Meet the designers training AI studio team members
Designers Amanda Talbot and Ebba Lindgren explain how considering AI as a member of the team can be a productive way to work with the new technology.
Should Scandinavian furniture design diversify its material choices?
The American Hardwood Export Council commissioned emerging designers to work with new timbers to challenge the aesthetics and supply chains of furniture design.
EE opens retail experience store designed to help customers navigate new technology
The EE Studio was designed with modularity in mind so that it can act as “responsive” retail space that adapts along with consumer trends.
Girlguiding launches uniform design tender
With the ambition to unite the different Girlguiding uniforms with a range as memorable as Jeff Banks’ 1990 design, Girlguiding is inviting expressions of interest from designers.
Design Week Awards 2023 – the shortlist in full
We’re excited to announce the full Awards shortlist below. Keep an eye out for our Winners Showcase, which will be revealed later this month on the site.
Stilfold designs wind turbine foundation concept that mimics tree roots
The design comprises a series of folded steel beams that curve into the ground to support the turbine, which could scrap the need for 90 trucks of concrete per structure.
Meet the graduates: Birmingham City University’s Peter Warrington
As part of our 2023 graduate season coverage, we’re speaking with a selection of graduates from around the UK about their final projects and future plans.
3 Days of Design 2023: designers asked to reassess relationship with natural materials
From milk carton chairs and palm leaf speakers to AI design concepts, here are our favourite projects and exhibitions from Denmark’s 3 Days of Design festival.
Design competition launched for Bradford City of Culture 2025
On behalf of Bradford 2025, RIBA has released a design brief for a travelling performance space to host live events and installations across the district during 2025.
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Remembering Sir Kenneth Grange – 1929-2024
It is with great sadness that we heard about the passing of the hugely influential British designer, Sir Kenneth Grange.
From the archives: Picture Post
As we head back into our archives, here’s a gem from March 1990. Jane Lewis looks at the creative ways design firms promoted their services through mail-outs.
From the archives: Driving back to the future
During our pause, we’re re-publishing the occasional article from deep in our archives. This March 1990 column by our founder, Jeremy Myerson, looks at car design trends.
Design Week is resting, and we’ll be back soon
In December 2023, it was announced that Design Week was closing its doors. However – good news! We’re reopening by the end of summer 2024!
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.
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.
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.
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.