A big adventure
How do you make the story of space exploration engaging and accessible to people of all ages? Scale is the key, says Fiona Sibley, who is rather taken with the
Club doorman
Mini has addressed one of the few shortcomings of its standard hatchback – lack of space – with the new Clubman, but, as Nargess Shahmanesh-Banks discovers, the company has balanced
Broken promise
Print was a radical tool in the hands of the Modernist, Futurist avant-garde, but its anti-establishment potential withered with the arrival of an affluent consumer society. Rick Poynor examines the
Call for wider input in creative curriculums
A greater participation of industry, science and design in the teaching of creativity in schools has been called for in an Education and Skills Committee report published last week.The Creativity
Polish cultural festival in the UK is at planning stage
Cultural activists in Poland are planning to stage a Polish ‘season’ in the UK in 2009/10 to promote creativity in the former Eastern Bloc country.To this end, representatives of London’s
Japan showcase for UK at DesignUK event
Britain’s pool of design talent and creativity was brought to this year’s Tokyo Design Week in Japan last week, in the shape of the fourth annual DesignUK 07.The programme, organised
The Plant cooks up identity system for Jamie’s Italian
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is to work with a host of design groups and architects on the implementation of his forthcoming restaurant chain, Jamie’s Italian.The ‘urban casual dining’ restaurant ‘collection’,
Museum of London tenders for exhibitions and unveils gallery
The Museum of London Group will release tenders for exhibition design projects, either at the end of this year or the start of 2008.It is looking for consultancies to create
The problem isn’t language, but the attitudes of society
The problem isn’t language, but the attitudes of society I’d like to take issue with Michael Wolff’s assertion regarding the new logo for the Alzheimer’s Society (Letters, DW 4 October)
Inner beauty
Jewellery that melts. Trompe l’oeil weeds. Paint-splattered stepladders. If ever a show is calculated to shock traditionalists out of their comfort zone, it’s Out of the Ordinary/ Spectacular Craft, staged
Good growth is business sense
Design groups can play their part in reducing climate change by putting sustainability at the heart of their business model, says Matthew Pudney
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