Design Week 1986-2023
Design Week closes, having championed design excellence for the past 38 years.
Design Week quiz: a look back through the ages
Have you been paying attention for the last four decades? Only one way to find out.
What will retail and experience design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, WeWantMore creative director Ruud Belmans offers his view on what retail and experience design might look like next year.
Why 2024 will be the “year of creative emergence” when it comes to AI
As part of our series on design in 2024, Mia Blume – founder of Design Dept. and Designing with AI – tells us that next year will be a “paradigm
Using VR to break outdated taboos around women’s health
Taking the form of a ‘vagina-like’ tent, INTER/her by Camille Baker uses cutting edge tech to open up conversations around issues like ovarian and cervical cancer, endometriosis, and menopause.
What will exhibition design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, Studio Arc director Lyndsey Bowditch offers her view on what exhibition design might look like next year.
What will hospitality interiors look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, Run for the Hills co-founder Anna Burles offers her view on what hospitality interior design might look like next year.
What will interactive design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, Design Bridge and Partners’ digital creative director Jessica Tan offers her view on what interactive design might look like next year.
What will packaging design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, SMAKK senior creative Ollie Ennis offers their view on what packaging design might look like next year.
What will product design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, Rodd Industrial Design’s managing director Ben Davies offers his view on what product design might look like next year.
The ten biggest branding stories of the year
Looking back on Design Week’s biggest branding stories, from two social media giants to Girlguiding, the National Portrait Gallery and Center Parcs, via the newly named Le Shuttle.
Interior Inspirations: Design Week’s favourite interior projects this month
This month’s selection includes spaces that pay homage to industrial heritage, and an opticians that uses mycelium to display its glasses.
The design business tips, thoughts and advice you needed this year
From navigating difficult client conversations to accessibility and sustainability, we look back on the best nuggets of wisdom Design Week offered over the last 12 months.
Koto creates new masterbrand for the Call of Duty franchise
The hero assets of Call of Duty’s new identity is a bespoke typeface called Hitmaker, inspired by the games roots and military heritage.
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DesignStudio revives Trivago’s “unique and charming spirit” with new identity
Hand-drawn illustrations and a “warm and inviting” tone of voice look to bring personality to the brand and encourage users to return.
Design Week’s favourite product, print and packaging stories of 2023
From luxury spirit bottles to futuristic biomaterial solutions, here are our favourite product, print and packaging stories from this year.
Five of our favourite fonts from 2023
Featuring out-there designs inspired by spherical marble forms, a stencil font that’s protest-ready, and typography to build chairs with.
Design Week’s most popular news stories of 2023
From firsts in football and festivals to Royal design stories that will go down in history, here are the ten news stories that got you reading this year.
Design industry “dividing into winners and losers,” says new financial report
Accountancy firm Moore Kingston Smith’s 2023 annual survey reveals a widening gulf between agencies achieving high margins, and those in “worst case” situations leading to redundancies.
SomeOne designs lattice-inspired identity for Graff
The new designs – including the brand’s first ever monogram – are inspired by the diamond jewellery specialist’s unique metalwork.
Why the future of publishing hinges on bold creativity
Studio Airport has been Emergence magazine’s creative partner since its inception, expanding editorial design into ambitious new territories.
Pantone reveals “youthful” but “timeless” 2024 colour of the year
In packaging and multimedia design, the colour of the year could be used to bring “a vintage vibe” to a project, according to Pantone.
Chermayeff&Geismar&Haviv creates red, white and blue identity for America250 semiquincentennial
C&G&H is behind the official designs marking 250 years of US independence on 4 July 2026.
Exploring connections between humans and nature: Inside Design Miami 2023
From illuminated sculptures to a sensorial curio booth designed to resemble a sanctuary, here are some of our favourite projects from this year’s Design Miami/ fair.
Not just expensive tables in galleries: exploring the creative value of collectible design
Gallerists, collectors, fair directors and designers on collectible design’s role in the wider industry; and why the pieces’ often-eyewatering price tags are justified.
“A world of wonder for pets” in Ragged Edge’s designs for Omlet
The new designs use tactile 3D illustrations and cute characters to “celebrate the bond between pets and people”.
Moves and changes: the latest design industry news
This month, Landor & Fitch’s rebrand drops the Fitch; senior appointments at Dragon Rouge, Athletics and Vault49 and more.
Design Week’s most popular long reads of 2023
From Twitter’s rebrand to X, to the collaborative process of designing the UK’s first gallery of South Asian culture, here are our top long reads of 2023.
Charity takes the lead in Really Good Beer Society’s new identity
The rebrand led by Derek&Eric sees “a harlequin colour palette” added to the identity, with hues relating to the name and charitable cause each beer supports.
Tracing the design legacy of Powell and Pressburger’s films
The design talents around the revered director duo are being celebrated alongside the creatives they influenced, such as iconoclastic director Derek Jarman.