Penguin plots Pelican’s return
Penguin is exhuming its Pelican imprint, which will return in May with books aimed at readers who like to ‘think for themselves’.
David Pearson designs new series of George Orwell books
David Pearson has designed a series of Penguin books by George Orwell.
NME redesigns with new look and logo
NME has been redesigned with a new look and a new logo in a bid to assert ‘authority, credibility and depth of knowledge.’
Design Week Awards 2013 shortlist announced
We’re happy to announce the full Design Week Awards 2013 shortlist.
Unreal designs two books for The People’s Supermarket
Unreal has designed two books for The People’s Supermarket, a co-operative supermarket which featured in a channel 4 documentary of the same name.
Kent Lyons develops Dickens newspaper
Kent Lyons is designing six newspapers and accompanying iPad apps which will be published in serialised form to mark this year’s bicentenary of Charles Dickens’ birth.
News in brief round-up
A round-up of this week’s news in brief.
Favourite apps
Continuing on from this week’s Publishing in focus feature, in which we ask digital luminaries to name their favourite apps, here David Curless of Precedent and Moving Brands’ Camilla Grey
Gregor Muir appointed as ICA executive director
The Institute of Contemporary Arts has appointed Gregor Muir as its executive director.
A rebalancing act
The Mayor of London has previously championed the role of public investment in developing the capital’s cultural life, but a new strategy document hints at a cost-driven change of approach.
Identica appoints Sam Stone to ‘raise creative standards
Identica has appointed Sam Stone to the newly created role of creative director. Her appointment comes as part of an expansion at Identica, which has also seen four other recent
Simon Pendry takes up creative director post at Blue Marlin
Blue Marlin has appointed Simon Pendry as the new creative director of its London office. Pendry will join at the end of January after 11 years as senior design director
Latest articles
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.
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.