Art rebels
Skulls, Mohawks and piercings – alongside an irreverent finger aimed at authority – are some of the images associated with the Punk movement.
Let’s try plan bee to boost the economy
What can we do to learn from our mistakes and move on? asks David Kester, urging the creative industry to set the pace for change
Clean lines
Simplicity and minimalism are back. Is this a reaction against the fad for kitsch and neo-Baroque, a considered response to recession-era cuts or just the return of good, well-executed design?
The right stuff
Luxury does not have to be about precious metals or gemstones. To convey a message of exclusivity, the most humble of materials, paper, can have a striking effect, and exploring
Profile: Mark Porter
When you’ve spent more than a decade as top creative at one of the most high-profile newspapers in the world, maybe it’s time to reinvent yourself. Jim Davies talks to
Voxpop
Charles Saatchi has donated his art collection to the nation. What would you like to see donated to the nation?
Interesting environments to work in? Let me see…
We have a group of bright young things at Landor Associates called Digital Innovation Group (aka Dig), who have created a space in our building called ’the engine room’.
Interesting environments to work in? Let me see…
In your magazine last week you asked what is the most interesting environment you have ever worked in (Voxpop, DW 8 July)?
Let’s protect education from the brunt of the cuts
I completely agree with Lynda Relph-Knight’s editor’s blog (www.designweek.co.uk, 9 July).
Are infographics useful, or mere decoration?
I’m a huge fan of The Guardian’s infographics (Facts in focus, DW 8 July), and have kept a number of the paper’s recent Factfile series.
Inspired: Steven Ramsay – Baigent Digital
It’s not often you come across something in your creative work that really cuts to the bone.
Best of the Web
http///vimeo.com/12733075 For all you typography fanatics out there – including our very own art director Sam Freeman – watch this video of Luca Barcellona’s rather incredible freehand Fraktur writing. The
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