Design Week’s guide to the 2014 degree shows
Once again it’s the time of year when fresh-faced young designers from across the UK’s art schools prepare to show what they’ve been working on throughout the academic year at
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Disobedient Objects
Can a plastic bottle vehemently break the rules? Has a mug the capacity to be inherently insubordinate?
Anxiety Arts Festival
This June the inaugural Anxiety Arts Festival takes place across London, aiming to use the arts to raise awareness of mental distress.
New York times
Ah look, there’s Keith Haring drawing a massive condom! And who’s that? It’s Andy Warhol hanging out with Jean-Michel Basquait! Can someone help Brooke Shields out with that top please?
The Bikeriders – photography
Looking at the dusty glamour and studied insouciance of the subjects of The Bikeriders series, there’s a sense of timeless cool that belies the fact the images are all about
Cartoon Network’s Michael Ouweleen on designing for children
Michael Ouweleen joined Cartoon Network back when it had just 50 employees, and now holds the position of Cartoon Network and Adult Swim senior vice president executive creative director. He
East London Comics & Arts Festival returns
June sees the return of the East London Comics & Arts Festival, organised by publishing platform Nobrow.
Tea packaging designs celebrate the ‘everyday’ of being gay for London’s Gay Pride celebrations
It’s London’s Gay Pride celebrations this weekend, and while many will likely be celebrating with a harder beverage, Coley Porter Bell is marking the occasion with a good old-fashioned cup
What did you do for your final degree show?
‘I produced a limited-edition silkscreen print entitled A Type of Homage, an alphabet inspired by and derived from Mondrian’s paintings. I have no idea why I imagined this would help
Inside Design with Stiff + Trevillion
West London-based interior design consultancy and architect Stiff + Trevillion is the latest design studio to go under the microscope at great Western Studios, starting the summer leg of its
News in brief round-up
A round-up of this week’s news in brief.
You are gold
Before exhibiting at the Saatchi Gallery’s Collect fair earlier this month, goldsmith Jacqueline Mina starred in a short Crafts Council documentary, directed by Guy Gotto.
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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.
Design Week 1986-2023
Design Week closes, having championed design excellence for the past 38 years.
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.
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.
