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.
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Design Week: 1986-2023
Design Week closes, having championed design excellence for the past 38 years.
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Using VR to break outdated taboos around women’s health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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
“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”.
Sound design and ‘planting design’ honoured among new RDI recipients
The prestigious Royal Designers for Industry accolades announced as its head calls for designers to “accept the blame” for climate crisis
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Design across five decades: from the editors who brought you Design Week
As the design industry propelled itself forward, we were always there to champion, inform, analyse and guide the way.
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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.
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.