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DBA inclusive design winners
Two groups are celebrating after the conclusion of the 2008 Design Business Association Inclusive Design Challenge. Winners Judge Gill and communications group Adare were named last night at a ceremony
Heatherwick design to be developed
A prefabricated stainless steel cladding system being used by Heatherwick Studio at Aberystwyth Arts Centre could be developed into a specifiable product.HS project manager Tom Chapman-Andrews says that the methods
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Entering the digital arena
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Back to black
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Voxpop
The Rector of the Royal College of Art, Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, is to step down next year. With fundraising challenges for its new applied arts campus lying ahead, who
A capital idea, but to gloss over grim realities is a crime
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