Design hotels must shake off overwhelming clichés
Reports out this week call on designers working in the hotel sector to reconsider interiors trends, as they sound a cautious note on the future of luxury, design-led hotels. As
Reports out this week call on designers working in the hotel sector to reconsider interiors trends, as they sound a cautious note on the future of luxury, design-led hotels. As
Richard Williams identifies with two books that take on the issue of branding
The Ministry of Sound announced last week it was undergoing a major refurbishment and Cream is launching a national chain of DJ bars next month. What do you think superclubs
Enough of all this ‘my car’s better than yours’ in the Letters page of Design Week. Want to be unique on the road? Ride a bike. Real design purists choose
Hugh Pearman enjoyed hearing a roomful of design luminaries recount the Festival of Britain, but wonders if such an uncynical zeitgeist can ever be reached again
Two leading retailers are trialling a ‘revolutionary’ self-initiated signage concept by Glasgow-based Randak Design, and several other organisations are in talks with the group to take on the product. Selfridges’
Top Drawer Autumn, from 14-16 September, gives you the opportunity to source the best design-led gifts and interior accessories. Venue: Earls Court 2, Warwick Road, London SW5. On 12 September
I’ve followed the increasing volume of debate in your pages concerning the power of words in communication design. I welcome (and agree with) Tim Rich’s comments on the need to
We weren’t sure if this was for real at first, but we dialled the number and a nice young man told us what he could do with our Nokia 8310.
We hear Giovanna Forte, the design PR with all the best pillow talk, has graduated from erotic drawing to erotic fiction. The bookstalls of Soho may never be the same
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Pop Art Prints, an exhibition of classic prints by American and British artists from the 1960s, shows until 14 September. Venue: Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3JL. Also