportunity of reimagining characters, delving deeper into their worlds and developing new dimensions. Yolanda Zappaterra explores the illustration-to-animation process
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Editor's blog
Fri, 6 May 2011
Lynda Relph-Knight’s perspective on the week.
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Hetherington's bravery was something else
5 May 2011
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Inspired
5 May 2011
Mike Dempsey - Studio Dempsey
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Mather & Co designs new Chelsea FC museum
Wed, 4 May 2011
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News in Pictures
5 May 2011
David Meldrum has illustrated everything he has eaten over a one-year period. See the results at the Food Illustrator Project exhibition at the Arch 402 Gallery in London from 17-26 June.
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News in Pictures
5 May 2011
The Big Society: GDR Art from the City of Schwedt show is taking place from 6-19 May at the Red Gallery in London, featuring East German images from 60 years ago.
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Nude dresses Oasis
5 May 2011
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Profile: Young Kim
5 May 2011
Microsoft hardware group’s industrial design manager tells John Stones about the technology giant’s move to a more design-focused approach and how its highly collaborative culture encourages cross-pollination of ideas
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Street Wheels game winner in 24-hour design challenge
5 May 2011
The Collective – aka Centre for Smoother Journeys’ – Street Wheels game, winner of the Judges Award
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Stuart Naysmith joins GP Studio as shareholder partner
5 May 2011
Chris Poulton, Stuart Naysmith and Gregor Jackson
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Studio MB works on Sir Walter Scott museum
Wed, 4 May 2011
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The All England tennis club should re-string its rackets
5 May 2011
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The Other Media creates new V&A website
Wed, 4 May 2011
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The Plant designs interactive video wall for the National Maritime Museum
5 May 2011
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Voxpop
5 May 2011
Which festival are you most looking forward to this year and why?
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Word power
5 May 2011
New work by Anthony Burrill will feature in the Clear Your Head Every Day exhibition, which runs at the Outline Editions gallery in London from 10 June to 16 July. The show will feature 50 small-scale and neon artworks, as well as collaborations with furniture designer Michael Marriott and sculptor Wilfred Wood.
