Young Design Centre opens
The Sorrell Foundation Young Design Centre opens at Somerset House in London today. The centre is designed to highlight the wants and needs of young people from the designers of
RCA student show at Yard
An exhibition exploring the ‘realities of contemporary life that architects and designers usually ignore’ opens at the Architecture Foundation’s Yard Gallery in London tomorrow. Don’t Panic will present a range
Dew Gibbons boosts its design team
Dew Gibbons has expanded its creative team with the addition of Nick Vaus, a former freelance designer, to the position of design director. Prior to freelancing for the past three
The Surface
The Surface, a coffee table-mounted touchscreen PC for retail and leisure customers, has been launched today by Microsoft. The wireless-enabled computer, which runs Microsoft Vista and has a 30-inch display
£5.8m RCA and Imperial centre
The Royal College of Art and Imperial College London have finally unveiled their plans to create a £5.8m joint interdisciplinary innovation centre called Design London. In what is being hailed
Cutty Sark blaze to become part of show
The fire at the Cutty Sark could be designed into the history of the ship in the form of interactive installations added to its planned permanent exhibition space in London’s
Fees up 10% in latest Top 100 survey
Optimism has returned to design with fees up and prospects looking good for consultancies ranked in Design Week’s 2007 Top 100. Imagination continues to hold top slot with collective fees
Northwest RDA puts out tender for design panel
The North West of England is to receive a creative boost following a decision by the Northwest Regional Development Agency to form a design panel. This panel will aim to
US potential leads Poke to set up NY studio
Interactive design group Poke is embarking on an ambitious foray into the US digital market with the appointment of two partners to run its new studio in New York. Poke
Science Museum plans £64m site
The Science Museum is readying plans to turn a series of former aircraft hangars full of archived objects into a £64m national museum called Inspired that will open in 2010.
Ravensbourne College plans move to Greenwich
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication has unveiled plans to relocate to a purpose-built environment designed by Foreign Office Architects in the £5bn Greenwich Peninsula development in south-east London. Planning
Lippincott Mercer appoints three new partners
Lippincott Mercer has added to its management team in London again with the appointment of Tom Farrand, former director and global head of innovation at Added Value, to the position
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