Design Week
Supplements
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Counting the digits
Sustainability in focus supplement
Sustainability is growing in importance within the design world, in terms of digital design as much as any other discipline. Nat Hunter of Airside looks at the footprints left by the giants of the digital world
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Designers are getting Greener
Sustainability in focus supplement
Advances in a number of fields have increased the ways in which designers can introduce caring for the environment into their work. Lee Bazalgette of Factory Design explores the growing relationship between design and sustainability and considers what the future holds in store
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Pressing issues
Sustainability in focus supplement
Designers are increasingly realising the importance of how they use paper and specify print in the drive towards sustainable graphic design. Fiona Sibley looks at how developments in paper recycling and print technology can bring about change
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Service charge
Sustainability in focus supplement
If I had to pick two subjects guaranteed to make a stranger’s eyes glaze over, I probably couldn’t do better than pick ‘service design’ and ‘sustainability’ – try this at your next dinner party. How terribly middle class to ‘care’ about the environment and social good. Yet if, as is predicted, two billion Chinese and Indian consumers join the global middle class by 2030, we will all have to develop a healthy attitude to these contestable topics or else face the consequences.
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Sustainable discovery
Sustainability in focus supplement
As an increasing number of exhibition organisers turn to designers who can follow sustainable principles, how difficult is this in practise and is there a sufficient supply chain in place? asks Emily Pacey
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Sustainable packaging: What’s next?
Sustainability in focus supplement
Moves towards sustainable packaging designs are welcome, but more can still be done. Chris Sherwin, sustainability consultant at Dragon Rouge, says designers must not ignore their responsibilities
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Top 100 2011
Top 100 2011
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Packaging & Branding
Packaging & Branding Supplement
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Publishing in focus
Publishing In Focus Supplement
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Hot 50 2011
Hot 50 2011
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Vision 2011
Vision 2011
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Creative Survey Supplement
Creative Survey Supplement
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Rising Stars
Tue, 26 Oct 2010
Passion, vision and ambition are compulsory to make it to the top in design, and 2010’s outstanding crop of Rising Stars are in emphatic possession of all three.
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Interaction Design supplement
Interaction Design supplement
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Opinions on Interiors
Thu, 23 Sep 2010
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Anti Design Festival
Anti Design Festival Supplement
This is a unique moment in time. An amazing opportunity is being given to us. We are at the crossroads of new possibilities with key decisions to be made. Never before have so many public services been attacked simultaneously. Never before have our cultural activities been so undersupported.
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Beginners’ Guide
Sustainable Design Supplement
How can packaging designers and clients tackle environmental legislation and the economics of waste? We quiz three champions of sustainability for some answers, and ask them for their top tips
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Not an option
Sustainable Design Supplement
True sustainability may be some way off, but the business and PR benefits of a genuine ethical stance are real enough. Scott Billings assesses what impact this is having on major brands’ design strategies
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Resources
Sustainable Design Supplement
There’s no shortage of help available for designers and clients keen to up their sustainability game. Here’s Design Week’s guide to information sources, plus a calendar of upcoming Green-related events
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Sustainable Design Supplement
Sustainable Design Supplement
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TOP 100
27 May 2010
With results rattled by the recession, there’s been an unprecedented reluctance to enter our survey this year - but groups will flock back as soon as their fortunes are restored, argues Lynda Relph-Knight
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Coming full circle
Photography & Image Supplement
Many serious photographers are forsaking the instant, glossy charm of digital, returning to the subtlety and unpredictability of film, be it large-format or classic 35mm. John Stones admires the results of this backlash against manipulation and convenience.
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Ethereal beauty
Photography & Image Supplement
Success has given Richard Learoyd the chance to leave commissioned work behind and cross over into the art world. Clare Dowdy profiles a photographer experimenting with camera obscura to create stunning results
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Motion Studies
Photography & Image Supplement
Reports of still photography being dead may be premature, but the rise in video photography over the past couple of years, largely driven by technological change, is truly breathtaking. Gareth Gardner marvels at what has become possible
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Photography & Image
Photography & Image Supplement
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Pick 'n' mix
Photography & Image Supplement
There are more techniques than ever to choose from when developing your style. Yolanda Zappaterra hears how current MA students up and down the country make the most of the technologies available to them.
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Face the future
Publishing & Design Supplement
Using distinctive fonts is an effective way of enhancing a publication’s identity. As the boundaries between magazines and newspapers blur, designers are making some innovative choices, finds Anna Richardson
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Independent woman
Publishing & Design Supplement
Climbing the ladder from graduate to art director in the world of fashion magazines takes determination, self-confidence and a certain amount ofbrio - something that art director Becky Smith has in spades
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Page impression
Publishing & Design Supplement
The print publishing world continues to adapt to survive the impact of the digital revolution, despite consumers increasingly getting the information they want via the Web and other electronic sources, says Rick Poynor
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Paper talk
Publishing & Design Supplement
Design Week asked a selection of top-level art directors which recent printed publications have particularly impressed them. Here we present some of the best - and worst - in current editorial design
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Publishing & Design
Publishing & Design Supplement
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Screen test
Publishing & Design Supplement
What is the best way to adapt editorial content for electronic platforms? As publishers assess the likely impact of the Apple iPad on the reading experience, Adrian Shaughnessy listens to the professionals’ views
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Hot 50 2010
Hot 50 Supplement
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Vision 2010
Vision 2010 Supplement
For most of us, 2009 was a year best forgotten. We knew it was going to be tough, but not that tough.
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Creative Survey
Creative Survey 2009
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Rising Stars
Fri, 23 Oct 2009
Design talent can be uncovered in many ways, attending student awards or trailing degree shows being among the recognised routes to tracking rising stars. Speaking to those who are in regular contact with emerging talents, and whose job it is to keep tabs, is another.
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New Designers Selection
New Designers Selection
In previous years, Upper Street Events has run its New Designers Selection exhibition as a feature within the London Design Festival.
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100% Design Preview
100% Design Supplement
We live in challenging times. Budgets are tighter, whole swathes of work have disappeared as the property sector has collapsed and confidence has all but disappeared.
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Interaction Design
Interaction Design Supplement
One of the biggest themes of the 2009 Interaction Design supplement is the rise of the App Store, fuelled by the many applications Apple has released for its iPhone.
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Brand Communications
Brandbook Supplement
It is always a challenge to achieve branding that reflects the culture of your business or service and gives you a competitive edge over your rivals. Add to that the need to keep stakeholders in the loop and branding becomes a complex business.
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Sustainable Design
Sustainable Design Supplement
Sustainable design is not a passing fad. It is now integral to the future of the industry, particularly among the emerging talents as this year’s graduate shows will certainly reveal. It is the more established players, particularly in branding, that need to get up to speed.
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The Top 100 Consultancy Survey 2009
The Top 100 Consultancy Survey 2009
Imagination has come out in first place in DW’s 2009 Top 100 Consultancy Survey, with a total fee-income of £38.402m and a year-on-year growth in fee-income of 24 per cent.
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Retail design
Retail Supplement
The retail sector is a major consumer of design services, as well as one of the most savvy. All parts of the market, from value to luxury, and across all aspects of the sector - be it interiors, packaging or point-of-sale - understand the value of design and how it can contribute to a brand’s success.
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Prototyping & Modelling
Prototyping & Modelling Supplement
Whether it’s in electronics, packaging, luxury goods or other areas, the prototype or model forms an integral part of the designprocess.
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Photography & Image
Photography Supplement
Things are changing fast in photography. It isn’t just the impact of technology - though the onset of digital cameras has long provoked a return to simpler techniques, such as lomography.
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Professional Development
Professional Development Supplement
We know all too well about competition for work overseas or for global clients.The scenario identified by Gordon Brown on a visit to China while he was still Chancellor hasn’t changed.
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Publishing & Design
Publishing Supplement
Things are changing fast in publishing. Like other sectors it is buffeted by the rigours of recession, but it was already going through fundamental shifts with long-term implications, whatever the economic climate.
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Vision Supplement
Vision Supplement
Open a newspaper or turn on the TV and the universal headline is credit crunch. Many are, understandably, bored with this particular financial story, but there is no avoiding it and many commentators are predicting that the worst is yet to come.
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Rising Stars
Rising Stars Supplement
Any industry is only as good as the new talent coming through and design is no exception. Some of you will remember the dearth of middleweight designers in the wake of the recession of the early 1990s and the dotcom bust of 2001 - no one had had the foresight, or the projects, to bring on a new generation of designers and as work picked up building a strong team became tough.
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100% Design
100% Design
Seasoned industry watchers will be eyeing this year’s 100% Design more closely than previous events. It was schemed and costed long before the economic indicators turned nasty, and how it responds to the ever darkening news could shape the design industry for some time to come.
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New Designers Selection
New Designers Selection
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Interiors Supplement
Interiors Supplement
Welcome to the all-new Interiors magazine.
