Durable goods
What could be more sustainable than the good old vacuum flask and lunchbox? Fiona Sibley previews an exhibition that explores the social history of design for eating on the move
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Interior designer Marta Nowicka has overcome personal tragedy, rebuilt her career and become a property developer. Pamela Buxton talks to her about reinhabiting spaces, ideal projects and car-park aesthetics ‘It’s
No holds barred for designers in Punch and Mitchells merger
With regards to the anticipated merger between Punch Taverns and Mitchells & Butlers, and what design can do for the UK’s pub chains (Voxpop, DW 14 February), imagine this:
Voxpop
The University of Kent School of Architecture claims that a brief asking students to design a torture device and its antidote is acceptable. Does such an assignment aid design learning,
The bottom line is more important than client feedback
In response to Jan Casey’s article regarding client feedback (DW 31 January), I feel that while it is important, it has to be intertwined with a form of measurement that
Editorial is no longer judged against its price
In his overview of customer magazines (Publishing & Design supplement, DW 7 February), Jim Davies omitted a key reason why our media are now being taken more seriously – a
Gamble Fearon designed the River Gallery exhibition
Regarding Topsham Museum’s River Gallery project (www. designweek.co.uk, 1 February), for your information the River Gallery exhibition designers were Gamble Fearon Partners (along with Harrison Sutton Architects, as mentioned on
Inspired, Sophia Wimpenny and Ali McCulloch – Precious McBane
At Precious McBane we like to collaborate wherever possible with companies that have a different perspective to our own. We read about Fine Cell Work a few years ago and
Perfectly preformed
Prefab structures, most often seen on building sites and caravan parks, have a long design history, but the best rarely make it into production, says Hugh Pearman It is a
Making city life more legible
As London expands its wayfinding scheme, Emma Germain looks at the history of similar ‘legible city’ initiatives across the country
News in Pictures
Lighting designer Jonathan Krawczuk has designed a new candlelight for Mathmos. ‘Revolution’, pictured, creates a skeleton carousel – spinning shadow graphics using heat from two tea lights. Revolution is available
Public transport in need of radical overhaul, says CSS
A radical overhaul of transport and road design is needed if we are to avoid a congested, overcrowded, polluted and hazardous transport environment in the future, according to a report
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