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SCP, Dare Studio and Redesign among Hidden Art Award winners
Furniture company SCP has picked up the prize for more influential or inspiring British company or designer at this year’s Hidden Art Awards.
Danish design duo relocate to London
Danish furniture design duo Flemming Busk and Stephen Hertzog are relocating from Copenhagen to London’s Shoreditch, attracted by its ‘buzz and international ambience’.
Membership rewards
The CSD wants design to follow other professions and gain chartered status. Emily Pacey looks at how this might work
DBA reveals shortlist for 'active ageing' challenge
An adaptive surface, an online footnoting tool, a graphical ‘brackets’ campaign and a social networking project named after food stuffing are competing for the latest Design Business Association Inclusive Design Challenge award, which this year celebrates its tenth anniversary.
Havas Worldwide launches design network
Havas Worldwide, part of communications group Havas, has launched design and brand network Havas Design Plus.
Tories would be bad for design industry, poll suggests
More than three-quarters of respondents to a Design Week poll believe a Conservative Government would be bad for the design industry.
Designer certification scheme up for Government approval
The Chartered Society of Designers has filed an application to the Government to approve a system of professional certification for designers.
Universities and consultancies meet to discuss link-ups
More than 60 universities and design consultancies will meet next month to discuss how to support each other’s commercial interests withoutfalling into competition.
A tool for humanity
This year’s Davos summit offers an unprecedented opportunity for design to influence events on the world stage. Angus Montgomery reports
Design Week Top 100 open for entries
The entry form for the 2010 Design Week Top 100 is now available on the Design Week website.
Designers called on to help Haiti
Designers are being called upon by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design to liaise with relief organisations and assess how design can help with rehabilitation projects in earthquake-stricken Haiti.
Design industry profits rise, but lag behind marketing, survey shows
The top 30 consultancies in the design industry managed to improve their profits over 2008 – but the sector performed poorly compared to other marketing services, a survey shows.
Peter Bowles creates Original BTC lighting showroom
Lighting designer Peter Bowles is opening a showroom for his light fittings company Original BTC, in London’s Chelsea Harbour, SW10. Bowles has designed the interiors himself.
Designers ‘need a union’, says DW poll
More than 70 per cent of Design Week readers believe the design industry needs a trade union, according to a DW poll.
Doone stands down at Conran & Partners
Conran & Partners’ managing director Richard Doone is leaving after 25 years.
