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Morrisons to launch online shopping offer
The supermarket is to launch an online grocery website which will allow customers to shop for home deliveries.
Waitrose introduces concierge desks in store redesign
Flower and gift wrapping services will be offered alongside ordering from in-store tablets.
Lee Broom designs 'magical' Christian Louboutin store for Harrods
Lee Broom has aimed to create a ‘magical space’ for the French luxury shoe designer.
Latest Opportunities
Kingston to appoint design framework
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is dishing out branding and digital lots worth between £300,000 and £1,000,000.
Exhibition designer sought for Scottish National Museum of Flight
The museum is seeking an exhibition design consultancy to work on the refurbishment of its Hangars 2 and 3.
Interiors group sought for £32m Buxton Crescent luxury hotel
The development will feature a 79-room hotel, spa and visitors’ centre.
ANALYSIS
Does Windows Blue spell a U-turn for Windows 8?
We look at five classic cases of retracting new brands alongside the Microsoft case.
How to design banknotes
With both a new £5 note and a new $100 bill being released, we look at how to reconcile design features with security.
Creative barcodes from the past 40 years
To mark the barcode’s 40th birthday, we look at some of the most creative uses of the black-and-white lines.
EDITOR'S CHOICE
The Designers Republic goes down under
A retrospective exhibition is opening in Melbourne - plus a film is being made about TDR.
How limitations catalyse creativity
Illustrator and artist Phil Hansen certainly knows a thing or two about creative ways to overcome adversity.
Kenneth Grange is knighted
The Intercity 125 and TX1 London Taxi designer is recognised in the New Year Honours List.
Design Week Creative Survey 2012
What is creativity?
Creative leads at the three chart-topping Creative Survey consultancies tell us what creativity means to them.
The client’s guide to commissioning creativity
Ten top tips from the British Heart Foundation’s Louise Kyme.
VOXPOP
What's the point of art school?
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design has been running a series of events under the banner ‘What’s the Point of Art School.’ What do you think is the point of art school?
What do you do in your spare time?
With a new exhibition showing personal projects from creatives, we find out what designers get up to in their spare time.
What one thing do you wish you'd known when you started your consultancy?
New book One Thing I Know provides advice for young creative entrepreneurs. What one thing do you wish you’d known when you started your consultancy?
WHAT'S ON
Chelsea Flower Show
An annual horticultural highlight, the Chelsea Flower Show kicks off on 21 May, for its centenary edition.
A Celebration of Underappreciated London Buildings
A new Design Museum show uncovers London’s lesser known architecture.
EDITOR'S VIEW
It’s time to do something about Government treatment of design
Government plans that could see design lose its individual classification are dangerous for the sector.
INDUSTRY VOICE
Discuss. Design. Develop.
In digital design, genuine collaboration between designers, developers and their clients is good for all three parties, says Brand Perfect editor Neil Ayres.
Inspired - Steve Bewick
Purple founder and creative director Steve Bewick is inspired by 1950s sci-fi films.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of exhibition design procurement
Mark Magidson, creative director of Exhibition Plus, likens the UK exhibition design procurement process to a Spaghetti Western.
