Vitra Design Museum opens new exhibition space showcasing classics
Germany’s Vitra Design Museum has opened a new archive and exhibition space called Schaudepot, which brings the gallery’s 7,000 piece collections out of storage and into public view.
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New Microsoft hand tracking technology could change how designers work
New Microsoft platform Handpose would enable designers to work digitally through hand gestures, and is currently in its demo phase.
Mozilla involves the community in its “open-source” rebrand
Mozilla is bending the terms of the rebrand with a “branding without walls” open-source initiative.
MPs to debate exclusion of arts subjects from GCSE EBacc curriculum
MPs will debate the exclusion of arts subjects from the English Baccalaureate curriculum after a petition with more than 100,000 signatures challenged the change.
Top 5 picks from Lumiere London: the capital’s light festival
The light installation festival is illuminating London this weekend with 30 different installations – from fish in a telephone booth to hundreds of colourful, plastic bottles.
“The sky is the limit” — automotive designer Harald Belker
LA-based automotive designer Harald Belker speaks about autonomous cars, designing for Steven Spielberg and being too tall to fit in sports cars.
How do you create a studio that’s right for you?
Designers tell us how they set up the perfect studio spaces for their consultancies.
Incandescent bulbs could light up again with new design
Scientists in the US have developed a way to increase the efficiency of outlawed incandescent light bulbs.
A new portable battery that won’t explode
Researchers in the US have developed a battery that turns off when overheated and avoids the explosions that trouble battery-powered devices.
Moves & Changes
A fortnightly round-up of moves, changes and appointments in the design world.
Solar-powered street lamps to hit the pavements of France
Debuted at the COP21 climate conference in December, French designer Mathieu Lehanneur’s hybrid lighting and furniture design makes like a tree.
New Year’s resolutions: from being more selfish to solving Rubik’s cubes
Designers tell us their goals and aspirations for 2016.
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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.