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The major projects at this year’s London Design Festival

Fri, 25 May 2012

Projects include Mimicry Chairs and an installation that drips ink.

Vitamin Green - Contemporary Sustainable Design

Wed, 23 May 2012

New book exploring contemporary sustainable design through 100 projects

Who in the design industry would you like to see celebrated in stamp form?

Fri, 18 May 2012

Which designer would you like to see on a stamp?

Pretty Ugly: Visual Rebellion in Design

Tue, 15 May 2012

This new book looks at what can be achieved by breaking the rules of design.

What is your favourite example of an icon or pictogram-led design system?

Fri, 11 May 2012

Mother London has created icon-led designs for Boots pharmacies. What is your favourite example of an icon or pictogram-led design system?

What is your favourite example of punning in branding?

Thu, 3 May 2012

Marmite has unveiled special-edition Ma’amite to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. What is your favourite example of punning in branding?

What will the next Mayor of London do for design?

Mon, 30 Apr 2012

We look at what the four main candidates are promising for the design industry.

Designs unveiled in bid to tackle dementia

Fri, 27 Apr 2012

Appetite-stimulating clocks and ‘guide dogs for the mind’ developed.

What design can bring to policy-making

Fri, 20 Apr 2012

Corporate Edge’s Ronan Harrington looks at what design can bring to policy-making.

The design Yellow Pencils

Fri, 20 Apr 2012

There were some great winners but also some notable absentees in this year’s D&AD Yellow Pencils.

Six things I know (and one I don't)

Wed, 18 Apr 2012

Spencer du Bois creative director John Spencer shares his experience.

Support organisation Design Initiative closes due to a lack of funding

Mon, 16 Apr 2012

Support organisation Design Initiative, which ran events including the Liverpool Design Festival and the Manchester Design Symposium, has closed due to a loss of funding.

Milan Salone del Mobile preview

Thu, 12 Apr 2012

A look at some of the highlights of this year’s Milan Furniture Fair.

Ian Rudge, Neville Brody and Ab Rogers work on new DX design event

Tue, 10 Apr 2012

UBM Built Environment’s Ian Rudge, co-founder of 100 % Design and Tent, is working with Neville Brody and Ab Rogers Design to create DX, a new design event and online platform that will debut in London in spring 2013.

Design Council chief executive David Kester resigns

Tue, 10 Apr 2012

Design Council chief executive David Kester is leaving the organisation.

Which album cover would you like to update?

Thu, 5 Apr 2012

Sir Peter Blake updated his Sgt Pepper designs - which album would you change?

Turning university innovation into reality

Fri, 30 Mar 2012

A new programme is bringing university research projects to market.

News in brief round-up

Fri, 23 Mar 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief.

News in brief round-up

Fri, 16 Mar 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief.

News analysis - Measuring the impact of design

Thu, 15 Mar 2012

The Design Council’s latest forum, held this week, tackled the issue of measuring the impact of design. How can it be measured? And does it need to be?

News in brief round-up

Fri, 9 Mar 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief.

Max Fraser appointed London Design Festival deputy director

Tue, 6 Mar 2012

Max Fraser has been appointed as deputy director for London Design Festival, which is in its tenth year.

News Analysis - How to make global projects work for local markets

Fri, 2 Mar 2012

Working on a design project for worldwide audiences can be fraught with difficulties - while one colour may signify luck to one nationality; it may mean something quite different to another. Similarly, with food products - tastes and preferences, obviously, vary enormously between different countries and even regions. Hilarious linguistic gaffs are another story entirely - take France’s Pschitt soda, Italian Mukk yoghurt or Germany’s Zit lemonade, for instance.

Government to support Art and Design Saturday Clubs

Wed, 29 Feb 2012

The Government has announced it is to fund the Sorrell Foundation’s National Art and Design Saturday Club initiative to the tune of £395 000 over three years.

News in brief round-up

Fri, 24 Feb 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief.

Nat Hunter to take on RSA and Tokyo Digital roles following Airside closure

Wed, 22 Feb 2012

Airside founding partner Nat Hunter is set to join consultancy Tokyo Digital as a director, and is also taking on the role of director of design at the Royal Society of Arts.

Design Council appoints Tony Burton as new director of policy

Tue, 14 Feb 2012

The Design Council has appointed Tony Burton, founder of charity Civic Voice, as its new director of policy and communications.

D&AD splits Pencils announcements in 50th anniversary

Thu, 9 Feb 2012

D&AD is splitting its Pencils announcements this year, announcing the Yellow Pencil winners at its awards night in April and the Black Pencil winners at a special party being held in September to mark the organisation’s 50th anniversary.

Voxpop - What is the best example of design making a difference to society?

Thu, 2 Feb 2012

Occupy London has launched the Occupy Design group, which aims to examine design within the context of protest and its ability to create social change. What example do you think best sums up design’s ability to make a difference to society?

Will Knight appointed director of 100% Design

Fri, 27 Jan 2012

Will Knight, deputy director of the London Design Festival, has been appointed as the new event director of interior design exhibition 100% Design.

Jeremy Till appointed head of Central Saint Martins

Fri, 27 Jan 2012

Architect and academic Professor Jeremy Till has been appointed as the new head of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

Polly Dickens joins Habitat as creative director

Thu, 26 Jan 2012

Former Conran Shop creative director Polly Dickens has joined Habitat as creative dirtector.

Design Museum reveals images of its new home

Tue, 24 Jan 2012

The Design Museum has unveiled images of the plans for its new home in west London, which it will move into in 2014.

Voxpop - What is your favourite design from the last 12 months?

Thu, 19 Jan 2012

The nominations for the Design Museum’s Designs of the Year Awards have been unveiled. What is your favourite design from the last 12 months (that you haven’t worked on!)?

News analysis - IMM Cologne set to showcase international furniture pieces

Thu, 12 Jan 2012

International furniture show IMM Cologne launches on Monday with a centrepiece artificial home designed by London-based studio Doshi Levein.

Olympic Torch and Royal Wedding Dress among Designs of the Year nominations

Wed, 11 Jan 2012

Barber Osgerby’s London 2012 Olympic Torch and The Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress are among the projects on the longlist for the Design Museum’s Designs of the Year Awards.

This week's news in brief round-up

Fri, 6 Jan 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief.

Design industry predictions for 2012 - Part two

Wed, 4 Jan 2012

In the second part of our series of design industry predictions for 2012, leading industry figures tell us what they think will happen in product design, retail, furniture design, editorial design and exhibition design.

Free pitches on the increase as client budgets drop, report shows

Tue, 3 Jan 2012

Design consultancies are increasingly being asked to work on creative pitches for free as client budgets drop, according to a new report.

This week's news in brief round-up

Fri, 23 Dec 2011

A round-up of this week’s news in brief

Review of the Year - The Government and design

Thu, 22 Dec 2011

Government-commissioned design work was, unsurprsingly, rather thin on the ground in 2011, following the Government’s freeze on marketing spend implemented last year.

All-star Dutch design team works on United Nations New York headquarters

Tue, 20 Dec 2011

Dutch architecture and design group OMA, led by Rem Koolhaas, has worked with a consortium of designers on the development of the North Delegates Lounge at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

This week's news in brief round-up

Fri, 16 Dec 2011

Joint managing director Mano Manoharan is leaving LFH Brand Identity Consultants, which he co-founded 18 years ago. He says he is leaving ‘to pursue new career challenges’.

News analysis - The Design Commission report on design education

Mon, 12 Dec 2011

The Design Commission, a standing body set up early this year to examine obstacles and opportunities in design, has unveiled the results of its first investigation - which examines design education.

This week’s news in brief round-up

Fri, 9 Dec 2011

Digital consultancy Reading Room has developed a new MyHealthLondon website, launched yesterday by London Mayor Boris Johnson. This is the UK’s first website allowing patients to access NHS information about their GP and cancer survival rates. Reading Room used open source software for this ‘fast-run project’.

Voxpop - Who should replace the Duke of Edinburgh as patron of the Prince Philip Designers Prize?

Thu, 8 Dec 2011

Prince Phillip has stepped down as the patron of the Prince Philip Designers Prize, after honouring Quentin Blake as the 2011 winner. Who would you like to see replace him and why?

News analysis - Chancellor's Autumn Statement offers boost for design industry

Wed, 30 Nov 2011

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne yesterday delivered his Autumn Statement, which appears to offer design businesses some opportunity for stabilisation and growth against the threat of possible recession in future years.Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne

This week's news in brief round-up

Fri, 25 Nov 2011

ITV’s Text Santa campaign, which launches next week, has been created by Lambie-Nairn and Aardman Animations. It aims to raise awareness and money for those most vulnerable during the festive period by inviting the public to donate money via text message.

News Analysis - Is design industry financial performance on the up?

Thu, 24 Nov 2011

Operating profits for the top 30 design consultancies rose by 85 per cent through 2010, while gross income was up by £27 million, according to a report from accountant Kingston Smith W1.

Design Bugs Out products to go into use in hospitals

Mon, 21 Nov 2011

Products developed as part of the Design Council and the Department of Health’s Design Bugs Out initiative, which aims to reduce the number of infections in hospitals, are going on sale to the NHS.Bedside cabinet by Kinneir Dufort

Neville Brody, Peter Saville and Michael Wolff among Royal Designers for Industry

Mon, 14 Nov 2011

Neville Brody, Peter Saville, and Michael Wolff are among six new Royal Designers for Industry, an honour awarded by the Royal Society for Arts.

£100,000 grants for projects to help older people live independently

Fri, 11 Nov 2011

The Design Council and the Technology Strategy Board have awarded £100,000 grants to three service design projects which will help older adults live independently for longer, by offering better approaches to nutrition.

The Design Trust support organisation set to relaunch

Thu, 10 Nov 2011

The Design Trust, which provides business training and support to designers and craftspeople, is relaunching as a privately-run social enterprise.

Design industry calls on Government to protect design education

Wed, 9 Nov 2011

A group of leading designers and education experts have appealed to Education Secretary Michael Gove to keep design and technology in the National Curriculum.

RSA director of design Emily Campbell to join academies group

Tue, 8 Nov 2011

Emily Campbell, director of design at the Royal Society for Arts, is set to join the Creative Education Trust, a group which runs academies.

Voxpop - do you think a design degree is worth £9000 a year?

Thu, 3 Nov 2011

With university fees set to hit up to £9000 a year next year, new figures show that applications to art and design courses for 2012 have dropped by more than a quarter.

Jon Bailey joins Dragon Rouge as senior design director

Mon, 31 Oct 2011

Jon Bailey, formerly design director at Ziggurat Brands, is joining Dragon Rouge as senior design director.

Voxpop - who is the most inspirational public speaker you have seen?

Fri, 28 Oct 2011

Last week’s Typo London event brought design stars including Michael Bierut, Chip Kidd and Ghana’s King Bansah to the capital. Who is the most inspirational public speaker you have seen and what was so special about them?

News analysis - Cape Town appointed World Design Capital 2014

Wed, 26 Oct 2011

South African city Cape Town has been announced as the next World Design Capital by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.

DBA Design Effectiveness Award winners announced

Tue, 25 Oct 2011

The Design Business Association has announced the winners of this year’s Design Effectiveness Awards.

Government to commission design through ‘hubs’ as COI is wound down

Thu, 20 Oct 2011

The Government has unveiled plans for a series of cross-departmental hubs that will be involved in commissioning design, as it confirmed that the Central Office of Information is to be wound down by the end of next March.

News Analysis - Highlights from The British Invention Show

Wed, 19 Oct 2011

The British Invention Show, which kicks off today in London, is a beguiling mix of the serious, the potentially life-changing and the novelty.

Number of art and design students grows by a quarter - report shows

Mon, 17 Oct 2011

The number of UK creative art and design students has grown by nearly a quarter since 2003/04, according to a new report.

Voxpop – Which regions could benefit from community focussed design?

Fri, 14 Oct 2011

Studio DB recently created a 3D installation as part of the We Love Brixton scheme. Which regions do you know of that could do with some community focussed design?

Harry Pearce and Nat Hunter turn up the sustainability for D&AD annual

Fri, 7 Oct 2011

This year’s D&AD annual has been designed by Pentagram partner Harry Pearce and founding director of Airside Nat Hunter with a focus on sustainability.

News analysis - Steve Jobs’s impact on design

Thu, 6 Oct 2011

Steve Jobs probably had more impact on the way design is perceived than anyone else - and certainly more than any other non-designer.

Voxpop - Which 1970s brand would you like to revitalise?

Thu, 29 Sep 2011

Bloom has rebranded Cockburn’s port, aiming to bring back the character that made it a success in the 1970s. Which ’70s brand would you like to revitalise and why?

Method bought by software R&D group Global Logic

Tue, 27 Sep 2011

San Francisco-based consultancy Method, which has offices in London and New York, has been acquired by software research and development group Global Logic.

Neville Brody announced as D&AD president in waiting

Thu, 22 Sep 2011

Neville Brody has been announced as the incoming deputy president of D&AD, which means he will take over as president of the organisation in a year’s time.

Government calls for evidence on design rights

Wed, 21 Sep 2011

The Government has today called on the UK design community to provide information on how well the current design rights intellectual property system is working.

Ron Arad awarded London Design Medal

Tue, 20 Sep 2011

Ron Arad has been awared the 2011 London Design Medal.

RCA appoints architecture and fine art deans in school structure overhaul

Tue, 13 Sep 2011

The Royal College of Art has appointed Alex de Rijke as its dean of architecture and Ute Mata Bauer as its dean of fine art as it prepares to implement its new academic structure.

Labour accuses Government of ‘damaging the foundations’ of UK’s creative industries

Thu, 8 Sep 2011

The Labour Party has launched a national Creative Industries Network of businesses, trade bodies and other organisations and attacked the Coalition Government for its ‘damaging’ education and arts policies.

New D&AD executive committee appointed

Wed, 7 Sep 2011

Someone founder Simon Manchipp and Airside director Nat Hunter have been elected to the design seats on the D&AD executive committee.

Voxpop - Which book has inspired you most as a designer?

Fri, 2 Sep 2011

An exhibition at the Kemistry Gallery is marking 10 years since the publication of Alan Fletcher’s book the Art of Looking Sideways. Which book has inspired you most as a designer?

Pavilion of Art & Design London announces 2011 lineup

Wed, 31 Aug 2011

A total of 57 galleries from 11 countries will display works at the 2011 Pavilion of Art and Design London, which takes place in October.

Robert O’Dowd resigns as head of Welsh innovation project

Tue, 30 Aug 2011

Former Designs of the Time director Robert O’Dowd has left his post as chief executive of the £35 million Pontio arts and innovation centre in Bangor, north Wales.

Voxpop - what is your favourite design from the Space Race?

Thu, 25 Aug 2011

New store Moon Life is launching in Amsterdam, selling conceptual products for people who want to live on the moon. What is your favourite design to have emerged from the Space Race?

Voxpop - which sport would you like to see rebranded ahead of the Olympics?

Thu, 18 Aug 2011

Shaw & Skerm has created a new identity to promote fencing in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics. Which sport would you like to see rebranded ahead of the Games?

The Mill launches design division

Thu, 11 Aug 2011

Creative studio The Mill is setting up a design division, which will work on print, branding, art direction and other design-related projects.

News analysis - mergers and acquisitions

Tue, 9 Aug 2011

After a long period of quiet, the past three weeks have brought about two huge acquisitions in the design sector, with experts predicting that more could follow.

Creative Councils shortlist announced

Fri, 5 Aug 2011

NESTA and the Local Government Group has announced the 17 councils on the shortlist for the Creative Councils programme, which aims to support councils to develop new approaches to meet the challenges facing communities and local services.

Voxpop - What was your most enjoyable client consultation process

Thu, 28 Jul 2011

Tangent Graphic consulted with professional athletes when developing its pictograms for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Which client consultation process have you found most enjoyable and why?

Lloyd Northover and Holmes & Marchant brought together in new structure

Fri, 22 Jul 2011

Media Square is bringing together its design consultancies Lloyd Northover, Holmes & Marchant UK and Holmes & Marchant Asia Pacific to form the new Holmes & Marchant Group.

Writtle Holdings acquires Loewy Group

Tue, 19 Jul 2011

Media sector investment company Writtle Holdings has acquired the Loewy Group, which operates consultancies including Seymour Powell, Epoch Design,  The Team and Williams Murray Hamm.

RSA takes spinal cord injury programme to the next step

Mon, 18 Jul 2011

The Royal Society of Arts has received funding to take forward its Design & Rehabilitation initiative, which aims to educate people with spinal cord injuries in design principles to increase their resourcefulness and self-reliance.

Voxpop - what is your favourite piece of data visualisation?

Thu, 14 Jul 2011

Poke is developing dynamic graphics for the Huffington Post’s new UK website,  which will be based on live data such as Twitter feeds and pollresults. What is your favourite example of online data visualisation and why?

Textile designer Fanny Aronsen dies aged 55

Fri, 8 Jul 2011

Swedish textile designer Fanny Aronsen, who worked in partnership with Kvadrat, has died at the age of 55.

Government launches Creative Choice procurement framework

Wed, 6 Jul 2011

A new framework which will supply creative services, including design, to all Government departments and public sector organisations, has been launched by the Department for Education.

53K works with artist on widows project

Mon, 4 Jul 2011

53K, the consultancy launched by former Applied Information Group senior staff Kasper de Graaf and Malcolm Garrett alongside others, has worked with British Indian artist Reeta Sarkar on an exhibition in New York.

Sir Terence Conran gifts £18m for Design Museum move

Thu, 30 Jun 2011

Sir Terence Conran has made a donation that could total nearly £18 million to help fund the Design Museum’s planned move to the former Commonwealth Institute in Kensington in 2014.

First Site arts centre set to open

Wed, 29 Jun 2011

Former Selfridges boss Vittorio Radice joins Conran

Mon, 27 Jun 2011

Former Selfridges chief executive Vittorio Radice is joining Conran Holdings as a non-executive director.

Government scraps Central Office of Information

Fri, 24 Jun 2011

The Central Office of Information, the Government’s main procurer of design, is to be scrapped.

The Chase completes Cannes Lions hat-trick

Thu, 23 Jun 2011

The Chase has bagged gold, silver and bronze Design Lions at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival.

Designers make sense of London's changing transport

23 June 2011

The London Transport Museum has enlisted a host of designers to work alongside its in-house team for the Sense and the City exhibition, which opens next month.Dare by Rian Hughes (left) and Helicopters for Everybody from Mechanix Illustrated

Martin Lambie-Nairn steps down from Heavenly to revive ML-N

Wed, 22 Jun 2011

Tim Lindsay to take over at D&AD

Mon, 20 Jun 2011

Tim Lindsay has been appointed as the new chief executive of D&AD and will take over from Tim O’Kennedy in August.

Neville Brody awarded D&AD President’s Medal as pencils announced

Fri, 17 Jun 2011

Neville Brody has been awarded the D&AD President’s Medal, while design Black Pencils have gone to Samuel Wilkinson and Hulger for the Plumen light bulb and Apple for the iPad.

Pearson Lloyd project battles violence in A&E departments

Wed, 15 Jun 2011

Thomas Bene to set up own consultancy

Mon, 13 Jun 2011

Thomas Bene, of the Bene furniture company, is to launch his own branding and design consultancy.

Leeds loops the Loop as new arts fair promotes creativity

9 June 2011

The Loop Arts Fair, which is launching in Leeds this month, will see a host of illustrators, designers and artists transform a city-centre mill into working studios, print shops, publishing houses and workshops.

Dragons’ Den’s Deborah Meaden among Design Council trustees

Tue, 7 Jun 2011

The Design Council has announced its new board of trustees, which features Simon Waterfall of Fray alongside Wayne Hemingway and businesswoman Deborah Meaden of BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den fame.

Creative Choice consortium bags central Government contract

Tue, 31 May 2011

The Creative Choice consortium, which features design consultancies Bell, Bentley Holland and the Domarn Group alongside integrated groups Brass and Kindred, among others, has been appointed as the Department for Education’s creative services supplier.

Loewy launches Loewy Unlimited collaborative offer

Thu, 26 May 2011

Group Loewy, which operates consultancies including Seymour Powell, Williams Murray Hamm and The Team, has formalised its cross-consultancy collaborative offer with the launch of new agency Loewy Unlimited.

DW Top 100 survey reveals 'surprisingly good' results

Wed, 25 May 2011

Imagination has retained pole position in the Design Week Top 100 Consultancy Survey this year, with an 18 per cent rise in fee-income.

Media Square is back to revenue growth

Tue, 24 May 2011

Media Square has reported a 15 per cent rise in revenues from last year, compared with the 23 per cent year-on-year drop it experienced in 2010.

Design Management Institute appoints new president

Mon, 23 May 2011

Karen Reuther has been appointed as the next president of US-based industry body the Design Management Institute.

RCA to bring in new schools structure

Wed, 18 May 2011

Neville Brody is to become dean of the Royal College of Art’s School of Communication as part of a new academic structure being implemented at the RCA.

Blue Marlin breakaway group Aesop launches

Wed, 4 May 2011

From left: Ed Woodcock, Roger Hart, Martin Grimer, Jim Paterson

V&A appoints new director and head for Dundee project

Thu, 21 Apr 2011

Professor Martin Roth, director general of the Dresden State Art Collections, has been named as the new director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, replacing current director Sir Mark Jones.

The joys of sex

21 April 2011

With fewer taboos around the marketing of sex and sexuality and more people enjoying the pleasures of recession-busting nights in, Emily Gosling looks at the brands that are waking up to the fact that sex sells

Marketing spend down by 5%, report shows

Mon, 18 Apr 2011

Marketing spend fell by 5.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2011, according to the latest Bellwether survey compiled by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising and BDO and authored by financial information group Markit.

London Gift Fair postponed

Thu, 14 Apr 2011

This year’s London Gift Fair, which was due to be held at Olympia in September, has been postponed due to market conditions.

UK show Design Junction to debut in Milan

Fri, 8 Apr 2011

New work by Pearson Lloyd, Michael Sodeau and Kirsty Whyte will be on show at the Milan furniture fair’s first-ever Design Junction show, which will focus on UK brands.

Creative & Cultural Skills launches Business Survival Toolkit

Thu, 7 Apr 2011

Creative & Cultural Skills has launched an online Business Survival Toolkit, which it says aims to ‘help people in the creative industries survive and prosper during the hard times ahead’.

Reconciling ergonomics and good design in healthcare

7 April 2011

Yorkshire police seek design consultancy

Mon, 4 Apr 2011

The four police forces that serve the Yorkshire and Humberside region are seeking to appoint a design consultancy to a marketing services framework.

Design organisations hit by Arts Council cuts

Thu, 31 Mar 2011

The Crafts Council and the London Design Festival have both had their funding reduced following a review of Arts Council England grants.

Design industry greets Budget with cautious optimism

Wed, 30 Mar 2011

MPs say public spending cuts could be ‘disastrous’ for the arts

Mon, 28 Mar 2011

A ‘double-whammy’ of local authority cutbacks and spending reductions from the Arts Council could force arts organisations across the country to close, MPs have warned.

Conran to design M&S homeware range

Thu, 24 Mar 2011

Conran & Company has been appointed to design a range of contemporary homeware for Marks & Spencer, which will be available in store from September.

Government in plan to launch Creative Industry Council

Wed, 23 Mar 2011

The Government is planning to launch a Creative Industry Council, allowing it to more efficiently address issues affecting the creative sectors, Design Week understands.

RCA and Kvadrat pitch together in Milan

Tue, 22 Mar 2011

The Royal College of Art Design Products department has collaborated with Danish textiles company Kvadrat to create camping-based concept RCA Intent at the Milan furniture fair.

Government Communications Centre to replace COI

Fri, 18 Mar 2011

A new Government Communications Centre that would replace the Central Office of Information has been proposed.

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.

RSA initiative tackles issueof Design & Rehabilitation

17 March 2011

Significant rise in design salaries outside London, survey shows

Tue, 15 Mar 2011

Creative director salaries outside London have risen by an average of 16 per cent, according to the 2011 Design Week Salary Survey.

Design Commission launches education investigation

Thu, 10 Mar 2011

The Design Commission is launching an investigation into design education, which will examine its importance to economic growth, public-service renewal and wellbeing.

Apple's 'game-changer' iPad clinches top honour in the Design Week Awards

10 March 2011

Method and CSM partner to drive ideas to market

10 March 2011

Luke Miles to join Virgin Atlantic as head of design

Wed, 9 Mar 2011

New Ideo consultancy to use design to tackle poverty

Tue, 8 Mar 2011

Ideo has launched a new social innovation consultancy which aims to address poverty through design projects.

WPP reports ‘remarkable’ recovery as profits jump

Fri, 4 Mar 2011

WPP has reported a 28.5 per cent rise in profits before tax in 2010, which it describes as ‘a year of significant recovery’.

Brit Insurance category award winners unveiled

Mon, 28 Feb 2011

The seven category winners of the Brit Insurance Design Awards have been announced. They include London’s Barclays Cycle Hire, winner in the Transport category, and personalised magazine app Flipboard, by Mike McCue and Evan Doll, which won in the Interactive category.

Wales rolls out service design programme

24 February 2011

Design Wales is rolling out a Welsh Assembly Government-funded programme to develop service design in the country.

Crest showroom to host top design brands

Mon, 21 Feb 2011

International design brands including Thonet, Artifort and Pallucco will be brought together at Crest Living’s first showroom, which opens in London in April.

The chef's special

17 February 2011

Britain’s appetite for TV food programmes has put huge opportunities for lucrative marketing deals in the way of celebrity chefs. Emily Gosling looks at how their personalities are converted into branding

Seven get chance to practice innovation for its own sake

17 February 2011

Government to scrap PQQ stage in procurement

Fri, 11 Feb 2011

The Government is understood to be set to scrap pre-qualification questionnaires to make it easier for small and medium-sized companies to apply for Government contracts.

Loyal supporters

10 February 2011

Membership organisations provide designers and designer-makers with valuable business advice, as well as offering opportunities for networking. Angus Montgomery considers the value of the groups

D&AD to merge student and professional awards ceremonies

Wed, 9 Feb 2011

New director for Cologne furniture fair

Thu, 3 Feb 2011

Frank Haubold has been appointed as director of the furniture fair IMM Cologne, which is run alongside trade fair Living Kitchen by Koelnmesse GMBH.

Hands on the wheel

3 February 2011

A ’hub and spoke’ approach is one way in which the UK’s design industry bodies could be looking to organise themselves in the future. Angus Montgomery looks at their changing structures and strategies

Hidden Art survives funding crisis

Wed, 2 Feb 2011

Hidden Art, which promotes the work of designers and designer-makers, has developed a plan that will allow it to stay in business as it seeks a new source of long-term funding (www.designweek.co.uk, 30 November 2010).

Pupils awarded Design Museum prize

Fri, 28 Jan 2011

Year 10 pupils from Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College in London have won the Design Museum’s Design Ventura initiative – and will see the bunting they designed sold in the Design Museum shop.

Private investment in culture drops by 3 per cent, research shows

Thu, 27 Jan 2011

New figures from organisation Arts & Business show that private investment in culture in the UK has fallen by 3 per cent year-on-year, to stand at £658m in 2009-10.

World Economic Forum puts design issues in spotlight

27 January 2011

Issues of design and its wider importance will be under debate at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting at Davos, Switzerland, which runs from today until 30 January.

Designers dish the dirt for Wellcome Collection show

Wed, 26 Jan 2011

London gallery the Wellcome Collection’s new blockbuster exhibition Dirt: the Filthy Reality of Everyday Life, has led to a raft of design briefs being initiated as it prepares for a five-month run and a presence at this summer’s festivals.

Design Week publishes Hot 50

Tue, 25 Jan 2011

Tomorrow sees the publication of Design Week’s 2011 Hot 50 – the latest round-up of people, movements and organisations that went beyond the distance for design during the previous 12 months.

Design Week Top 100 open for entries

Mon, 24 Jan 2011

Applications are now open for the 2011 Design Week Top 100 Consultancy Survey.

Lee Broom to open first shop

Thu, 20 Jan 2011

Interior and product designer Lee Broom is to launch his first shop in London’s Chelsea next month.

B&W Studio to stay on Design Business Association awards

20 January 2011

Universally speaking

20 January 2011

With inclusive design’s processes of workshops, user interviews and role play becoming more widely accepted, Angus Montgomery finds practitioners looking to extend the scope and impact of the field

Vintage festival to be held on South Bank

Wed, 19 Jan 2011

Wayne Hemingway’s cultural festival, Vintage, is to take place in July this year as part of celebrations at London’s Southbank Centre to mark the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain.

Think Public works on Barnet prototyping system

Thu, 13 Jan 2011

Think Public has been working with Barnet Council to develop a new prototyping system that can be used to build new public services.

Letter by letter

13 January 2011

Harrison & Co has designed the cover art for a series of Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment albums on its newly launched label OAE Released. The first album, Monteverdi Vespers, is released on 31 January. Consultancy creative director Chris Harrison says, ’The artwork for the range of CDs is based on using and illustrating a single letter for each CD. Over time the collection will build into an alphabet.’

Rune Gustafson to head up Prophet's Europe operation

Wed, 12 Jan 2011

BDI chief executive Maxine Horn to step down

Fri, 7 Jan 2011

Maxine Horn, the founder director of British Design Innovation, is to step down from her role as chief executive of the organisation.

Electrolux launches ‘intelligent mobility’ design challenge

Fri, 7 Jan 2011

The Electrolux Design Lab 2011 competition is inviting industrial design students and recent industrial design graduates to submit ideas that consider intelligent mobility within home appliances.

Majority of designers expect no increase in fee-income in 2011, according to latest DW poll

6 January 2011

Less than half of respondents to a Design Week poll think their fee-income will increase in 2011.

Design Council set to launch anti-bike theft initiative

Wed, 22 Dec 2010

The Design Council, on behalf of the Home Office, is set to launch an initiative to tackle residential bicycle theft.

Government sets out higher education and science budgets

Tue, 21 Dec 2010

The Government has set out its allocation to higher education and its ring-fenced funding for science and research.

IP review calls for evidence

Mon, 20 Dec 2010

The Government-initiated independent review into intellectual property and growth has today issued a call for evidence.

Labour calls for cross-Government creative industries group

Thu, 16 Dec 2010

Shadow Culture Secretary Ivan Lewis has called on the coalition Government to set up a cross-Government group of ministers and industry figures to produce a creative industries action plan.

Heartlands scheme to turn mine site into heritage centre

16 December 2010

An arts commissioning programme is set to bring work by a host of international artists and designers to a multi-million-pound community-led development in Cornwall.

Design Council secures Government funding for next four years

Wed, 15 Dec 2010

Technology Strategy Board to launch innovation competition

Fri, 10 Dec 2010

The Technology Strategy Board will launch a competition in the New Year to invest up to £2m into feasibility studies across a range of areas.

Honeysuckle is colour of the year for 2011

Thu, 9 Dec 2010

Pantone has announced 18-2120 Honeysuckle, ‘a dynamic reddish pink’, as its colour of the year for 2011.

Helen Hamlyn Centre joins charity on autism project briefs

9th December 2010

Stage fright?

9th December 2010

A wave of major theatre building projects financed largely with public funding is nearing completion. Angus Montgomery talks to designers in the sector waiting to see what challenges a greater reliance on private cash could present

Green Awards winners unveiled

Mon, 6 Dec 2010

The China Environmental Protection Foundation has won the Grand Prix and Sir David Attenborough has won the Lifetime Achievement Award for Communicating Sustainability in the 2010 Green Awards.

Universities UK highlights education’s place in creative industries

Thu, 2 Dec 2010

Universities UK has published a report highlighting the importance of education in supporting the creative industries and the UK economy as a whole.

Client of the Year BHF heads 2010 Benchmarks winners

2nd December 2010

Richard Clayton joins Coley Porter Bell as design director

Tue, 30 Nov 2010

Coley Porter Bell has appointed Richard Clayton as design director.

DBA online directory launches

Thu, 25 Nov 2010

The Design Business Association has launched its online database of DBA-registered design groups, in a move which aims to speed up and simplify the pitch process.

A rebalancing act

25 November 2010

The Mayor of London has previously championed the role of public investment in developing the capital’s cultural life, but a new strategy document hints at a cost-driven change of approach. Tom Banks looks at the implications for design

Sheffield conference aims to explore the art of sketching

25 November 2010

Design Week Creative Survey set to be unveiled

Tue, 23 Nov 2010

Creative award wins are important to consultancies, but necessary for clients, according to Design Week’s 2010 Creative Survey.

Jerwood Makers Open programme launches

Mon, 22 Nov 2010

Jerwood Visual Arts is launching the Jerwood Makers Open initiative, an annual exhibition series that aims to support and showcase new work by emerging artists in the applied arts.

Paul Smith joins Landor as creative director

Fri, 19 Nov 2010

Landor London has appointed Paul Smith, former design director at Interbrand, as creative director.

Identica parent group Cossette restructures

Thu, 18 Nov 2010

Identica’s parent company Cossette Group is to be renamed Esprit de Corps in the UK as part of a global restructure.

COI head of creative services takes redundancy as organisation awaits its fate

Wed, 17 Nov 2010

Fanny Sigler, head of creative services at the Central Office of Information, has taken voluntary redundancy as the organisation anticipates a decision on its future, Design Week understands.

Sir Terence Conran named Royal Designer for Industry

Wed, 17 Nov 2010

Conference promotes social study and collaboration

18 November 2010

A new book argues that with the growth of the digital and interactive worlds, designers are moving away from simply being creators of material products to becoming a new breed of anthropologist - studying human relations, rituals and habits to develop inspiration for designs.

Gringo groomers

18 November 2010

Leveraging its creativity could help Mexico escape the economic shadow cast by the US, but can UK consultancies such as Lambie-Nairn - about to open an office in the nation’s capital - help it realise that goal? Emily Gosling reports

Neville Brody plans name change for Royal College of Art department

Mon, 15 Nov 2010

Neville Brody, incoming head of the Royal College of Art’s Department of Communication Art and Design, has announced plans to rename it the Department of Visual Communications and Moving Image.

Dalziel & Pow opens office in Mumbai

Thu, 11 Nov 2010

Dalziel & Pow has set up an office in India which the consultancy says will grow ‘organically’ in the same way the China office has.

British Council grants aim to encourage links with India

11 November 2010

The British Council wants to develop closer links between the creative industries in the UK and India through the Connections Through Culture programme.The initiative provides three different types of grant, worth up to £5000 per application, to projects that involve collaboration between British and Indian partner groups - with each group having as close to an equal role as possible.

Simon Pendry takes up creative director post at Blue Marlin

11 November 2010

Blue Marlin has appointed Simon Pendry as the new creative director of its London office.

Lambie-Nairn plans office in Mexico City as part of Latin American expansion drive

Wed, 10 Nov 2010

National School of Furniture set to launch

Fri, 5 Nov 2010

A National School of Furniture is set to launch next week, as a partnership between Bucks New University and Oxford & Cherwell Valley College.

Media Square results show revenue and profit rise

Tue, 2 Nov 2010

Marketing services group Media Square has reported a like-for-like revenue rise of 10 per cent and headline operating profits of £700 000 in its results for the six months leading up to August.

Cuts and bruises

27 October 2010

In his Comprehensive Spending Review last week, Chancellor George Osborne radically slashed public sector budgets, mapping out £81bn in savings over the next four years. Angus Montgomery assesses the impact on design

New products launch at Orgatec

Wed, 27 Oct 2010

Biennial office design event Orgatec is running in Cologne, Germany, this week, featuring new launches from UK designers Pearson Lloyd, Jonathan Prestwich and Colebrook Bosson Saunders, among others.

Design Council prepares for new charity status

Wed, 20 Oct 2010

Design Council chief executive David Kester says the decision to turn the organisation into a charity means the way it carries out its functions will be ’very different’.

Gaming shapes up

20 October 2010

Computer games have undergone a revolution, with gamers able to burn the calories as they play, while developments in motion-sensor technology are set to herald a new era in interactive fitness. Angus Montgomery reports

David Godber to leave Design Council

Tue, 19 Oct 2010

David Godber, deputy chief executive of the Design Council, is to leave the organisation in December.

Design Week Awards entry deadline extended

Fri, 15 Oct 2010

The deadline for entries to the 2011 Design Week Awards has been extended until Thursday 28 October.

Work Foundation to research growth strategies for design

Thu, 14 Oct 2010

The Work Foundation is set to launch a research project which will aim to pinpoint how to create ’explosive growth’ in the UK creative industries, including design.

Adam Ellis joins Elmwood from Coley Porter Bell

Wed, 13 Oct 2010

Coley Porter Bell design director Adam Ellis (pictured) is set to join Elmwood’s London office in the newly created role of creative director.

Sir Philip Green recommends centralised Government procurement to cut spend

Tue, 12 Oct 2010

Arcadia boss Sir Philip Green has recommended that the Government centralises some procurement and ‘leverages its name, its credit rating and its buying power’ in his review of Government spending.

Naresh Ramchandani joins Pentagram’s London office as partner

Fri, 8 Oct 2010

Naresh Ramchandani has been appointed as the eighth partner in Pentagram’s London office, and is the first advertising and communications partner in the consultancy’s history.

DBA Design Effectiveness Awards shortlist unveiled

Thu, 7 Oct 2010

A total of 47 consultancies have won 2010 Design Business Association Design Effectiveness Awards.

Fact seeks interactive groups for new-build developments

7 October 2010

The director of the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology Mike Stubbs is set to announce his search for the commission of interactive interventions which will be integrated into new-build developments at sites adjacent to the organisation’s premises in Liverpool.

Ron Cregan leaves Navyblue to take AIG and Construct roles

Wed, 6 Oct 2010

Ron Cregan has left his position as strategy director at Navyblue to take up strategic director positions at consultancies Applied Information Group and Construct.Cregan (pictured) will obtain an undisclosed equity in both companies, and will split his time equally between the two.

Interbrand looks to expand Indian presence

Wed, 6 Oct 2010

Interbrand has opened a Mumbai office ahead of a raft of appointments as it looks to strengthen its position in India.

City University seeks consultancies for design roster

Tue, 5 Oct 2010

City University in London is seeking design groups for a roster that will cover print and digital work.

2011 Design Week Awards judges announced

Thu, 30 Sep 2010

Nina Jenkins, head of branding at Virgin Atlantic Airlines, has joined the line-up of judges for the 2011 Design Week Awards.

Liverpool Design Symposium rebrands as Design Symposium North

Wed, 29 Sep 2010

Liverpool Design Symposium is rebranding as Design Symposium North to become a regional event for the North West, held in both Liverpool and Manchester.

Maurizio Mussati replaces Alasdhair Willis at Established & Sons

Thu, 23 Sep 2010

Maurizio Mussati has been promoted from chief operating officer to chief executive of furniture design company Established & Sons, replacing Alasdhair Willis, who announced his resignation last week.

To the barricades

23 September 2010

As the art and design world braces itself for the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review next month, Angus Montgomery reports on some recently launched campaigns that are fighting back against funding cuts in the sector

Dott Cornwall unveils its final major project

Wed, 22 Sep 2010

Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly will launch the Big Design Challenge in October, which will invite communities to identify and tackle local issues by co-developing their ideas with designers and entrepreneurs.

Thomas Heatherwick awarded London Design Medal

Mon, 20 Sep 2010

Thomas Heatherwick is set to receive the London Design Medal at a ceremony tonight.

LDA launches investment consultation

Thu, 16 Sep 2010

The London Development Agency is launching a consultation on its investment strategy, despite the fact that it will cease to exist by 31 March 2012.

Onedotzero organisers adopt a utopian vision of the future

16 September 2010

This year’s edition of moving image festival Onedotzero Adventures in Motion will have a utopian theme that will attempt to bring about a more optimistic view of the sector’s future, the organisers say.

Design Council review in the hands of Government

Tue, 14 Sep 2010

The review of ‘the future role and status’ of the Design Council has been handed over to officials at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.

Dragon Rouge appoints new creative director

Tue, 14 Sep 2010

David Jenkins has been appointed as creative director in Dragon Rouge’s consumer brands team.

London Design Festival partners Beijing event

Fri, 10 Sep 2010

London Design Festival is to partner the inaugural Beijing Design Week in a deal that will see London become the official guest city when the Chinese event takes place next year.

SCDF restructures to cope with cutbacks

9 September 2010

The South Coast Design Forum is introducing a new business model and seeking new premises as it aims to move from being reliant on funding to providing its own revenue.

Sanky outlines ambitions for D&AD presidency

Wed, 8 Sep 2010

Simon ’Sanky’ Sankarayya will provide the ’glue’ between advertising and design, he says, when he becomes D&AD president next Tuesday evening.

Multiple British Design Embassies to launch at LDF

Wed, 8 Sep 2010

The London Design Embassy is to be augmented and renamed as the British Design Embassy for this year’s London Design Festival, organiser UK Trade & Investment has confirmed.

Dyson and Sorrell ‘to advise Government on business’

Mon, 6 Sep 2010

Ten Downing Street says it is set to make a statement confirming details of David Cameron’s new business advisory board.

Neighbourhood Watch to be rebranded in Design Council project

Thu, 2 Sep 2010

The Neighbourhood and Home Watch Network, which is the national association for Neighbourhood Watch groups, is being rebranded and will have its service design overhauled in a project run by the Design Council.

Suffolk joins European driveto push C2C design thinking

2 September 2010

Suffolk County Council has linked up with engineering and environmental consultancy Royal Haskoning as part of a Europe-wide project that aims to promote cradle-to-cradle design.

Key industry figures attempt to define design

Tue, 31 Aug 2010

Leading industry figures will offer their definition of design in tomorrow’s issue of Design Week.

British Heart Foundation launches design roster

Wed, 25 Aug 2010

The British Heart Foundation has announced its first roster, which it is describing as a ’support network’.

The Brand Union chairman Dave Brown in education drive

Wed, 25 Aug 2010

The Brand Union’s UK chairman Dave Brown is launching an initiative to raise the standard of design education in UK schools, with support from Seymour Powell co-founder Richard Seymour.

Former Fitch Live managing director Paul Cowan joins Logistik

Tue, 24 Aug 2010

Paul Cowan, former managing director of Fitch Live, is joining design and communications consultancy Logistik as content and creative strategy director.

Open City searches for Jane Priestman successor

Fri, 20 Aug 2010

Following Jane Priestman’s decision to step down as chairwoman of Open City after 18 years, the architecture organisation is now looking to appoint her successor.

Crafts Council supports furniture makers with new LDF show

Fri, 20 Aug 2010

The Crafts Council has announced a new exhibition it will deliver in partnership with designer Priscilla Carluccio at the London Design Festival.

Tom Dixon to launch his first shop

Tue, 17 Aug 2010

Tom Dixon will launch his first shop at London’s Portobello Dock during the London Design Festival.

Sir Philip Green to examine procurement in Government spending review

Fri, 13 Aug 2010

Arcadia boss Sir Philip Green says he will examine cross-Government procurement as part of his review of Government spending.

Michael Grade and Wayne Hemingway to speak at Bristol Media event

Fri, 13 Aug 2010

Design luminaries Wayne Hemingway and Nicolas Roope will join business development consultant Blair Enns and broadcast executive Michael Grade as keynote speakers for design network Bristol Media’s conference Vision.

D&AD executive committee candidates stand for election

Thu, 12 Aug 2010

Voting on candidates for the D&AD executive committee closes at the end of the month.

Felt creates identity for frozen yoghurt start-up Bee Me

Wed, 11 Aug 2010

Felt is working on the website for start-up frozen yoghurt, smoothie and juice company Bee Me, having already named and branded the company and worked on retail designs.

Build to brand Gary Hustwit's feature film Urbanized

12 August 2010

Build has been appointed to create the identity and promotional materials for the new film Urbanized by director Gary Hustwit.

Established & Sons to exhibit in Venice

Mon, 9 Aug 2010

Established & Sons will host an exhibition of its new and iconic products and graphic history during the Architecture Biennale and Venice International Film Festival.

BBC to appoint seven to creative services roster

Fri, 6 Aug 2010

The BBC has clarified that it currently has nine consultancies on its creative services roster and it will appoint up to seven under its new roster, which is currently at PQQ stage.

Ideo and Jamie Oliver team up for fresh food challenge

Thu, 5 Aug 2010

Design and innovation company Ideo and chef Jamie Oliver have launched a competition to raise awareness among young people of the benefits of fresh food.

Five rebrand brief likely after takeover by Richard Desmond

5 August 2010

TV station Five is to be renamed Channel Five under new owner Richard Desmond, precipitating an ’inevitable’ rebrand, says head of strategic communications Andrew Sholl.

Siemens Pavilion can 'unlock the potential' of Royal Docks

5 August 2010

London Mayor Boris Johnson says he hopes that projects including the planned Siemens Pavilion for London, with interiors by architect Pringle Brandon and exhibition design by Event Communications, will lead to a regeneration of the Royal Docks area of east London.

Fitzrovia Village to launch during LDF

Mon, 2 Aug 2010

The Fitzrovia Village initiative, which describes itself as ‘a loosely grouped organisation of design-led retail venues’, will launch during this year’s London Design Festival.

CBI aims to develop findings into policy recommendations

29 July 2010

Business lobbying group the Confederation of British Industry says its report Creating Growth: A Blueprint for the Creative Industries will be developed into detailed policy recommendations over the coming year.

Land of plenty

29 July 2010

Oman is embarking on a drive to divert its economy away from oil and towards tourism. Emily Pacey talks to designers already working in the sultanate, and finds a country offering huge potential for UK consultancies looking to expand

100% Design picks Julieann Humphryes as first non-executive chairwoman

Tue, 27 Jul 2010

100% Design has appointed its first non-executive chairwoman, in the shape of Philippe Starck-founded interiors and property group Yoo’s creative director Julieann Humphryes.

LMU course to help product designers develop

Mon, 26 Jul 2010

London Metropolitan University wants to help product designers improve their business and strategy skills with its New Product Development Programme.

Further arts cuts as final university budgets unveiled

Thu, 22 Jul 2010

University of the Arts London faces an increased cut to its central Government funding, with the release of the finalised budgets from the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Bacardi to undergo global rebrand with Young & Rubicam

Wed, 21 Jul 2010

Bacardi is undergoing a global rebrand led by advertising agency Young & Rubicam, Design Week understands.

Losing City of Culture bidders to continue regeneration

Wed, 21 Jul 2010

As Derry prepares to start its tenure as UK City of Culture in 2013 following a successful bid (pictured), the unsuccessful cities of Birmingham, Sheffield and Norwich have vowed to continue with large parts of their cultural and social regeneration programmes, set out in their submission bids.

New Bristol role for Bennett boosts profile of city branding

22 July 2010

’I’ve never had a proper job,’ says co-founder of digital group E3 Media, Mike Bennett, who is to step down as chief executive of design body Bristol Media to become ’place-making director’ of Bristol.

Design Week Awards introduces new categories for 2011

Tue, 20 Jul 2010

Three new digital categories have been introduced for the 2011 Design Week Awards.

Derry to be UK’s first City of Culture

Fri, 16 Jul 2010

Derry has beaten Birmingham, Norwich and Sheffield to become the UK’s first City of Culture – a year-long programme starting in 2013. The scheme will attempt to reveal Derry’s identity, showcase its culture and raise its profile.

Successful challenger brands share key values and methods

15 July 2010

You might not think of Jesus Christ as a ’challenger brand’, but, says Contagious magazine editorial director Paul Kemp-Robertson, he displayed all the traits.

Design is key to unlocking UK innovation, says Design Council chief

Tue, 13 Jul 2010

Design Council chief executive David Kester says the design sector can be ‘the key to unlocking UK innovation and future wealth creation’.

Ten designers work on Lollipop Shoppe benches

Tue, 13 Jul 2010

Design store Lollipop Shoppe has invited ten furniture designers to create a public design installation during the London Design Festival in September.

Dott Cornwall collaborates with University College Falmouth on sustainable transport project

8 July 2010

The second Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isle of Scilly showcase project is a collaboration with University College Falmouth that will aim to develop a sustainable transport system for Falmouth.

DBA brings The Edge back for 2010

Fri, 2 Jul 2010

The Design Business Association is running its The Edge event for the second time, with the theme this year being ‘for love or money’.

David Worthington becomes Designersblock chairman

Wed, 30 Jun 2010

David Worthington is to join exhibition group Designersblock as chairman.

Design undergraduates shine in 2010 D&AD Student Awards

1 July 2010

This year’s D&AD Student Awards have once again punched a window into the world of design undergraduate talent. The 2010 awards saw students answer briefs set by sponsors including Ikea, Channel 4 and Nokia, with a UK team bagging the top Student of the Year accolade.

Liverpool academic proposes design education changes

Tue, 29 Jun 2010

Apprenticeships could be brought back in typography, and art and design teaching could be funded through VAT on goods created by the creative industries, a Liverpool academic has proposed

Design icons inspire Philippe Starck’s new chair for Kartell

Mon, 28 Jun 2010

Product designer Philippe Starck has created a new chair for Kartell inspired by contemporary iconic designs.

UK groups bag Cannes Design Lions Awards

Thu, 24 Jun 2010

There were four UK winners in this year’s Cannes Design Lions Awards, and Belgian group Happiness Brussels picked up the Grand Prix for its IQ Font project for Toyota.

Forum for the Future to deliver CIKTN sustainability initiative

24 June 2010

A new project from the Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network aims to galvanise the creative industries into becoming more sustainable and help other sectors become more sustainable too.

Scott Corbett to head international design at Body Shop

24 June 2010

The Body Shop has promoted Scott Corbett to the new role of international design director.

Paul Kelley to launch new furniture collection at LDF

Fri, 18 Jun 2010

Furniture designer Paul Kelley will launch a new furniture collection at London Design Festival in September.

British Council warns rostered consultancies over work

Wed, 16 Jun 2010

The British Council has appointed a new graphic design roster, but is warning consultancies that they may not receive any work until next year because of Government spending cuts.

Enabled by Design event looks at ageing and disability

Tue, 15 Jun 2010

Organisation Enabled by Design is holding an event at London’s Design Museum on Thursday which will focus on the principle of ‘design for all’.

Artists and designers recognised in Birthday Honours list

Mon, 14 Jun 2010

Artist Paula Rego, Jimmy Choo founder Tamara Mellon, Green buildings expert Bill Dunster and fashion photographer Nick Knight are among those recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Centre for Competitive Creative Design to reveal results

Mon, 14 Jun 2010

Results from the Centre for Competitive Creative Design will be presented on 28 June to show how London College of Communication and Cranfield University are producing ‘practical and conceptual’ research, according to institution directors.

Step into the past

10 June 2010

GF Smith is offering a glimpse of the goodies in its archive in a London show, and more and more design collections are opening their doors to the public. Laura Snoad looks at where to go to find inspiration from our rich heritage

John Pawson to work on Design Museum’s new home

Thu, 3 Jun 2010

Architect John Pawson has been appointed to work on the transformation of the former Commonwealth Institute in west London, which will become the new home for the Design Museum.

Five consultancies dropped as BBC reviews roster

Wed, 2 Jun 2010

Elmwood, Love Creative, Designate, Inferno and Easy Tiger have all been dropped from the BBC’s marketing communications and design services roster.

Media Square revenues fall by nearly a quarter

Thu, 27 May 2010

Media Square has unveiled its annual results, which show a like-for-like revenue drop of 23 per cent.

Gateway to East Asia

27 May 2010

China and India may grab the design limelight, but Singapore - midway between the two, but with a strong anglophone culture - is proving to be a very attractive location for UK groups servicing the Asian market. Angus Montgomery reports

Top 100 survey shows total fee-income fall

Tue, 25 May 2010

The total fee-income from all Design Week Top 100 consultancies is down by 13 per cent this year, to stand at £359m.

Coalition Government looks to Dyson Report

Fri, 21 May 2010

The coalition Government says it will consider the implementation of the Dyson Report, as it unveils its policies.

Figtree to open Hong Kong outpost to service South East Asia

Thu, 20 May 2010

Figtree will open a new office in Hong Kong at the beginning of September to meet increased client demand in South East Asia.

London Development Agency cuts design festival funding

Thu, 20 May 2010

The London Development Agency is continuing to support the London Design Festival, having pledged £270 000 for 2010-2011.

Shelf starters

20 May 2010

Turning a ’mom and pop’ cottage industry product into a mainstream brand calls for genuine differentiation and serious long-term investment - and getting the packaging design right is crucial to success. Emily Pacey investigates

Benchmarks awards open for entries

Tue, 18 May 2010

The 2010 Design Week Benchmarks awards are now open for entries.

Vince Cable and Jeremy Hunt take business and culture briefs

Thu, 13 May 2010

Liberal Democrat MP Vince Cable has been appointed Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, while Conservative Jeremy Hunt has been appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.

Leading by design

13 May 2010

Pop-up stores, anechoic chambers and sustainable bags are just some of the initiatives being adopted by major brands repositioning themselves to cope with changing markets. Tom Banks investigates these design-led strategies

CSD delays bid for design certification

Wed, 12 May 2010

The Chartered Society of Designers is postponing its application to professionally certify designers, following a meeting with regulating body the Privy Council, Design Week understands.

EC launches paper on future of Europe's creative industries

6 May 2010

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the development of Europe’s creative industries. It is asking designers and other creative professionals to comment on ways to improve funding, skills and clustering.

WWF and Tetra Pak in hunt for Green ideas

Tue, 4 May 2010

Tetra Pak and WWF UK have launched a competition to generate ideas that encourage the public to buy environmentally friendly products.

WPP says its branding sector has seen biggest growth

Fri, 30 Apr 2010

WPP says its branding and identity, healthcare and specialist communications sector has recovered the most quickly, as the group released its quarterly trading update.

Native Design fined for unlicensed software use

Thu, 29 Apr 2010

Native Design has agreed an out-of-court settlement with the Business Software Alliance for £24 000 following an investigation into claims the consultancy had been using unlicensed software.

CMI report puts management approaches in the spotlight

29 April 2010

Some 60 per cent of the workforce in the creative industries believe the prevailing management style is ’negative’, according to a new survey commissioned by the Chartered Management Institute.

Think Public works with housing association residents on 'skill-sharing space' co-design project

29 April 2010

Consultancy Think Public is working with residents at a housing association block in Plymouth in a co-design project to create a ’skill-sharing space’ in the house.

Fabrica’s Andy Cameron joins Wieden & Kennedy

Thu, 22 Apr 2010

Ad agency Wieden & Kennedy has hired a raft of senior designers to its creative department, including Andy Cameron, who joins as creative director from Fabrica, Benetton’s communications research centre.

Design management up for scrutiny at MDMN event

22 April 2010

’Design management is evolving,’ according to Professor Naomi Gornick, who is throwing a symposium on the subject on Friday.

Icelandic designers use volcanic resources

Tue, 20 Apr 2010

As Iceland’s volcanic activity continues to dominate headlines across Europe, Design Week is profiling the country’s young design talent, who use natural resources – including volcanic sand – in their designs.

Government department seeks single design management group

Wed, 14 Apr 2010

As part of a move that could revolutionise public-sector design procurement, the Department for Children, Schools and Families is set to shortlist a number of groups in its search for a single supplier or manager of creative services, including design.

Stars to gather for Belgrade Design Week

Mon, 12 Apr 2010

Jaime Hayon, Arik Levy and Graphic Thought Facility will lecture at Belgrade Design Week, which takes place in the Serbian capital in June.

Astral tweaks

08 April 2010

With the Government’s recent announcement of major investment in the UK’s space exploration effort, Angus Montgomery looks at how design is helping one private project - Virgin Galactic’s VSS Enterprise - to get off the ground

UK submissions down in European Design Awards

Thu, 1 Apr 2010

The number of UK entries to the European Design Awards is down, from 48 last year to 38 in 2010, with 11 entries shortlisted.

Christian Ritson launches nursery furniture range branded by The Individual Agency

01 April 2010

Product design group Fit for Purpose managing director Christian Ritson has launched a nursery products brand called Knuma, which The Individual Agency claims to have worked on the branding for.

Robot Food kicks off anti-free pitch drive

01 April 2010

Driven by a request for an unpaid creative pitch to a petfood company, consultancy Robot Food is launching its No Free Pitching campaign.

Recessions, networking and training feature in Design Council debate

Fri, 26 Mar 2010

Tom Dixon, Studio Dempsey’s Mike Dempsey and Shan Preddy of Preddy & Co were among the panelists at the Design Council’s debate this morning, discussing the merits of recessions, training and networking.

Reactions to the Budget

Thu, 25 Mar 2010

The design industry is broadly welcoming the help for small businesses unveiled in the Budget yesterday.

Dott event to work on agenda for Cornwall programme

25 March 2010

The think-tank event being run this week by Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly will influence the direction of Dott’s programme over the next year, according to Dott programme director Andrea Siodmok.

Bell Design to represent the industry at Shanghai Expo

Wed, 24 Mar 2010

UK Trade & Investment has selected Bell Design to represent UK design at Expo 2010 Shanghai China, ahead of the opening of the consultancy’s new office in Beijing.

Barry Seal leaves Anthem Worldwide

Wed, 24 Mar 2010

Anthem Worldwide managing director Barry Seal is leaving at the end of the month to set up a creative business mentoring consultancy called Vitamin B.

Jean Nouvel to design Serpentine Gallery Pavilion

Tue, 23 Mar 2010

French architect Jean Nouvel is designing the tenth Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which will be completed in July.

Acid steps up bid to foil copyright infringement at exhibitions

Mon, 22 Mar 2010

Anti Copying in Design has set up a new steering group that aims to provide on-site protection at exhibitions where intellectual property has been brought into question.

Arts institutions suffer in university budget cuts

Thu, 18 Mar 2010

University of the Arts London has had its central Government funding cut by 4.7 per cent and the Royal College of Art by 3.5 per cent in the latest round of grant allocations from the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Folding plug concept wins 2010 Brit Insurance Awards

18 March 2010

Min-Kyu Choi’s folding plug design has won the Brit Insurance Design of the Year 2010 award.

Scientists and designers work on RCA show

Tue, 16 Mar 2010

Designers from the Royal College of Art in London have collaborated with leading scientists to develop work for a new exhibition at the RCA, which opens today.

Caroline Felton to head up Creative & Cultural Skills

Thu, 11 Mar 2010

Caroline Felton has been appointed as interim chief executive of Creative & Cultural Skills.

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation briefs Think Public to provide design support to social projects

11 March 2010

London- and Lisbon-based charity the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has commissioned Think Public to provide design support for a number of upcoming social projects.

Kingston flies the flag for UK graduate designers at Salone

11 March 2010

Kingston University and Glasgow School of Art will represent the UK at Milan furniture fair’s Salone Satellite exhibition in April. This year’s show will offer exposure to designers from 24 international universities.

Alexander McQueen show among Brit Insurance winners

Fri, 5 Mar 2010

Alexander McQueen’s Spring/Summer 2010 catwalk presentation and Min-Kyu Choi’s folding plug are among the category winners in the 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards – with the overall winner due to be unveiled on 16 March.

Clinic’s Sage & Onions wins DBA Inclusive Design Challenge

Fri, 5 Mar 2010

Clinic’s Sage & Onions project, which will enable people of different age groups to exchange advice and experiences, has won the 2010 Design Business Association Inclusive Design Challenge.

B&W Studio scoops Design Week Best of Show award

Wed, 3 Mar 2010

B&W Studio’s Annual Report and Six Accounts for St George’s Crypt has won the Best of Show prize in this year’s Design Week Awards.

British Council rewards the young design entrepreneur

04 March 2010

Despite a wealth of awards up for grabs for the most talented designers, most celebrate creative work rather than acknowledging business acumen.

Buyers' guide

04 March 2010

The long-awaited report on public-sector design procurement from the Associate Parliamentary Design & Innovation Group has been released. Angus Montgomery assesses its implications for the design industry

Four vie to be UK City of Culture

Thu, 25 Feb 2010

Birmingham, Derry, Norwich and Sheffield will compete to become the UK’s first City of Culture in 2013.

Designers sought for school entrepreneur programmes

25 February 2010

As entrepreneurship becomes the buzzword for successful design education, industry professionals are increasingly being sought out to teach real-world business skills in schools.

Hugo Eccles replaces Sebastian Conran at Studio Conran

Mon, 22 Feb 2010

Conran Group has appointed Hugo Eccles as managing and creative director of Studio Conran.

Entries sought for Northern Design Competition

Fri, 12 Feb 2010

Entries are being sought for the 2010 Northern Design Competition, which is open to students at universities, colleges and sixth forms across the North of England.

New Frontiers launches Green events and Web push

11 February 2010

Product and interior specialists seeking to create sustainable designs will soon have access to information, courtesy of start-up initiative New Frontiers. Based in Manchester, New Frontiers is poised to roll out a website, seminar programme, a major awards scheme and accompanying exhibition.

Danish design duo relocate to London

Fri, 5 Feb 2010

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

04 February 2010

The CSD wants design to follow other professions and gain chartered status. Emily Pacey looks at how this might work

Tories would be bad for design industry, poll suggests

Thu, 28 Jan 2010

More than three-quarters of respondents to a Design Week poll believe a Conservative Government would be bad for the design industry.

Universities and consultancies meet to discuss link-ups

Wed, 27 Jan 2010

More than 60 universities and design consultancies will meet next month to discuss how to support each other’s commercial interests withoutfalling into competition.

Design Week Top 100 open for entries

Tue, 26 Jan 2010

The entry form for the 2010 Design Week Top 100 is now available on the Design Week website.

Design industry profits rise, but lag behind marketing, survey shows

Thu, 21 Jan 2010

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.

Designers ‘need a union’, says DW poll

21 January 2010

More than 70 per cent of Design Week readers believe the design industry needs a trade union, according to a DW poll.

Cologne Furniture Fair kicks off

Tue, 19 Jan 2010

The Cologne Furniture Fair is opening today in the German city, running until 24 January.

Tom Bewick to step down as Creative & Cultural Skills chief

Mon, 18 Jan 2010

Tom Bewick, group chief executive of Creative & Cultural Skills, is leaving to join business council Enterprise UK.

Central St Martins to host retrospective

Fri, 15 Jan 2010

An exhibition to celebrate 21 years of Central St Martins College of Art and Design opens next week at the London college’s Lethaby Gallery.

Jeremy Myerson leaves InnovationRCA to focus on Helen Hamlyn Centre

Thu, 14 Jan 2010

Jeremy Myerson is relinquishing his role as director of InnovationRCA at the Royal College of Art in London to concentrate on leading the RCA’s Helen Hamlyn Centre.

Reading University resurrects scrapped design tender

Wed, 13 Jan 2010

Reading University has reissued its tender for a design framework, after coming under fire from design consultancies for scrapping it at the last minute (DW 29 October 2009).

Industry split on co-design, says DW poll

14 January 2010

Nearly 40 per cent of respondents to a Design Week poll say they do not think co-design is a good idea.

Antony Gormley chairs Brit Insurance awards jury

Fri, 8 Jan 2010

Artist Antony Gormley will chair the jury of the Brit Insurance Design Awards, which will be held at the Design Museum on 16 March.

Link up or sink?

07 January 2010

Proposed cuts in funding are forcing regional design networks to consider new strategies and sources of revenue. Angus Montgomery reports

Designer sought for pan-European Unicreds project

Tue, 5 Jan 2010

Cornwall County Council is seeking a consultancy to work on design projects as part of the pan-European Unicreds project.

Enigma to design oil firm trade stands

Wed, 23 Dec 2009

Norwegian energy company Statoil has appointed Windsor-based consultancy Enigma Creative Solutions to design its trade show stands for the next three years.

BBC calls for furniture and fabric designers

Mon, 21 Dec 2009

The BBC is inviting design students at universities and colleges in the North of England to create furniture and fabric for its new home in Salford Quays.

Vicky Richardson to head design for British Council

Thu, 17 Dec 2009

Blueprint editor Vicky Richardson is set to join the British Council as director of architecture, design and fashion.

Dott unveils plans to use children to power National Grid

Thu, 17 Dec 2009

Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is unveiling one of its showcase projects, which Dott programme director Andrea Siodmok says will ‘take the kinetic energy of children to power the National Grid’. The project, set to take place next year, will see the design and construction of a new playground at a site in Redruth, Cornwall, which will be codesigned with children and the local community. The playground apparatus will be designed so that it ...

Games for everyone

17 December 2009

The stadiums for the London Paralympics will be designed for accessibility, but finding funds for Paralympic equipment can be hard, says Tom Banks

Sir John Sorrell appointed creative industries ambassador

Tue, 15 Dec 2009

Sir John Sorrell has been appointed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown as Business Ambassador to champion the UK’s creative industries abroad.

Designer gifts market at Somerset House

Mon, 14 Dec 2009

Somerset House in London will host a Christmas designer gifts market this weekend, with items for sale by Michael Marriott, Sebastian Bergne and William Warren, among others.

Pre-Budget Report ‘unhelpful to design businesses’

Thu, 10 Dec 2009

Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report is ‘rather unhelpful’ to the design industry, financial experts say.

Number of UK designers increases by a quarter

Wed, 9 Dec 2009

The number of designers in the UK has grown by a quarter over the past five years, according to new research from the Design Council. Early analysis from the Design Industry Research survey, which is set to be released in full next year, shows that there are 232 000 designers in the UK, up from 185 500 when the research was last undertaken in 2005. However, the total number of consultancies in the UK has declined from 12 450 in 2005 to 10 800, and the proportion ...

The value of British design

10 December 2009

The exchange rate might be favourable, but UK consultancies should be wary of treating the eurozone as theirs for the taking, says Emily Pacey

Nearly all creative businesses offer employee benefits, research shows

Tue, 8 Dec 2009

More than 90 per cent of companies in the creative sector offer benefits to staff over and above basic salary and holiday entitlement, according to new research from accountant Kingston Smith W1.

Government slashes marketing spend

Mon, 7 Dec 2009

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that the Government’s marketing spend will be cut by a quarter as part of a cost-saving drive.

Survey shows 43% of designers waiting for end of recession to change job

Thu, 3 Dec 2009

Once the UK’s recession comes to an end, up to 38 per cent of staff at UK design consultancies will flood the job market, according to new research.A survey of 567 clients of recruitment agency Gabriele Skelton reveals that 19 per cent of executive-level bosses, 36 per cent of directors, 53 per cent of managers and 47 per cent of co-ordinators and assistants intend to move to other companies when the recession ends.About 43 per cent of designers are planning ...

Keith Khan heads line-up for Nissan’s Design Inspirations

Mon, 30 Nov 2009

Artist Keith Khan, head of culture for the London 2012 Olympic Games, will speak at Nissan’s new pop-up space Cube Store later this week.

Heavenly acquires Martin Lambie-Nairn’s ML-N

Thu, 26 Nov 2009

Branding group Heavenly has bought Martin Lambie-Nairn’s company ML-N, taking the partners into its business.

Helsinki gears up for World Design Capital stint

Thu, 26 Nov 2009

The city of Helsinki has pledged to make ‘city planning and service design’ interventions following its announcement as World Design Capital 2012, and is inviting help from the international design community. 

Designers Anonymous brands Scottish ecopods

Thu, 26 Nov 2009

Designers Anonymous has branded, worked on interiors and created a website for a new luxury geodesic dome retreat in Scotland. Once complete, Ecopod Boutique Retreat, located on the west coast of Scotland near Loch Linnhe, will comprise up to five geodesic domes, supplied by German manufacturer Zendome. The 100 per cent recycled domes, second-hand furniture and use of sustainable materials are intended to earn the retreat Green credentials. ‘I honestly believe ...

Design trio work on Oxford 'fusion' restaurant Camera

26 November 2009

Noble Russell, Ryuu Design and Commun are working on a new Asian-inspired restaurant and bar in Oxford.Camera owner Oxford Leisure, which describes the restaurant’s menu and decor as ‘fusion’, is aiming its offer at the ‘over-21 sophisticated weekend crowd’, according to Oxford Leisure co-owner Jake Oppon.Oxford Leisure appointed the furniture and interior design group on the strength of its previous work for the company over the past eight years, including on ...

Ron Arad’s Design Museum Holon set to open

Mon, 23 Nov 2009

The Design Museum Holon in Israel, designed by Ron Arad Architects, is set to open in January.

Design groups among top independent marcomms firms

Thu, 19 Nov 2009

Several design consultancies have been named among the most successful privately owned marketing and communications groups in the UK.

Academic boost for discipline of design anthropology

19 November 2009

The discipline of design anthropology, which will next year be the subject of an MSc course at the University of Aberdeen, is described by its practitioners as an emerging field, but one which has been emerging for some time.For some 20 years, the likes of Ideo, Intel and Nokia have been using arts and social science graduates to help them define and think about their customers in new ways. Key figures such as Genevieve Bell at Intel and Dori Tunstall, formerly of Arc Worldwide ...

Sorrell Foundation seeks Saturday arts and design club venues

Tue, 17 Nov 2009

The Sorrell Foundation is seeking partners for an initiative to run Saturday courses in art and design for youngsters.

Design Museum seeks architect to work with Koolhaas on its new home

Mon, 16 Nov 2009

The Design Museum has launched an international search for an architect to work on the Commonwealth Institute building in west London, which is set to become the new home of the museum

Vince Frost appointed Woolworths South Africa creative head

Mon, 16 Nov 2009

Woolworths South Africa has appointed Australian designer Vince Frost as its creative director.

Established & Sons launches new website

Fri, 13 Nov 2009

Established & Sons is launching a new website on 10 December, which the furniture design group says it is co-designing with Made Thought.

European heads Ramshaw and Mamier leave Elmwood

Thu, 12 Nov 2009

Elmwood’s head of European operations Nick Ramshaw and European vice-president Nicolas Mamier are both leaving the consultancy.

Beyond the boom

12 November 2009

Where next for design in Dubai, after the emirate’s spectacular rise and fall? Angus Montgomery hears what some intrepid consultancies are up to

Designers say stress levels are on the up

12 November 2009

More than 72 per cent of designers say that their stress levels at work have risen over the past year.The poll, details of which are on www.designweek.co.uk, shows that 72.1 per cent of respondents say that their stress levels have risen over the past year, while 18 per cent say they have declined, and 9.8 per cent say they have stayed the same.Recent research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development shows that more than a quarter of UK workers ...

Peter Reid to replace Roger Parry as Media Square boss

Fri, 6 Nov 2009

Roger Parry is stepping down as executive chairman of Media Square, the group that owns consultancies Holmes & Marchant and Lloyd Northover.

Research reveals procurement ‘postcode lottery’

Fri, 6 Nov 2009

New research has revealed huge variations in the time taken by different councils to pay their suppliers.

Michael Wolff leads rebrand of Russian bank

Wed, 4 Nov 2009

Michael Wolff is leading the rebrand and refurbishment of a Russian bank, working with NB Studio on a new identity and Urban Salon on the interiors. A cartoon cat, Russian lace and hand-painted murals will all feature in the revamp, which Wolff says will see the bank’s name changed from Life Credit to Poidjom (logo pictured below), which translates as a friendly ‘let’s go’, or ‘let’s do this together’. ‘The name was partly inspired by my dad, who, when I didn’t ...

Poll highlights problems with public sector

05 November 2009

More than 70 per cent of designers have had problems with public-sector clients, according to a Design Week poll. The survey, on www. designweek.co.uk, shows that 71.4 per cent of respondents have encountered unacceptable practices while tendering for public-sector jobs.Both Reading University and Birmingham City Council have come under fire from designers last month over their tender processes. BCC was criticised for asking for unpaid creative work in a tender to create ...

Four IV designs Bill Amberg store for London

Tue, 3 Nov 2009

Luxury leather goods designer Bill Amberg opens a new London store tomorrow, with design by Four IV.

Reading University pulls design tender at last minute

Wed, 28 Oct 2009

The University of Reading has come under fire from consultancies after scrapping its tender for a design framework at the eleventh hour. The university had published a tender on 29 June through the Official Journal of the European Union to create a roster for ‘provision of graphic information design, Web design and Web development services’. This would see up to 20 consultancies brought on to a four-year framework, broken down into graphic design, Web design and Web services ...

Interacting with kids

29 October 2009

Designing websites and exhibitions aimed at children is a whole different ball game. Emily Pacey looks at how to get young people hooked

Cabinet creative conference launches

Tue, 27 Oct 2009

World leaders from the creative and financial industries are gathering in the UK for Cabinet, the Government’s inaugural Creativity & Business International Network meeting.

Tom Foulkes to join Buro Happold

Fri, 23 Oct 2009

Tom Foulkes is leaving his position as head of development marketing, retail at developer Land Securities, to join engineer Buro Happold.

Government cash for creative apprenticeships

Thu, 22 Oct 2009

Up to 1125 new apprenticeship places will be created to train 16- to 24-year-olds for a career in the creative industries.

New Royal Designers for Industry master aims to build bridges with RSA

Wed, 21 Oct 2009

When Robin Levien takes up his role as Master of the Royal Designers for Industry in November he aims to improve the soured relationship between the RDI faculty and parent body the Royal Society of Arts. Levien (pictured), founder of product design consultancy Studio Levien, is poised to replace Chris Wise, who has held the position of master since 2007. ‘I am a conciliatory character and that will be my approach to trying to talk around any issues that there ...

LFA reaches out beyond architecture

Wed, 21 Oct 2009

The London Festival of Architecture 2010 will involve more non-architectural designers than previously, hopes Tamsie Thomson, director of the Royal Institute of British Architects London.

Starck design show winner launches new product

Tue, 20 Oct 2009

Ilsa Parry, who was last night revealed as the winner of Philippe Starck’s BBC Two reality show Design for Life, is launching a new eco-light product.

Christopher Exeter for Design Council policy post

Mon, 19 Oct 2009

The Design Council is appointing Christopher Exeter in the new role of director of policy.

Brompton bike designer wins Prince Philip prize

Fri, 16 Oct 2009

Andrew Ritchie, designer of the Brompton folding bicycle, has won the 2009 Prince Philip Designers Prize.

Birmingham Library tender reignites free-pitching debate

Wed, 14 Oct 2009

Birmingham City Council is the latest public-sector client to come under fire for asking for unpaid creative work in a tender.

Think Public opens Cornish office

Wed, 14 Oct 2009

Public service design consultancy Think Public is opening a new office in Redruth, Cornwall. The London-based group, whose co-founder Deborah Szebeko is a ‘design producer’ for next year’s Designs of the Time in Cornwall (DW 16 September), is appointing two local designers to work at Think Public Southwest, which will be housed in the same building as Dott. The consultancy plans to run the studio remotely. Think Public Southwest’s first two projects will tackle ...

Straight from the heart

15 October 2009

Getting your pro-bono jobs to work out can be just as tricky as with paid-for projects. Angus Montgomery weighs up the pros and cons

Schoolchildren in Olympic design challenges

Mon, 12 Oct 2009

All secondary schoolchildren across the UK are being invited to take part in a series of science, technology and maths (Stem) challenges focusing on the design and delivery of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

University of Liverpool unveils design roster

Thu, 8 Oct 2009

The University of Liverpool has appointed seven consultancies to its design roster.

Charge-out rates and benefits have fallen, new research shows

Wed, 7 Oct 2009

Charge-out rates have dropped among senior design staff, benefits have been cut and pay increases limited, according to a new report released by the Design Business Association.The 2009 DBA Charge Out Rates and Salary Levels survey shows last year’s results to be something of an anomaly. That report found that charge-out rates were increasing for the first time in more than five years (DW 7 January).Despite this year’s drop in charge-out rates among senior staff, ...

Welsh design recognised at Cardiff Design Festival Awards

Tue, 6 Oct 2009

The winners of the Cardiff Design Festival Awards 2009 were honoured at a ceremony and awards dinner held in the Welsh capital last night.

Design Council archive images go live online

Mon, 5 Oct 2009

The Design Council has put thousands more images from its slide collection online.

Design for Patient Dignity briefs are finalised

Thu, 1 Oct 2009

The Design Council and the Department of Health have finalised the briefs in their Design for Patient Dignity project.

Ex-JKR creatives launch new consultancy

Wed, 30 Sep 2009

Jones Knowles Ritchie creative director Glenn Kiernan is leaving the consultancy to form new group We Are Him & Her with former JKR design director Ruth Galloway. Kiernan has been creative director at JKR for nine years, and worked with Galloway at the consultancy. Galloway, who is currently freelance, has also been design director at Smith & Milton. We Are Him & Her will open for business on 1 November and will be based in east London. Kiernan describes ...

Steven Kyffin takes over design at Northumbria University

Tue, 29 Sep 2009

Northumbria University has appointed Professor Steven Kyffin as dean of its school of design.

Tom Dixon pushes service design agenda

Fri, 25 Sep 2009

Tom Dixon says British design needs to focus more on service design and problem solving, and not just on ‘creating objects’, in order to remain relevant and economically viable.

Béhar says European designers ‘take the back seat’

Thu, 24 Sep 2009

Fuse Project president Yves Béhar is criticising European designers for not taking a leadership position in dealing with clients.

Sebastian Conran leaves Conran & Partners

Wed, 23 Sep 2009

Sebastian Conran is to leave Conran & Partners, where he heads Studio Conran, to set up his own consultancy.

BDI appoints four regional directors

24th September 2009

British Design Innovation has appointed four new regional directors ahead of a restructure of the organisation that will turn it into ‘a regional, franchise-style co-operative’, according to chief executive Maxine Horn.

Boris Johnson praises traditional design

Tue, 22 Sep 2009

London Mayor Boris Johnson has reinforced his position as an upholder of tradition in design, while acknowledging design’s importance to the capital’s economy

Designers sought to promote Cornwall

Tue, 22 Sep 2009

A design group is being sought to work on projects for the Cornwall Marketing project, being run by the Cornwall Development Company.

Design Museum move gets green light

Fri, 18 Sep 2009

The Design Museum’s plans to move from Shad Thames to a new home in the former Commonwealth Institute on Kensington High Street have won the thumbs up from the council.

The shape of things to come

17 September

New figures suggest the recession might be over, but consultancies shouldn’t break out the Bollinger just yet, says Angus Montgomery

Conran and Hamnett to address IP issues

Mon, 14 Sep 2009

Designer Sebastian Conran and fashion designer Katherine Hamnett will be advising entrepreneurs on intellectual property in a seminar next week as part of London Design Festival.

Design Museum picks 2009 Designers in Residence

Fri, 11 Sep 2009

The Design Museum has announced this year’s five young designers for its annual Designers in Residence programme.

Glenn Tutssel calls for new foundation course structure

Tue, 8 Sep 2009

Glenn Tutssel, executive creative director of The Brand Union, has called for arts foundation courses to be restructured in order for graduates to have a more well-rounded education.

Mandelson dismisses attempt to criminalise IP infringement

Fri, 4 Sep 2009

The IP debate has gathered pace this week as inventor Trevor Baylis, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson and now Innovation Minister David Lammy and designer Sebastian Conran have spoken out on the issue.

Elmwood and The Team top list of DBA award winners

Thu, 3 Sep 2009

Elmwood and The Team are leading the field in the Design Business Association’s Design Effectiveness Awards, with five wins each.The awards scheme seeks to measure the financial value that design adds to a particular product or service, rather than creativity or innovation.This year a total of 51 projects have been shortlisted, and are guaranteed either a gold, silver or bronze medal. These will be allocated on the night of the awards ceremony next month, as ...

Map of UK creative sector could inform Government policy

03rd September 2009

It comes as no surprise to hear that London and its surrounding counties are the UK’s creative epicentre. But a new mapping experiment - published last week by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts - also reveals which types of creative business cluster together and where.Nesta hopes that this fine-grained information could encourage the Government to tailor its creative industries policies to suit certain cluster types according to region.

Spunique Design Competition winners announced

Fri, 28 Aug 2009

Offcut Design and Verity Jasmin Burley are among four winners of the inaugural Spunique Design Competition.

Government awards celebrate innovation

Thu, 27 Aug 2009

The deadline for the Iawards, the first-ever Government-backed awards to celebrate achievements in science, innovation and technology, is 16 September.

Lighthouse collapse blamed on 'poor leadership'

Wed, 26 Aug 2009

The Lighthouse’s former director Stuart MacDonald is blaming the Scottish design centre’s decline into administration yesterday on ‘poor leadership’. MacDonald, who led The Lighthouse for eight years from its foundation in 1999, calls the news a ‘disastrous tragedy’, and says he would consider returning to the Glasgow gallery in an advisory role if the leadership team changes. Currently under the directorship of Nick Barley, the organisation is reported to be ...

The Lighthouse faces crunch meeting

Mon, 24 Aug 2009

A board meeting is being held this evening (24 August) to decide the future of The Lighthouse, Scotland’s centre for architecture, design and the city.

Dott Cornwall is looking for designers

Fri, 21 Aug 2009

Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is seeking senior design producers to lead Dott projects.

Konstantin Grcic works on Serpentine exhibition

Thu, 20 Aug 2009

German product designer Konstantin Grcic is curating the Serpentine Gallery’s first-ever exhibition devoted to contemporary design.

Ideo partner Mat Hunter leaves following restructure

Wed, 19 Aug 2009

Ideo partner Mat Hunter has left the consultancy following the restructure of its London office about four weeks ago. Hunter, who left Ideo on Friday, emphasises that his departure is not part of the restructure, which has resulted in 11 redundancies. However, he admits that, ‘it did give me a moment to step back and look at my career’. He continues, ‘I am fascinated with the huge role of design in a low-carbon future, and while Ideo does do that ...

Thorntons forms roster in brand refresh

Wed, 19 Aug 2009

Chocolate brand Thorntons is set to roll out new products and packaging and is forming a design roster as part of an overarching brand refresh. Thorntons has appointed Harrogate consultancy Robot Food, as well as a London consultancy and a Nottinghambased group, to work on packaging designs. It is also working with advertising agency Mother on new ads, and the agency may also look at brand strategy. Thorntons head of design Vanessa Christian says the brand is ...

Independent workers should ‘behave like brands’

Tue, 18 Aug 2009

Kate Blandford, former head of packaging design at Sainsbury’s, says independent workers should adopt strategies such as behaving like a brand and creating an ad-hoc ‘team’ around themselves.

Entries sought for Benchmarks Client of the Year

Fri, 14 Aug 2009

Nominations are invited for Client of the Year as part of the entry to Design Week’s 2009 Benchmarks awards.

Peter Saville and Michael Peters on Prince Philip Prize shortlist

Wed, 12 Aug 2009

Graphic and branding designers Peter Saville, Michael Peters, Jay Smith and Howard Milton have been named on the shortlist for the 2009 Prince Philip Designers Prize.This year is the 50th anniversary of the prize, which is run by the Design Council. Its aim is to focus on the contributions of designers to design among businesses and the general public.Completing the shortlist are architects David Adjaye and Eric Parry, fashion designers Jeff Banks and Hussein ...

Onedotzero to cut across disciplines

Thu, 6 Aug 2009

Onedotzero’s education programme Cascade will begin on Friday, encouraging design graduates to collaborate with each other across disciplines.

Royal Society of Arts in consultation row

Wed, 5 Aug 2009

The Royal Designers for Industry are criticising parent body the Royal Society of Arts for the way it researched and launched its Design & Society manifesto.The RSA unveiled its new manifesto, written by director of design Emily Campbell, last month (DW 23 July). However, Master of the Faculty of RDIs Chris Wise complains that the RSA and its manifesto have failed to answer ‘the question that we put to them on 22 May - what does the RSA see as the role of excellent design ...

Art Directors Club in global push

Tue, 4 Aug 2009

New York-based design and media organisation the Art Directors Club is creating an international network of representatives, including Syzygy managing director Meera Chandra in the UK.

Christine Losecaat to unveil new venture at London Design Festival

August 2009 Online

London Design Embassy founder Christine Losecaat will unveil her new venture at the London Design Festival next month.The Elevator Lounge, to be hosted at 100% Design, will be a space for both exhibitors and visitors to do business and meet with experts specialising in business advice, international trade and intellectual property.Losecaat describes it as’a business-enabling space’, where people will be able to meet like-minded contacts and get advice from free ...

Sir Christopher Frayling talks about his RCA tenure

August 2009 Online

Christopher Frayling has left a worthy legacy for his successor at the RCA, Paul Thompson. Lynda Relph-Knight talks to him about his tenure

Salford City Council unveils design roster

Thu, 30 Jul 2009

Salford City Council has appointed six consultancies to its new creative design services roster.

Bradshaw speaks of ‘global future’ for UK creative industries

Tue, 28 Jul 2009

Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw has reiterated the Government’s view that the creative industries are key to the UK’s future on the international stage at a time when we have ‘passed on the baton’ of more traditional industries to developing countries.

Designers customise Starck chairs for charity

Mon, 27 Jul 2009

Product designer Reiko Kaneko and product and furniture design duo Thelermont Hupton and Valentina Gonzalez Wohlers are customising Philippe Starck’s Louis Ghost chairs for an exhibition organised by homeware store Lifestylebazaar.

Rainmaker survey claims consultancies ‘oversell’ themselves

Fri, 24 Jul 2009

Most marketing and design groups sell themselves too hard, according to the results of a new survey by Rainmaker.

The Green Awards are calling for entries

Thu, 23 Jul 2009

The Green Awards 2009 are inviting entries from brands and design groups hoping for recognition for their ecological campaigns and packaging initiatives.

Design enters TV reality show arena

23rd July 2009

Last Wednesday, Jam Design founder Jamie Anley and designer Phil Nutley watched themselves burst on to prime-time TV as frontmen for BBC Two interior design series Home for Life (News, DW 23 April).After cramming in filming around their day job - which includes revamping London’s 100% Design show - the duo had not had time to watch the finished product. So, at 8pm last Wednesday, Anley sat down with friends and family in a hotel room in London’s Covent Garden to watch his ...

The RSA unleashes its design manifesto

23rd July 2009

The Royal Society of Arts’ Design & Society manifesto is being launched tomorrow.The manifesto, written by RSA director of design Emily Campbell, outlines the society’s plans for its engagement with design. It is titled ‘You know more than you think you do: Design as resourcefulness and self-reliance’.Campbell says the key messages are ‘to show how design contributes to self-reliance and resourcefulness’, and to propose that designers can redefine themselves ...

Lizzie Mary Cullen scoops second New Designers One Year On prize

Thu, 16 Jul 2009

Lizzie Mary Cullen has won the New Designers One Year On award for Part 2 of this year’s New Designers.

TSB report sets out creative industries strategy

Thu, 16 Jul 2009

If the words ‘convergence’, and ‘metadata’ don’t mean much to you at the moment, they will within the next three years - or so the Technology Strategy Board hopes.

Design Week Benchmarks awards judges named

Wed, 15 Jul 2009

Sainsbury’s former packaging head Kate Blandford, Michael Walton, head of trading at London’s Transport Museum, and David Delaney of banking group HSBC will be among the judges for the 2009 Benchmarks awards for effective brand communications.

British Council seeks young design entrepreneurs

Tue, 14 Jul 2009

The British Council is beginning its search for the UK Young Design Entrepreneur of the year 2009.

Ideo targets schools in climate change initiative

Mon, 13 Jul 2009

Ideo and Oxfam are working together on a project to help young people to engage with reducing climate change.

Bristol Media wins SWRDA skills brief

Fri, 10 Jul 2009

Creative industry network Bristol Media has been appointed by the South West Regional Development Agency in a £1.7m investment to ensure skills and talent are retained in the area.

Gormley named most influential art and design figure

Thu, 9 Jul 2009

Artist Antony Gormley, whose One & Other commission for Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth launched this week, has been named the most influential and powerful person in art and design in an industry poll.

Design Council's Andrea Siodmok appointed to Dott Cornwall

Wed, 8 Jul 2009

Design Council chief design officer Andrea Siodmok (pictured) has been appointed as programme director for Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Design Council and British Chambers of Commerce in partnership

Tue, 7 Jul 2009

The Design Council and the British Chambers of Commerce have announced a new partnership to work together to promote the value of design to UK businesses.

Book design and mobile phone app scoop top D&AD Student Awards prize

Fri, 3 Jul 2009

Two teams have shared the Student of the Year prize at the D&AD Student Awards 2009.

Former Landor designers move on with Family and Friends

Thu, 2 Jul 2009

Ex-Landor creative director Derek Johnston has set up a new consultancy, Family and Friends, with Alex Durbridge, and has contracts in place with several blue-chip companies.

Experts quizzed in design review by Parliamentary group

July 2009 Online

A Parliamentary team aiming to improve design buying in the Government is set to quiz high-level policy experts about their procurement practice.

Number 10 hosts Design Council talks

02 July 2009

The Design Council is set to hold an extraordinary meeting at Number 10 Downing Street tomorrow.

Rebecca Edge stands down at Audi

July 2009 Online

Rebecca Edge is leaving the Audi Design Foundation after seven years as manager.She will be replaced by Rebecca Myrie, who is being promoted from her position as grants manager.Edge leaves at the end of this month, but will continue to work for the charity’s Sustain Our Nation initiative, which encourages new designers to set up sustainable design-led social enterprises. She will also offer her services to the foundation as a consultant.The foundation ...

Unilever plans inspiring design book ahead of roster review

July 2009 Online

Unilever is assembling a book of ‘inspiring design’, ahead of an expected roster review at the end of the year, according to sources close to the manufacturer.‘Unilever is writing a book about design that will be distributed around its portfolio of brand managers,’ claims an unnamed source involved with the project.‘The book will feature inspiring work by groups that it hopes will inform the future direction of its branding and packaging design,’ the source continues.

Government hints at change to IP laws

Fri, 26 Jun 2009

Higher Education and Intellectual Property Minister David Lammy has conceded that ‘it’s not clear all parliamentarians understand the importance of intellectual property’, when he addressed a conference on IP at the Houses of Parliament last night.

UK groups pick up gold awards at Cannes Design Lions

Thu, 25 Jun 2009

Williams Murray Hamm, The Partners and Pearlfisher all scooped gold awards at the Cannes Design Lions Awards last night.

BDI lobbies Mandelson over university design departments

Fri, 19 Jun 2009

British Design Innovation is calling on Lord Mandelson to stop university design departments competing with design groups for business.

Sir Peter Blake joins Art Car Boot Fair

Fri, 12 Jun 2009

Sir Peter Blake is among artists and designers creating works for this weekend’s Art Car Boot Fair in London, which will feature a collection of decorated Vauxhall cars.

Preddy advocates long-term client relationships

Tue, 9 Jun 2009

Shan Preddy, partner at business development consultant Preddy & Co, says design consultancies need to emulate advertising and PR companies and develop long-term relationships with clients.

Sebastian Conran to brief MPs on intellectual property

Mon, 8 Jun 2009

Sebastian Conran will speak about the value of intellectual property at a parliamentary briefing later this month.

EC seeks public consultation on design document

Thu, 4 Jun 2009

The European Commission is seeking public consultation on its Staff Working Document on Design as a Tool for Innovation.

Design House and GP Studio to share office space

04 June 2009

Richmond-based branding specialist Design House is moving to central London to share office space with multidisciplinary branding and design consultancy GP Studio.

Oakwood ranked top design group in South West

Tue, 2 Jun 2009

Oakwood Media Group is the most successful design group in the South West, according to a list of the top 100 creative companies in the region.

Designers help develop university technologies

Mon, 1 Jun 2009

Designers are being brought into universities to help speed up the commercialisation of a raft of innovation projects, including solar-powered equipment to generate clean water and electricity, and a safety tracking device using a radar on a chip implanted in clothing.

Designs ‘to improve human life’ shortlisted

Tue, 26 May 2009

The Index Award 2009 has announced its shortlist of 72 designs from 18 countries. A €500 000 (£440 000) prize will be split equally between five winners across five categories.

Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh furniture to go on show

Thu, 21 May 2009

An exhibition of furniture created by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret for the Indian city of Chandigarh is being held at the P3 Gallery, London NW1, next month.

New Design Week website launches

Mon, 18 May 2009

Design Week’s new website launches today, with an updated look and feel.The website still features full coverage of industry issues, including news, in-depth features and comment.Readers are also able to comment on stories online.To sign up for a daily news alert featuring four breaking news stories every day, and a weekly in-depth newsletter, visit https://myaccount.designweek.co.uk/.

Debuti adds a branded look to latest Bubble Food café interior

14 May 2009

Bubble Food is opening a café in Potter’s Field Park, London SE1, with interior design by Debuti Agency.

Darling endorsement boosts Public Services by Design

30 April 2009

Delivery of the Design Council and the Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills’ Public Services by Design initiative is being accelerated after Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling endorsed the use of design in public services.

WPP warns on 2009 as revenue falls

Tue, 28 Apr 2009

WPP has warned of a ‘very difficult’ first half of 2009 as it reported a like-for-like revenue fall of 5.8 per cent in the first quarter of the year.

Milan furniture fair launches show experimental bent

Fri, 24 Apr 2009

An emphasis on new materials and technical experimentation has been evident at Milan furniture fair this week.

Budget offers meagre pickings for design sector

Thu, 23 Apr 2009

The design industry has found little in this year’s Budget to protect it from the effects of what the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday called a ‘deepening world recession’.

Studio A designs new British Museum ceramics gallery

Thu, 23 Apr 2009

The British Museum’s new ceramics gallery opens today, with design by Studio A.

Enterprising consultancies triumph in Queen's Awards

23 April 2009

JHP Design, Chapman Taylor, Paul Smith and a raft of furniture design groups have been honoured for their business achievements at The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.

Symposium to explore design’s links with science

16 April 2009

The links between design and science have been highlighted recently by the Design Council’s formal tie-up with the Technology Strategy Board and Royal College of Art rector Professor Sir Christopher Frayling’s campaign to have design education recategorised in funding terms to bring it closer to science subjects.These links are being further emphasised by an international symposium organised by Kingston University’s Design Research Centre, Design Plus at Kingston University ...

Cardboard cooker wins climate change prize

Thu, 9 Apr 2009

A solar-powered cardboard cooker is the winner of Forum for the Future’s Climate Change Innovation competition.

Authenticity to replace bling post-credit crunch

9 April 2009

They will eschew bling to dress like Dickensian street children, while visiting luxury stores decorated with muted tones, and buying unique, hand-crafted, ethical design products.

Thonet launches chair photography contest

Tue, 7 Apr 2009

Furniture design company Thonet is launching a photography competition to mark the 150th birthday of the café chair No 14, which is now known as the 214 chair.

Nina Due is new Design Museum head of exhibitions

Thu, 2 Apr 2009

Nina Due has been appointed as the new head of exhibitions at the Design Museum.

Design Council partners TSB to drive innovation

2 April 2009

The Design Council is linking with the Technology Strategy Board in a partnership which aims to strengthen design's role in innovation.The two bodies are both funded by the Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills, and, according to Design Council chief executive David Kester, 'share a common aspiration to drive innovation across the UK'.Kester adds that the two organisations have always been very collaborative, and have now identified specific projects where ...

The industry faces the university challenge

2 April 2009

A new report voices the design industry’s concern about universities encroaching on commercial territory. Gina Lovett investigates

Hamburg aircraft interiors expo kicks off

Tue, 31 Mar 2009

Aircraft Interiors Expo 2009 opens today in Hamburg.

North East design hub launches

Fri, 27 Mar 2009

Design Network North, a hub for innovative design in the North East, is launching today in Gateshead.

Seaside funding creates design opportunities

Thu, 26 Mar 2009

Climate change innovation products face public vote

Mon, 23 Mar 2009

This is the final week for the public to vote for the winner of innovation competition FT Climate Change Challenge, organised by the sustainable development organisation Forum for the Future.

Manchester International Festival line-up unveiled

Fri, 20 Mar 2009

Creations by Zaha Hadid and lighting specialist Paul Normandale are part of the line-up for this year’s Manchester International Festival.

Shepard Fairey’s Obama posters are Design of the Year

Thu, 19 Mar 2009

Shepard Fairey’s Barack Obama poster series has been named Brit Insurance Design of the Year.

Design of public-sector workplaces under the spotlight

19 March 2009

'At the moment good public-sector design is newsworthy, but that shouldn't be the case,' says Mark Catchlove, specifier and design director of office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller.Clive Hall, director of workplace design consultancy BDG Workfutures, says there are many benefits for workplace designers in the public sector. 'Clients in the public sector often challenge things. For example, if you propose touchdown benches where people can use laptops, they come back and say, ...

100% Design recalibrates for recession

Wed, 18 Mar 2009

This year's 100% Design trade exhibition will feature a new floorplan, a 'festival spirit' - and possibly Designersblock.Designed by Jam, the new floorplan will feature spaces for live performances. It will also offer flexible display concepts to appeal to cash-strapped exhibitors.100% Design exhibition director Peter Massey says that while exhibitor numbers are roughly in line with previous years, 'people are taking smaller spaces or sharing stands to reduce costs'.100% ...

UK Trade and Investment launches Milan mission

Wed, 18 Mar 2009

UK Trade & Investment is to run its first design trade mission to Milan during the city's international furniture fair this year.

Michael Thomson steps down as Beda president

Mon, 16 Mar 2009

The managing director of the Norwegian Design Council, Jan R Stavik, takes the helm as president of the Bureau of European Design Associations, replacing Michael Thomson, who stepped down at the weekend.

Olympics body chooses designers at random

Thu, 12 Mar 2009

An organisation involved in the delivery of the London 2012 Olympics has admitted to selecting design consultancies at random for a tender.

Dott Cornwall can learn from the North East's festival

12 March 2009

The organisers of the second Designs of the Time can learn from the first programme in 2007. Angus Montgomery reports

Martin Sorrell says recession is key design issue

Wed, 11 Mar 2009

The only significant issue facing the design industry in the next two years will be 'recession, recession, recession', according to WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell.Speaking exclusively to Design Week last Friday - the day that WPP released its preliminary results for 2008 - Sorrell sounded under pressure, the global advertising and communications giant having reported a 5.8 per cent fall in profits.Sorrell famously described the last downturn as 'bath-shaped', ...

DSDHA bags Waterloo City Square project

Tue, 10 Mar 2009

Architect DSDHA has been named as the winning design team for the Waterloo City Square scheme in London.

V&A launches design symposia

Tue, 10 Mar 2009

The Victoria & Albert Museum in London is setting up a new series of biennial international design symposia, launching with a furniture design day this autumn.

WPP sees profits fall

Fri, 6 Mar 2009

WPP has seen profits fall by 5.8 per cent, and recorded almost a flat growth of 2.7 per cent in 2008, according to its preliminary results for the year, which have been published this morning.

Design Week Awards winners interviewed on podcast

Fri, 6 Mar 2009

The Design Week Awards podcast is now available at www.designweekpodcast.co.uk.

Design Museum launches education site

Thu, 5 Mar 2009

The Design Museum is launching a new microsite, created by Make It Clear, which aims to engage teachers and students with the world of design.

Caulder Moore gets the cut for MichaelJohn push

5 March 2009

Caulder Moore is redesigning the interiors of a Mayfair hair salon, ahead of a planned expansion of the brand to create a London-based hair and beauty chain.Michaeljohn, whose customers include Twiggy and Princess Anne, appointed Caulder Moore to revamp the salon about six months ago, following a non-competitive credentials pitch. It briefed the retail design consultancy to create a new interior that will 'put a stronger emphasis on the brand and its history', according to Caulder ...

Bruce Mau calls on the design world to combat economic and social ills

Wed, 4 Mar 2009

Design visionary Bruce Mau has called upon the international design world to combat the world's economic and social ills.Canadian Mau, founder of the Institute Without Boundaries, issued the call to arms at last week's Design Indaba conference in Cape Town, South Africa.Mau says, 'Crisis is a terrible thing to waste. The new design is not only visual. The new design is forever.'Mau adds that he is considering 'the possibility of a sustainable America'. He has been ...

Design Centre for the North wins planning permission

Mon, 2 Mar 2009

Gateshead Borough Council has approved plans for the £13m Design Centre for the North.

BBC shortlists for London headquarters interiors task

Mon, 2 Mar 2009

Gensler, HOK and Morey Smith are among the nine groups that the BBC has shortlisted for the interior design contract for Broadcasting House in central London.

Design helps councils tackle climate change

Fri, 27 Feb 2009

The results of a project that encourages local authorities to use design to deal with climate change issues are being unveiled today.

Start crowned Design Week football league champs

Thu, 26 Feb 2009

Start Creative’s team Start Academicals has claimed the Design Week football league title after finishing a massive 10 points ahead of nearest league rivals Pearlfisher.

Royalty check for designers

26 February 2009

As the economic climate remains tough, some consultancies are turning to joint ventures with clients as a way to win business, say Emily Pacey

Essence Design to auction its services

Tue, 24 Feb 2009

Essence Design will start auctioning its services from next month, in the hope of drumming up business during the recession.

North East design hub set to launch

Mon, 23 Feb 2009

Design Network North, a hub for innovative design in the North East, is to launch on 27 March.

Lighting show to be key part of Milan furniture fair

Thu, 19 Feb 2009

Lighting exhibition Euroluce will be the highlight of this year’s Milan furniture fair, according to plans announced yesterday by organiser Cosmit.

A new wave of start-ups is turning the recession into an opportunity

19 February 2009

A new wave of agile and market-aware start-ups, keen to target challenger brands, is turning the recession into an opportunity, says Gina Lovett

Environment Agency prepares design briefs

Wed, 18 Feb 2009

The Environment Agency is set to brief consultancies appointed to its newly formed roster on internal and external communications projects concerned with the move of its headquarters next year.

Shoe firm seeks pop-up store designers

Fri, 13 Feb 2009

Ethical shoe retailer Terra Plana is seeking designers to help create a series of pop-up shops.

RSA’s Campbell speaks out for public contests

Tue, 10 Feb 2009

The Public Gallery closes before it opens

Fri, 6 Feb 2009

The Public Gallery has announced it is to cease trading and pull out of West Bromwich arts centre The Public.

Brighton conference to look at future of education

5 February 2009

With controversy continuing to swirl around former Landor Europe and Fitch managing director Ian Cochrane's recommendation in Design Week that design students 'get out' of a sector that 'does not need' them,the University of Brighton is to address the iss

R&D&Co ceases trading

Wed, 4 Feb 2009

R&D&Co has this week closed its doors and ceased trading.

Swath-drying device wins Glasgow 1999 Design Medal

Fri, 30 Jan 2009

A device used to dry out bales of cut hay is this year’s winner of the Glasgow 1999 Design Medal.

Downturn triggers debate over ways to cut staff costs

29 January 2009

After a 35-year hiatus, the three-day week is back in vogue at UK businesses, according to data released last week by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.CIPD's Redundancy Watch reports that as the UK hits recession, employers are looking at strategies to cut staff costs without making redundancies. The research shows that more than half of employers are hanging on to their workforce by introducing recruitment freezes, while 17 per cent are cutting bonuses, 19 ...

Free design day pays off

Tue, 27 Jan 2009

A digital design group that held a controversial day of free consultations just before Christmas claims that the exercise has won it at least two paid jobs.

V&A launches Islamic art and design prize

Mon, 26 Jan 2009

The Victoria & Albert Museum today launches a new £25 000 art and design prize for Islamic-influenced work.

Two receive RCA’s Misha Black Medals

Mon, 19 Jan 2009

The 2009 Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education will be presented to Judy Frater at a ceremony at the Royal College of Art on the 17 March. At the same time, the 2009 Sir Misha Black Medal for Innovation in Design Education will go to the RCA's head of design interactions, Anthony Dunne.

Arts Council appoints 16 groups to roster

Tue, 13 Jan 2009

Arts Council England has created a marketing and design roster featuring 16 consultancies.

Get trained in cultural leadership

Fri, 9 Jan 2009

Bangalore the ‘design city’ of the future

8 January 2009

Asked to imagine the design city of the future, you might have visions of glittering, iconic towers, sleek hover bikes and elegantly minimal white uniforms.You probably wouldn't think of the busy flower market in Bangalore, India. Yet Bangalore was heralded as a future design city in Design Cities: Where Next?, a debate held at the Design Museum in London last month.The debate followed the Design Museum's current Design Cities 1851-2008 exhibition, which argues that seven ...

D&AD appoints Greg Quinton as education chairman

Tue, 6 Jan 2009

D&AD has appointed The Partners creative director Greg Quinton as its new education chairman, filling a post that was vacant for three months.

Design Centre North plans go before Gateshead Council

Thu, 18 Dec 2008

Plans for a £13m design facility, Design Centre North, have been submitted to Gateshead Borough Council.

Auction house names its top-selling designers in 2008

Thu, 18 Dec 2008

Marc Newson, Zaha Hadid and Ron Arad are auction house Phillips de Pury & Company’s best-selling designers of 2008.

Design Nation seeks new talent

Mon, 15 Dec 2008

Design Council in mentor plan

11 December 2008

Portland masterplans retail space in 1km-tall Dubai tower

11 December 2008

Portland Design is masterplanning the 70 000m2 retail area in Dubai's proposed 1km-tall Nakheel Tower (concept image pictured).Property developer Nakheel, which is also responsible for Dubai's Palm Islands project, appointed the consultancy in July, six months after Portland approached the developer about the project.Portland reports that in the build-up to the tower's completion in 2012, Nakheel will be seeking lighting and wayfinding designers, among other design specialists.'We ...

Not all designers are happy about the British Standard draft on Web design

11 December 2008

A British Standard draft on Web design should improve online accessibility for the disabled, but not all designers are happy, says Tom Banks

Peter Mandelson is ‘design champion-in-waiting’

Tue, 9 Dec 2008

Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has been identified as the Government’s design champion-in-waiting by prominent activists in the industry.

Design Week Benchmarks awards - full winners list

Thu, 4 Dec 2008

Eight consultancies picked up Design Week Benchmarks awards at a ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Tuesday night.

The Lighthouse makes redundancies and recalibrates gallery space

Thu, 4 Dec 2008

The Lighthouse, Scotland's centre for architecture, design and the city, is reshaping its gallery space and has made six redundancies as part of a new business plan which aims to secure its financial future.The Glasgow arts centre had been facing potential closure due to a projected annual shortfall of £300 000, which came after the Six Cities Design Festival, managed by The Lighthouse, was cancelled. Also, the Scottish Pavilion at the 2008 Venice Biennale, which was put together ...

Mumbai-based designers tell of terror attacks

Thu, 27 Nov 2008

Saffron, Fitch and Start Creative, which all have offices in Mumbai, have told Design Week that their staff are safe following terror attacks last night in which over 100 people were killed.

Five awarded Royal Designers for Industry accolade

Thu, 27 Nov 2008

Product designer Sam Hecht and design duo Pearson Lloyd are among the five designers chosen as this year’s Royal Designers for Industry.

Digital show to mark opening of Metropolitan Works

27 November 2008

The new building for Metropolitan Works, London's first creative industries centre, is set to open next February with an exhibition featuring artists including Antony Gormley, Tord Boontje and Timorous Beasties.The £4.5m building on Commercial Road, E1, has been designed by Cartwright Pickard Architects and will feature fully equipped workshops, CAD desks and meeting rooms. It will house state-of-the-art digital design and production technology worth £2m, with water-jet cutting, ...

Pre-Budget report ‘will make no difference’

Tue, 25 Nov 2008

Financial experts say the effect of Chancellor Alistair Darling’s pre-Budget report on the design industry will be ‘negligible’.

Designersblock opens pre-Christmas shop

Mon, 24 Nov 2008

Designersblock is opening a temporary shop in London’s Covent Garden.

CSD enters university consultancy debate

Thu, 20 Nov 2008

The Chartered Society of Designers is planning to host a conference in the new year to discuss the issue of universities offering design services.

Support for creative sector in Coventry 'lacks co-ordination'

20 November 2008

A lack of co-ordination across projects and initiatives to support the creative industries is hampering growth in the Coventry region, according to a report produced by Coventry University for Coventry City Council.The document, Creative Industries in Coventry and Warwickshire, pinpoints a lack of co-ordination between public agencies working across the Coventry Local Enterprise Growth Area to support the creative industries, which is creating a weakly developed sense of creative ...

Boris Johnson names his design advisory panel

Mon, 17 Nov 2008

Listen to the Design Week Creative Survey podcast

Fri, 14 Nov 2008

The Design Week Creative Survey podcast is now available online.

Boris Johnson set to unveil design advisory panel

Thu, 13 Nov 2008

London Mayor Boris Johnson is set to name architect Lord Rogers and Sunand Prasad, president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, on his design advisory panel, Design Week can reveal.But contrary to recent press reports, there will be no place for architect and urban designer Sir Terry Farrell.The Mayor's office is expected to unveil the panel at the end of this week, and confirmed Farrell would not be on it.The naming of the panel will be among Johnson's ...

Turin design conference sets global agenda

13 November 2008

The first-ever conference on global design policy has set an unprecedented macro approach in raising awareness of the worldwide design industry.It sounds lofty, but according to delegates and organisers of last week's event - Shaping the Global Design Agenda: The International Conference on Design Policy Opens Up - sharing best design practice and knowledge internationally is the best way to tackle issues affecting all countries, such as sustainability and economic recession. 'It's ...

Design Week Awards judging panel unveiled

Mon, 10 Nov 2008

The judging panel for the 2009 Design Week Awards has been unveiled.

Isokon Plus rebuilds design presence with Skandium tie-up

6 November 2008

Red Bee Media wins top Design Effectiveness Award

6 November 2008

Red Bee Media has won the Grand Prix prize at the Design Business Association's DBA Design Effectiveness Awards for its campaign for digital TV channel Dave.Joe Ferry, head of design at Virgin Atlantic and a member of the judging panel, describes the campaign, which saw the channel's name changed from UKTV G2, as 'pure genius'.Before Red Bee Media took on the rebrand, the channel was recording just 2 per cent spontaneous awareness. It also had the highest misattribution ...

£1.6m for Designing Out Crime

Tue, 4 Nov 2008

The Design Council, the Home Office and the Design and Technology Alliance have unveiled a major expansion of the Designing Out Crime initiative.

The Lighthouse jobs at risk in funding shortfall

Mon, 3 Nov 2008

The Lighthouse, Scotland’s Centre for Architecture, Design and the City in Glasgow, could be forced to make up to ten redundancies as it seeks emergency council funding.

Deadgood to promote British designers

Mon, 3 Nov 2008

Newcastle-based design group Deadgood has won a £150 000 investment which it plans to use for developing an internationally recognised brand and commercialising the work of young British designers.

Plans for Park Royal revealed

Thu, 30 Oct 2008

Public-realm plans proposing a strategy for Europe’s largest industrial estate, Park Royal, have been unveiled in London this morning.

Bruce Munro in light installation name row

30 October 2008

Lighting designer Bruce Munro has brought in its lawyer in a row with Birmingham-based consultancy Illuminate in a row over the naming of an installation. Illuminate’s Field of Light opened last week as part of the Hello Digital festival at Birmingham’s Millennium Point.

£72m funding for design innovation

30 October 2008

The Technology Strategy Board will next month launch the first of a series of research and development competitions, a number of which are directly relevant to the design industry.The Government-funded organisation, which aims to secure the future of the UK economy through supporting the creation of innovative goods and services, has set aside £72m of funding and outlined plans for ten competitions on topics including sustainability, energy, transport, security and digital networks, ...

Patricia Urquiola designs new fabrics

Tue, 28 Oct 2008

Patricia Urquiola has designed a new range of fabrics for Spanish furniture company Kettal.

Douglas Wallace styles cutting-edge salon

Fri, 24 Oct 2008

Dublin-based consultancy Douglas Wallace has designed a new salon concept for Irish hairstyling brand Peter Mark.

RCA gains more space in campus expansion

23 October 2008

Royal College of Art rector Sir Christopher Frayling says the college's expansion to a new Battersea campus will give the design school 'room to breathe'.The proposed £33m new campus (pictured) on Battersea Bridge Road, London SW11, which will house the schools of fine art and applied art, was granted planning permission by Wandsworth Council last week.Frayling told Design Week the move would free up space at the RCA's Kensington campus equal to 'about half of the Darwin ...

Liverpool Design Symposium kicks off

Wed, 22 Oct 2008

More and better debate is crucial if the UK is to be seen as the design capital of the world, says an industry insider following the demise of Scotland's Six Cities Design Festival (DW 16 October).'Talk of the UK's global design status is meaningless if people aren't engaging in proper debate,' says Nico Macdonald, director of design research consultancy Spy and programmer of last year's Designs of the Time conference segment Intersections. 'It is a shame that the Six Cities ...

Richard Woods overhauls Paul Smith Japan store

Fri, 17 Oct 2008

Paul Smith has teamed up with artist Richard Woods to overhaul the UK designer’s exhibition space in Japan.

Six Cities design festival cancelled

Wed, 15 Oct 2008

The 2010 Six Cities Design Festival has been suspended, and the five full-time staff who were managing it have been made redundant, after the Scottish government refused to provide funding.The 2010 festival was to be the follow-up to 2007’s inaugural event - held across six Scottish cities - which attracted some 300 000 people to more than 300 exhibitions, lectures and workshops.It received £3m from the Scottish government and the backing of former First Minister ...

Design Art Fair organisers upbeat

Wed, 15 Oct 2008

Design Art London organiser Société d'Organisation Culturelle is upbeat about the performance of this year's art fair event, which starts today, despite weak financial markets.SOC founder Patrick Perrin admits that 'when the stock markets go down, it's not good for anyone'. But he argues that while contemporary painting is dominated by value within the financial markets, collectors of limited-edition and exclusive design pieces are not swayed by investment prospects. 'If collectors ...

Cardiff Design Festival awards link widens scope

9 October 2008

The fourth annual Cardiff Design Festival is experiencing a shift towards a more international outlook, according to its organisers and patrons, with a strong focus on exporting Welsh design as well as supporting it on the domestic front this year.Darragh Murphy, of Design Management Europe and the University of Wales Institute Cardiff, says the festival was moved from June to October to fall in line with the DME Award, which take place at the Wales Millennium Centre on 13 October.UWIC, ...

Designers lose cash in Guest Hotel crash

Wed, 8 Oct 2008

A raft of designers contracted to Guest Hotels expect to be left tens of thousands of pounds out of pocket after the buy-to-let hotel rooms group fell into administration last week.Architect Dream Design & Architecture, graphic design group Alexander Boxhill and curatorial design duo Marcus Fairs and Rupinder Bhogal of Dezeen, which were all working on projects for Guest, say it is now highly unlikely that they will be paid for their design contracts. Guest was being funded ...

Istanbul Design Week postponed

Thu, 2 Oct 2008

Nesta report aims to ease route into business for artists

2 October 2008

The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts is boldly attempting to match-make fine art graduates and big business, in the service of stimulating innovation in industry.Nesta's latest research paper, The Art of Innovation, asks how fine arts graduates contribute to innovation. Drawing on interviews with 500 graduates from the University of the Arts, from 1950 to the present, the report discovers potential synergies between the way artists and entrepreneurs regard ...

Design Embassy to go overseas

Wed, 1 Oct 2008

The London Design Embassy is to travel overseas to bring designers together with greater numbers of foreign buyers. LDE project director Christine Losecaat is also considering making the embassy a permanent fixture in London.'A permanent embassy could be useful to telecom companies such as LG and Nokia, which are opening design studios in London,' argues Losecaat. 'We should have a healthy debate over the merits of a permanent LDE.'The UK Trade & Industry's creative ...

London hosts first Designers Saturday for 20 years

Fri, 26 Sep 2008

This weekend London will host the first Designers Saturday event for more than 20 years, with a specially commissioned poster by furniture and product design group Pearson Lloyd.

Dutch police coin it in Sagmeister raid

Thu, 25 Sep 2008

An installation created by graphic design guru Stefan Sagmeister for Droog has been confiscated by Dutch police as a ‘precautionary’ measure to safeguard the artwork from being stolen.

Szebeko wins British Council prize

25 September 2008

The British Council has awarded public service and communication design consultancy Think Public founding director Deborah Szebeko the inaugural UK Young Design Entrepreneur Award.Indian designer Siddhartha Das, director of Siddhartha and Spaced Out Productions, takes the International Young Design Entrepreneur Award, worth £7500, which will help fund a collaborative project with the council.Szebeko, who was presented with her award by Studio Conran managing director Sebastian ...

Design brings £100m Kings Place to fruition

18 September 2008

The much anticipated £100m London arts and music venue Kings Place opens officially to the public this week, the culmination of a raft of interiors, signage, branding and environmental design projects.The development, which lies in the heart of one of London's largest regeneration sites, will house the capital's first purpose-built concert hall since 1982, as well as two galleries, sculpture courts, cafés, restaurants and office space.Branding for the venue, created by ...

Flamboyant’ London club opens next month

Mon, 22 Sep 2008

‘Luxury, flamboyance and a touch of humour’ are to be the buzzwords at London’s latest luxury members’ club Molton House, when it opens its doors next month.

London Design Medal for Newson

Thu, 18 Sep 2008

Industrial designer Marc Newson is the winner of the London Design Festival’s second London Design Medal.

Fringe shows take limelight

18 September 2008

Though 100% Design is still expected to be one of the key attractions at this year's sixth London Design Festival, top names within the industry have created a raft of alternative events, installations and exhibitions across the capital.Building on the success of last year's installations by architects and product designers Zaha Hadid and Amanda Levete, David Adjaye's undulating tulipwood pavilion Sclera, for Size & Matter, is set to take centre stage on the South Bank, ...

Network Rail to unveil £600m Birmingham New Street design

Wed, 17 Sep 2008

Network Rail is to unveil detailed plans for the £600m redevelopment of Birmingham New Street station tomorrow.

Transport for London launches furniture range

Wed, 17 Sep 2008

Transport for London today launches a range of furniture upholstered in its iconic public transport fabrics, what it claims is a first for a museum.Mopping up waste from the Tramlink and Overground projects was a main driver to the range's creation, says TfL head of trading Michael Walton.He expects the products, which employ TfL fabric used for seating on buses, tubes, trains and trams, will do well in the home and hotel markets.Fabric left over from the furniture ...

Creativity is our USP, says Mandelson

Tue, 16 Sep 2008

The role of design in creating a knowledge economy looks set to be a focus of this year’s London Design Festival, as set out in EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson’s inaugural address last night.

Designers donate one-offs to Royal Brompton fundraiser

11 September 2008

Some of the biggest names in design are collaborating to create a series of one-off pieces that will be sold at auction house Christie's, to raise money for the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust.The event has been organised by journalist Amanda Talbot and her partner Ollie Heath, who recently underwent a life-saving heart operation at the Royal Brompton Hospital.Entitled Heart and Design, the event is hoping to attract audiences from the London Design Festival and ...

Government makes design central to manufacturing strategy

11 September 2008

The Government is looking to knowledge assets, including design, software and brand building to improve the global competitiveness of UK manufacturers.Its manufacturing strategy – New Challenges, New Opportunities – set out earlier this week by the Department for Business and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, outlines plans to improve perceptions of the manufacturing sector, and aims to place the UK as a forerunner in the development of low-carbon ...

Universities shouldn't be undermining design groups

11 September 2008

In a response to Tony Robotham's letter, published in Design Week on 21 August, 19 signatories argue that we must stop academic institutions offering reduced-price design services and undercutting local groupsTony Robotham's letter supporting university consultancies ignores the fact that many commercial product design consultancies' existence depends on their small businesses clients. The design industry has an unsurpassed track record in adding value to micro-businesses and companies ...

Exhibiting talent

100% Design

What do an award-winning graduate, a Cornish furniture company and a pair of Norwegian designers have in common? They’re all exhibiting at 100% Design. Trish Lorenz profiles three of this year’s most intriging entrants

Product design calls on universities to stop undermining them

Wed, 10 Sep 2008

The Design Council concurs with product designers that universities that offer commercial product design services must clearly define their offer if the reputation of design is not to suffer.In a letter published today in Design Week, product designers signal their growing impatience with higher education providers running consultancies.Signed by 19 designers from across the UK, the letter argues that some academic institutions are undercutting design professionals ...

Street art bonanza at Phillips de Pury auction

Mon, 8 Sep 2008

Despite a recession looming, contemporary design and art at auction continues to do well.

YouGov panellist wins car

Fri, 5 Sep 2008

Research specialist YouGovCentaur LLP has named creative panel member Rob Spicer as the winner of its latest prize draw.

July 7 survivor Hicks sells off Olympic treadmill

Thu, 4 Sep 2008

Revival of the fittest

4 September 2008

Companies frequently draw on their heritage and revisit archive designs.But as Claire Dowdy discovers, old doesn’t have to mean old-fashioned

ICAD celebrates jubilee with eco book

Tue, 2 Sep 2008

Ireland’s Institute of Creative Advertising and Design kicks off its golden jubilee year celebrations this Thursday with the launch of a showcase book of the best of Irish design talent from the past five years.

BCFA creates code of best practice

Fri, 29 Aug 2008

The British Contract Furnishing & Design Association is aiming to set a benchmark in environmental standards with a new code of best practice.

Boom in airport retail spend and design

21 August 2008

Vauxhall boosts arts initiative

Tue, 19 Aug 2008

General Motors is to push the ‘design and style’ values of its car brand Vauxhall, increasing investment in its creative commissions programme.

First class cabin redesign for British Airways

Fri, 15 Aug 2008

Tangerine and Forpeople are redesigning British Airways’ first class cabins, in collaboration with the airline’s in-house team.

London design festival goes sustainable

7 August 2008

This year's London Design Festival will host a creative space that will reach out to the design community, its clients and the wider political arena on the key issues around the role of design in sustainability.It is the first time that the LDF has hosted a major dedicated sustainable design event, backed by such a breadth of industry, political, academic and client supporters, according to an LDF spokesperson. Greengaged will be held on weekdays throughout the festival, which ...

British Council in restructuring U-turn

Fri, 25 Jul 2008

The British Council will announce later today that it is to abandon its restructuring proposals put forward earlier this year, and almost double its global arts budget.

Oxford Airport takes off with new branding and interiors

Tue, 22 Jul 2008

Strategic Fusion is putting the finishing touches to a branding and interiors project for Oxford Airport this week, ahead of its launch at the end of this month.

British Council hunts design entrepreneurs

Thu, 17 Jul 2008

The British Council is launching a UK Young Design Entrepreneur award.

Design fails to shine in Queen’s Awards for Enterprise

Tue, 15 Jul 2008

Only nine companies connected to the design, architecture and interiors industries were given an award at last night’s 2008 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise prize evening.

Incahoots updates Kelly Hoppen website

Mon, 14 Jul 2008

UK designer Kelly Hoppen is relaunching her website today, following an overhaul by design consultancy Incahoots.

Cardiff Design Festival opts for private sponsorship

Fri, 11 Jul 2008

The Cardiff Design Festival is introducing a private sponsorship scheme to help ensure longevity and financial continuity of the annual regional event.

David Irwin scoops One Year On award

Thu, 10 Jul 2008

Stelton design vacuum cup

10 July 2008

Stelton has designed a vacuum cup that allows users to drink from any angle while its 'rocker-stopper' lid stops the drink from spilling. The sealed To Go cup can be sipped from 360º around the rim as though there were no top to the stainless steel and plastic vessel. It is being sold by Stelton as a product that allows people to drink the same way they would from an ordinary cup, as 'no side is the right side'.

Thomas Lyte award shortlist announced

Tue, 8 Jul 2008

The Crafts Council has announced the nine finalists for the first Thomas Lyte Modern Heritage Award.

Robot bartender at Selfridges

Thu, 3 Jul 2008

A robotic bartender took to the floor of Selfridges in London yesterday, ahead of a tour of the country.

New chief at Design Academy Eindhoven

Mon, 30 Jun 2008

Design Academy Eindhoven’s chairwoman, Lidewij Edelkoort, is to stand down in the autumn, after ten years at the helm of the Dutch institution.

Vitra revitalises website

Thu, 26 Jun 2008

Digital consultancy De-construct has created a new-look website for furniture design company Vitra.

Kin creates Wimbledon tennis installation for IBM

26 June 2008

New Blood sought at Earls Court

Mon, 23 Jun 2008

D&AD’s international graduate recruitment show New Blood kicks off tonight at Earls Court, London SW5.

BBC unveils memorial to journalists killed in action

Mon, 16 Jun 2008

A light sculpture, dedicated to the memory of journalists and news staff killed in the line of duty, is being unveiled tonight in London by the BBC.

Transport for London updates seat textile designs

Thu, 12 Jun 2008

Transport for London today unveils new textile designs for seating on trains and trams, created by textile design duo Wallace Sewell.

Softroom

5 June 2008

Softroom's first bridge project, the 20m Leeds Liverpool Canal Pennington Road Footbridge, has been granted planning permission by Sefton Council. The bridge form follows a typology of canal bridges, with a sustainable timber structure, and will restore a safe pedestrian link between new housing and the town centre. The structure is conceived as a pair of deep rectangular glulam beams placed within the balustrade zone of the bridge, fixed at the straight ramp sides in order to keep the ...

Fallon unveils new London HQ

Mon, 2 Jun 2008

Fallon, the advertising giant behind the Cadbury gorilla, today unveils a new headquarters shaped by Universal Design Studio.

Brand new Top 100 design rankings published

Wed, 28 May 2008

Last year was a buoyant period for UK design, according to the findings of Design Week’s 2008 Top 100 survey. During 2007, overall fee-income was up 12 per cent to a collective £375m for consultancies ranked in the Top 100, with a high proportion anticipa

Design Skills Alliance without funding

Wed, 21 May 2008

The Design Council remains without Government or private funding for the UK Design Skills Alliance, two months after announcing its joint initiative with Creative & Cultural Skills.

In the public domain

15 May 2008

It has a mixed reputation, but public art has found favour with designers who are keen to use its interactive potential, says Emma Germain

Design will see us through the downturn, says Sorrell

Mon, 12 May 2008

Sir John Sorrell is promoting design as a force for good that will see the UK through the economic downturn it currently faces.

London On Tap targets restaurants with carafe contest

8 May 2008

If you have ever felt embarrassed asking for a glass of tap water in a restaurant, don't worry, you are not alone. Up to one in five of us are too nervous to request tap water in restaurants, hotels and bars, according to the National Consumer Council.But as part of its London On Tap campaign, Thames Water is hoping to take the stigma out of ordering tap water by enlisting the help of designers to create a restaurant-quality carafe.'We are asking restaurants to slightly ...

First awards of Design Guild Mark for furniture

Thu, 1 May 2008

Luke Pearson, Tom Lloyd, Matthew Hilton and Tim Wallace are just some of the well-known names among the furniture designers who have been awarded the first Design Guild Mark for Excellence in British Furniture Design.

Bombay Sapphire Glass Prize show goes on tour

Thu, 24 Apr 2008

The Bombay Sapphire Glass Prize exhibition goes on tour this week, following an unprecedented double award at last week’s furniture fair in Milan.

National Gallery and Eurostar bring art to St Pancras

Tue, 22 Apr 2008

An interactive digital art gallery for rail travellers is launching today at the new St Pancras International station in London.

What rate should you be paid?

Sat, 19 Apr 2008

The demand for senior and digital talent has never been stronger. But reduced client budgets are starting to impact on salary levels and recruitment strategies, threatening to stall the freelance sector while promising better packages for permanent staff.

News in pictures

17 April 2008

Zaha Hadid Architects has created furniture and lighting pieces for Swarovski, Vitra, B&B Italia and Sawaya & Moroni.

Design Icons lectures kick off

Tue, 15 Apr 2008

The Design Museum’s Design Icons lecture series, supported by Harrods, kicks off in London’s Knightsbridge this evening.

RSA takes Design Directions scheme into health arena

10 April 2008

Do designers enjoy humiliating people who try to give up smoking? In the 1990s everyone guffawed the inhalator into oblivion, and now we can giggle at the Divert Ring, 'a displacement activity for smokers'. It is a big, personalised ring, featuring anti-smoking messages from your loved ones. Well, at least it's not a teething-style device.The Ring is one of more than 40 winning entries from this year's Royal Society of Arts' Design Directions competition. As such, it is unlikely ...

Science Museum Dares to be different

3 April 2008

A Science Museum exhibition is aiming to make technological design more appealing through the use of Eagle comic-book character Dan Dare.Opening this month, Dan Dare And The Birth Of Hi-tech Britain has been devised by the museum's team, including creative director Tim Molloy, head of graphic design Lyn Modaberi and graphic designer Mark Thornicroft, with Andy Feast as 3D consultant.Aiming to illustrate why the UK retains an important global presence in design today, the ...

Plans unveiled for Dyson design school

3 April 2008

Dyson has talked to Design Week about its plans for a design school, following Bath Council's surprise decision to green light the project last month.Although it is yet to receive the final go-ahead from Government, Dyson is unveiling details of the curriculum, layout and management of the school in the wake of the local council's decision to grant it planning permission.Open-plan labs and hi-tech studios would accommodate 'teams' of students, Dyson tells Design Week. Students ...

James Dyson unveils his design school

Wed, 2 Apr 2008

As James Dyson forges ahead with his design innovation school following approval by the local council, Emily Pacey looks at the ideas behind it

Beda lobbies Europe to fund design

27 March 2008

The Bureau of European Design Associations is lobbying the European Commission to encourage European Union member states to invest a percentage of their annual GDP in design.

Innovation minister hints at NHS plan for design

13 March 2008

Minister for Innovation Ian Pearson is pledging his support for the design industry, following the release of the Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills' White Paper, Innovation Nation.

Whirlpool Europe

13 March 2008

Whirlpool Europe has unveiled its Green kitchen concept, based on sustainable principles. Devised by head of global consumer design at Whirlpool Alessandro Finetto and an in-house team, it features high-efficiency appliances, and a co-generation domestic electricity system that can produce hot water and electricity simultaneously. Key design features include heat generated by the fridge compressor which can be used to produce hot water for the dishwasher, while sensors measure the level ...

Design salaries under the spotlight

Tue, 18 Mar 2008

Creative, management and digital salaries will all come under the spotlight in Design Week’s annual survey out tomorrow.

Acid backs IP petition

Mon, 17 Mar 2008

A new petition by Ralph Capper Interiors to extend the rights of designers will help their intellectual property rights to be taken seriously by Government, says lobbying group Anti Copying in Design.

DIUS to unveil Government innovation strategy

Thu, 13 Mar 2008

The Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills is set to publish its innovation strategy today.

Frayling to quit RCA rectorship

Tue, 11 Mar 2008

Media Square shares tumble

Fri, 7 Mar 2008

The share price of beleaguered marketing and communications group Media Square dropped 14 per cent yesterday following revelations by its executive chairman, Roger Parry, that the AIM-listed company was held together with ‘string and Blu-Tack’ before he j

Design Week Awards podcast goes live

Thu, 6 Mar 2008

Design Week Award winners were queuing to be featured on our awards podcast on Tuesday at the London Hilton, Park Lane.

Andrée Putman and Jaime Hayon

28 February 2008

Designers Andrée Putman and Jaime Hayon are collaborating with Italian glass mosaic brand Bisazza to create two furniture and accessories installations at Superstudio Più, at the Milan furniture fair in April. They have worked with the Bisazza Design Studio, a team of young designers directed by architect Carlo Dal Bianco, since 2004.

Marc Newson exposed by BBC

Tue, 4 Mar 2008

B&B Italia moves outdoors

Tue, 4 Mar 2008

B&B Italia unveils its first outdoor collection in its newly designed and extended showroom in London’s South Kensington on Thursday.

The ultimate designer wedding

Fri, 29 Feb 2008

Eight high profile designers are collaborating on a wedding for a Finnish couple marrying today.

Art and design show Form opens at Olympia

Thu, 28 Feb 2008

Today sees the opening of the second Form show at London’s Olympia, which pitches design alongside contemporary art.

Merger of specialists to create Arts University Cornwall

21 February 2008

The South West region is a step closer to having a specialist arts university with the news that University College Falmouth and Dartington College are to merge.The merger in April between the renowned design, graphics and media school, and the music, theatre and dance institution, will pave the way for the new specialist Arts University Cornwall by 2012, says University College Falmouth principal Alan Livingston (pictured).Livingston explains that Dartington's need to ...

Amanda Levete's solo show under review

14 February 2008

For the French cultural theorist Gaston Bachelard, every interior corner was the 'very germ of a room, of a house'. In Around the Corner, her first solo furniture exhibition, Amanda Levete seeks to re-angle these unused spaces with a collection of four limited edition pieces designed to de-corner the corner with a fluid, planed organic symmetry. Here she has created North, South, East and West - a bench, a table, a console and a set of shelves - which, she says, are 'specifically designed ...

Profile

14 February 2008

Interior designer Marta Nowicka has overcome personal tragedy, rebuilt her career and become a property developer. Pamela Buxton talks to her about reinhabiting spaces, ideal projects and car-park aesthetics

Hot fifty - Apple

14 February 2008

If design head Jonathan Ive's proven creative prowess isn't enough, the launch of the iPhone last autumn guarantees Apple a place among the 2008 Hot 50. Its touch-screen technology has changed the way in which we expect to communicate, and brought new hand gestures into international sign language.The early models of the iPhone are not without their problems, and the West Coast company has been accused of cynicism in the way it dropped the price dramatically a couple of months ...

Hot fifty - Beck's Fusions

14 February 2008

Public music events aren't new, but the concept behind Beck's Fusions takes them into a different dimension. The brainchild of lager brand Beck's and London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, this series of multimedia events, held in a temporary performance pod during September last year, combined music with visual art at prominent venues across the UK and Ireland.

Hot Fifty - Blogging

14 February 2008

There are times when a phenomenon, rather than a person or organisation, merits a mention for the influence it exerts on design and related creative media. One such phenomenon is blogging, the vogue for running Internet diaries that encourage comment and criticism from anyone who happens by.

Hot fifty - Gordon Brown

14 February 2008

Controversy surrounds Gordon Brown's Government as we go to press, but design still has much to thank the Prime Minister for.

Hot fifty - Sheridan Coakley

14 February 2008

Sheridan Coakley has long been a champion of great design. Through his SCP stores he has promoted and commissioned largely British or UK-trained furniture and accessories designers, creating a number of modern classics in the process.

Hot fifty - Comme des Garçons

14 February 2008

Last December, fashion brand Comme des Garçons delighted the Mayfair set with a guerrilla store in London's Burlington Arcade to promote the launch of its Comme des Garçons 8 88 perfume.

Hot fifty - Professor Martin Darbyshire

14 February 2008

While he glories in the title of professor, Martin Darbyshire is a practising product designer and also chief executive of seminal London design consultancy Tangerine.

Hot fifty - Tom Dixon

14 February 2008

If an overseas design aficionado was asked to put a face on British design, you can guarantee that Tom Dixon would be in the running.

Hot fifty - The Drawbridge

14 February 2008

In this age of on-line blogs, it is refreshing to see an independent magazine that gives good copy on a mix of cultural and social issues and blends it with great art direction.

Hot fifty - Martino Gamper

14 February 2008

The highly inventive designer Martino Gamper has a wonderfully mixed background, which shows through in his eclectic work. This was evident in the exhibition A 100 chairs for 100 days, which was held in London last autumn to coincide with the publication of his book, which bears the same title. For the show he made a chair a day in a bid to make 100 chairs in 100 days.

Hot fifty - Helen Hamlyn Centre

14 February 2008

It is often hard for an organisation to redefine itself once it is established. This is particularly the case in academia, where habits tend to stick more easily than they do in the commercial world and change can be slow.

Hot fifty - Gary Hustwit

14 February 2008

It is rare for design of any kind to make it on to the entertainments circuit, let alone a specialist area such as typography. But the documentary Helvetica, directed by Gary Hustwit, had showings in several major cities across the world, not least at Oxford's BritDoc festival and London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, and even made it on to national TV in the UK.

Hot fifty - Nick Jones

14 February 2008

Members' club supremo Nick Jones has long catered for the creative community at work and play, with venues such as Soho House in London and New York, Electric House in west London and a 'country hotel', Babington House near Frome in Somerset.

Hot fifty - Land Securities

14 February 2008

For the second year running, property developer Land Securities has made it into the Hot 50. It is here again for the consistency of its design management process and commitment to great creativity, of which there has been even greater evidence over the past 12 months.

Hot fifty - Robin Levien

14 February 2008

Robin Levien has long been acknowledged as an expert in industrial ceramics. His taps and toilets are legendary, particularly for UK bathrooms company Ideal Standard, for which he became non-executive design director in 2003.

Hot fifty - John McAslan Family Trust

14 February 2008

Architect John McAslan is behind the John McAslan Family Trust, which supports projects largely relating to young people in the arts and education, as well as film, TV, music, dance, drama and sport.

Hot fifty - Sophie Murray and Jane Wood

14 February 2008

It is rare to see a mother and daughter combination featuring in a listing such as this. But in this instance it is justified, given that both were involved in commissioning Thomas Heatherwick's first building in the UK - the East Beach Café at Littlehampton on the South Coast.

Hot fifty - Nokia

14 February 2008

In February, Nokia finally opened its long-awaited flagship store, designed by Eight Inc, in London's Regent Street, after some three months' delay. But you have to applaud the Finnish telecoms giant for its plans to take the West End by storm and consolidate its UK design team at the new central London offices.

Hot fifty - Royal College of Art

14 February 2008

The Royal College of Art hasn't made it into the Hot 50 previously. Its high-profile rector Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, now also chairman of the beleaguered Arts Council, made the listing when he was chairman of the Design Council, and its inclusive design arm, the Helen Hamlyn Centre, features this year . But though it fulfils its remit admirably, the London postgraduate art and design college wasn't deemed to have gone beyond the brief before.

Hot fifty - At Six Cities Design Festival

14 February 2008

Organisers of Scotland's Six Cities Design Festival are still considering how to take the venture forward, but they should be applauded on what they achieved first time round. It ran from 17 May to 3 June 2007 and the programme included a host of business, design and learning activities as well as public events.

Hot fifty - Sir John Sorrell

14 February 2008

If a knighthood doesn't qualify you for a place in the Hot 50, it would be difficult to know what does. An award in the New Year's Honours List therefore puts Sir John Sorrell here as an untiring champion of design.

Hot fifty - Peter Spence

14 February 2008

Peter Spence is an unlikely champion of design. But the former business advisor set up the South Coast Design Forum in May 2006 as a response to local designers who had moved out of London for family and other reasons, but missed the buzz of the capital.

Hot fifty - Michael Thomson

14 February 2008

Regular conference-goers in design will be aware of Michael Thomson. The self-effacing Irishman may seem an unlikely champion of design, but for years he has battled on the international scene to gain greater recognition for design among European governments.

Hot fifty - Thorsten van Elten

14 February 2008

Promoting emerging talent can be a thankless task - and not always commercially successful. This has been the experience of Thorsten van Elten, who closed his wonderfully quirky London shop in January to promote independent designers in a different way.

Hot fifty - Wally Yachts

14 February 2008

If you ask any sailing fanatic to name the best in yacht design, chances are they'll cite Wally Yachts.

Sedley Place’s school chair proves popular

Mon, 18 Feb 2008

Following the launch of the untippable Max chair last month, design consultancy Sedley Place has announced that it will be developing a complete school range.

Ode to cologne

31 January 2008

Henrietta Thompson rather enjoys the work on display at the Cologne furniture fair, but what impresses her most are the organiser’s neat touches. Meanwhile, Natasha Edwards samples what the rapidly evolving Paris fair scene has to offer

Stockholm design fairs launch

Tue, 5 Feb 2008

The Stockholm Furniture Fair and Northern Light Fair begin tomorrow, showcasing the work of hundreds of Nordic, German and Italian furniture and lighting designers.

Collect kicks off at V&A

Fri, 25 Jan 2008

Contemporary craft collectors will descend on London’s Victoria & Albert museum this weekend as the Craft Council’s annual fair, Collect, opens today.

Head to Houston for design this weekend

Fri, 25 Jan 2008

Houston, Texas will be the hub of design activity this weekend as two exhibitions open in the city on Saturday.

Leicester Square plan sparks design harvest

Wed, 16 Jan 2008

Turkey's turn

10 January 2008

Best known for its traditional Islamic and Ottoman designs, Turkey is emerging as the nation to watch for its approach to more contemporary creations, reports Sarah Verdone

Liverpool John Lennon Airport branding takes off

Mon, 7 Jan 2008

Liverpool John Lennon Airport will officially unveil its £1.6m design and branding enhancements tomorrow, designed by Broome Jenkins.

Hong Kong design show kicks off

Mon, 10 Dec 2007

Prouvé show opens in London

Thu, 6 Dec 2007

An exhibition exploring the work of French designer Jean Prouvé opens at the Design Museum tomorrow (7 December).

Herman Miller gets stateof-the-art London showroom

22 November 2007

Iconic US furniture brand Herman Miller is creating a new state-of-the-art showroom in London’s Aldwych, due to open in February 2008. Specialising in designs for the modern workplace, the furniture manufacturer is working in conjunction with designers Forme Partnership, to build the ambitious, 1000m2 multifunctional showroom space, known as its ‘National Design Centre, London’.

Harrods furniture department

22 November 2007

Harrods furniture department plays host to the launch of international furniture manufacturer Theodore Alexander’s Hermitage collection. Based on the furniture in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia, the collection comprises 200 pieces created by the company’s founder, Paul Maitland Smith, and creative director, Anthony Cox.

Glancy lights up Seven Dials

Tue, 20 Nov 2007

The Christmas lights at Seven Dials in London’s Covent Garden were unveiled last night, designed by James Glancy, whose best known work is the giant plug and socket on Ganton Street in London’s Soho.

Marneur wins Linbury Prize

Fri, 16 Nov 2007

Garance Marneur has won the Linbury Biennial Prize for Stage Design 2007 for her design for the forthcoming production of Bertolt Brecht’s Turandot, at Hampstead Theatre.

Architects support auction for Maggies

Tue, 13 Nov 2007

Contract furniture brand Coexistence is to hold a charity auction in aid of Maggie’s Cancer Caring centres this evening, in London.

Back On Track

13 September 2007

Ercol is a great British furniture company on the brink of a revival. Henrietta Thompson finds this is one manufacturer that can still ‘make ‘em like they used to’, but, despite support from contemporary designers, will it succeed?

Products: Furniture

13 September 2007

The geek chic that has been so prevalent in fashion circles lately has crossed over into the furniture world. Suddenly interiors are becoming decidedly square

Project 3: 2nd Cycle

13 September 2007

Dover Street Market is one of the most eclectic fashion boutiques in London’s W1 postcode.

Stuck in the past

30 August 2007

Strong national identities and an overbearing respect for their heritage is stifling the creativity of emerging northern European designers. Trish Lorenz talks to leading figures concerned about the future of Scandinavian design

Profile: Eric Jourdan

30 August 2007

French furniture designer Eric Jourdan's pieces combine extreme simplicity with a touch of pop vibrancy. Dominic Lutyens catches up with the modest star as he's branching out into signage - and dreams of designing a car

Travelodge 'pods' target Glasto market

16 August 2007

For festival-goers, roughing it may soon be a thing of the past, as Travelodge launches prototype mobile hotel rooms, known as Travelpods (pictured).The budget hotel chain has teamed up with marketing company Anthem to devise the Travelpod concept and bring luxury camping to the masses for a trial price of £26 a night.The 6m by 6.4m clear polycarbonate box will be delivered to sites, complete with luxury double beds, en-suite bathroom, heating, air conditioning and a flat-screen ...

News in Pictures

16 August 2007

Red Design has completed work for Paul Steel's new single Your Loss and the forthcoming album Moon Rock.

News in Pictures

2 August 2007

Specialist arts design group Design United Worldwide has designed Tokyo Tales, an account of artist Stella Whalley's journey through the seedy underbelly of Tokyo life, with a mix of photography and Manga-style imagery.

Profile: James Harrison

26 July 2007

Success came early for furniture designer James Harrison, courtesy of a deal with Habitat, but he retains the pragmatism and level-headedness he learned while growing up on a farm, says Max Fraser

News in Pictures

19 July 2007

Terence Conran unveiled an 'English' collection for Royal Doulton this week. The kitchen and tableware range was inspired by Conran's early visits to old country houses.

Case study 3: Alila Cha-Am

19 July 2007

The essence of Thai culture is timeless, and a Thai beach resort should be more than coconut trees and thatched roofs. So, we decided on a different approach that will be Thai, exquisite and contemporary, all at the same time. However, we were also determ

Case study 5: Life Salon - Insurance bank concepts, Tokyo, Japan

19 July 2007

To create retail prototypes for a new type of ‘insurance bank’ in Japan, where insurance transactions have traditionally been handled by sales staff. Insurance is ‘deposited’ rather than sold and consumers expect a ‘clinic’ they can consult whenever they

News in Pictures

12 July 2007

Haçienda 25 The Exhibition has been created by Igloo Design and curated by Andy Brydon. It takes place at Urbis, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester, from 19 July until 17 February 2008.

News in Pictures

21 June 2007

Wayne Charmer, who specialises in producing handmade glass, has designed a collection of plates, coasters and bowls inspired by the sun and the cosmos, for the National Maritime Museum in London's Greenwich.

The Surface

Wed, 30 May 2007

Primary appeal

3 May 2007

In search of that cutting-edge sofa or some retro-inspired ergonomic chairs for the office? Design Week offers a sneak preview of what to look out for this year at London's office interiors show, Design Prima

Sprout and PLI go Green with Playstation chair

26 April 2007

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has come up with an inventive way to reuse discarded Playstation consoles, as a result of collaboration with furniture manufacturer PLI Design and sustainable consultancy Sprout Design.A stackable chair called Recycled Plastic Chair Number Two, or RPC2, designed by Sprout, uses post-consumer polycarbonate plastic found in PS consoles as its main component. It launches on 10 MayPLI founder Christopher Pett explains he had the idea after ...

News in Pictures

19 April 2007

Italian lighting manufacturer Foscarini unveils its latest product line-up at the Milan furniture fair this week, including Wagashi, a design by Luca Nichetto and Massimo Gardone

Ideal home show

5 April 2007

This year's celebration of furniture design in Milan showcases work by famous names as well as rising stars, and looks at how projects from previous exhibitions have fared over the past decade. Here, we take an early look at what's new and what's odd

Established gears up for Milan

Mon, 26 Mar 2007

Established & Sons has brought in industrial designer Sam Hecht and product design duo Klauser & Carpenter to bolster its offering at this year’s Milan Furniture Fair.

Disney plush

8 March 2007

Brazilian design duo the Campana brothers have built their reputation upon their ability to transform everyday objects into individual pieces. Working with unexpected combinations of found materials, they create products like the Favela chair, which, constructed piece by piece from the same wood used to build the Favela slums surrounding their São Paulo home, combines high style with light political comment. Their most recent creation, a collaboration with Disney, goes on show in London ...

The Isos Collection...

1 March 2007

The Isos Collection launches a series of new products for 2007, including new lighting designs from Tomoko Azumi and Conscious Forms. Azumi's piece, Millefeuille (pictured), uses crumpled pieces of paper to transform cold fluorescent light into a diffused warm glow. The collection also features furniture designs from Mark Gabbertas; Greta - a new sideboard from &Made - with gloss lacquered legs cutting through a chestnut finish; and a range of digitally cut felt rugs from Massimo Fenati.

News in Pictures

15 February 2007

Family Ties: Dreams & Desires, by animator Joanna Quinn, is one of a number of films featured in Birds Eye View, a showcase of work by women filmmakers

Profile

8 February 2007

Omnipresent design talent Marcel Wanders made his name with furtniture, but has since branched into architecture and interiors. John Stones asks him about anti-Modernism, extravagance and Dutch aesthetics

Good old Billy

8 February 2007

Branding may dominate the creative headlines, but it's design and manufacturing basics that have made Ikea's founder richer than Bill Gates

The Dart structure

1 February 2007

The Dart structure, a stool with a gas-operated piston designed by Luca Nichetto, is one of the novelties to be presented by Italian furniture company Kristalia at this year's Milan furniture fair, Salone del Mobile.

Natuzzi relaunch for leather store

Fri, 26 Jan 2007

The opening of the first Natuzzi flagship store on London's Finchley Road in April, will be bolstered by ambitious expansion plans, following the rebrand of Kingdom of Leather.

News in Pictures

18 January 2007

Brighton consultancy Tonne has designed a series of graphics for this week's New Scientist magazine illustrating the concepts of 'solidified light'.

Hadid unveils seamless collection

7 December 2006

Architect Zaha Hadid has designed a collection of limited edition furniture, which will be sold to private collectors, galleries and museums. Entitled Seamless, the organic form furniture will be exhibited at the New York headquarters of Phillips de Pury & Company until 15 December. After the show, unsold pieces will go on sale through Established & Sons, which produced the furniture.

The third Design Mais

23 November 2006

The third Design Mais, an exhibition focusing on Portuguese design, launches in London this week. Greenwich Village at Selfridges, Rabih Hage's gallery space in King's Cross, Thorsten Van Elten and Viaduct will showcase a variety of products ranging from ceramics, glass, furniture and lighting during November and December. The Selfridges component has a strong historical influence; Rabih Hage focuses on designs that unite traditional crafts with contemporary aesthetics; Van Elten takes ...

David Adjaye unveils line of limited edition furniture

Thu, 23 Nov 2006

Architect David Adjaye is to launch his first range of furniture, it has emerged this week, with a series of limited edition benches and seating products to go on sale in January.According to an Albion Gallery spokeswoman, the pieces are modular and can only be bought in a series of two or more, as each piece supports the other. Each product will be a limited edition of between 50 and 100 units.The products will be on show at London gallery Albion from 16 January and Adjaye ...

Rudge confirms tie-up with MacDonald

16 November 2006