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As Boris Johnson prepares his team and gets settled into City Hall, what advice would you give the Mayor to build on Ken Livingstone’s work with the capital’s creative industries?
Political expression is alive and well in London’s street art
Your article ‘The medium is the message’ (News Analysis, DW 1 May) asks where the revolutionary spirit of 1968 is now finding graphic expression. How about on the opposite page,
Inspired, Marc Carter – The English Group
With regards to inspiration, it’s very much the case that, once upon a time, I would obsessively collect aged fashion catalogues, or arcane examples of Japanese publishing design, and would
Canalside travesties
How I love a good chandlery. Almost as much as I love a good stationer’s shop. In a chandlery you get all the boat stuff/ cleats and fenders and ropes
In the public domain
It has a mixed reputation, but public art has found favour with designers who are keen to use its interactive potential, says Emma Germain British custom has it that even
News in Pictures
The Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood’s summer exhibition, A Century of Olympic Posters, displaying more than 100 iconic graphic images, runs from 15 May until 7 September at Cambridge
FutureBrand says digital is essential for branded spaces
Self-scanners in supermarkets intimidate customers and represent the worst application of digital technology in retail design. But self-service check-in at airports creates a ‘win-win situation’ for customers and airlines. And
Details revealed of expanded Cardiff Design Festival
The first plans have emerged for this year’s forthcoming Cardiff Design Festival, which takes place during October.This year will be the first time the city will host the Design Management
SBR to brand development of King’s Road backwater
Small Back Room is branding a section of west London’s King’s Road, as part of a major overhaul of the area in a bid to attract ‘edgy, independent’ boutiques and
Sir John Sorrell is a model to follow in tougher times
You’d expect Sir John Sorrell to take a positive approach to design and its ability to conquer economic ills (see www.designweek.co.uk 12 May). He has long been a staunch design
The Art of Football book
The Art of Football book, using images by photojournalist Ewen Spencer and produced in partnership with photographer Nick Knight’s website Show Studio, is an assignment for Nike’s The Art of
Skelwith scouts for groups to work on £100m hotel project
Property developer the Skelwith Group is seeking a raft of interior design and architecture specialists for its £100m luxury hotel development in Yorkshire.The first stage of planning permission for The
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