Foodie grand tour
Leafing through old cookery books can throw up a tasty mix of nostalgia and incredulity at the dishes we used to appreciate. Recipes and food photography of yesteryear can look
There’s more to design than Starck and stereotypes
As a great admirer of Adrian Shaughnessy – his fantastic book Graphic Design: A User’s Manual is currently sitting on my desk in front of me – I am surprised
Ignore the PQQs and you might get some business
I’d like to add my thoughts to the debate currently raging on the increasingly thorny topics of public-sector procurement and free-pitching (Letters and News, DW 29 October and 5 November).
News in Pictures
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has designed a bridge, Cirkelbroen, for Danish capital Copenhagen. The bridge is due to be completed in 2012.
News in Pictures
Work by Momoko Tamura will feature in the University of the Arts London’s Future Map 09 show, which runs at Hoxton Square Projects from 25 November to 23 December.
Yes, it is time for another
Greg Quinton’s suggestion about a follow-up to A Smile in the Mind (Letters, DW 22 October) made me think of another influential book.
Human touch
There’s no excuse for drab office environments any more, argues Anna Richardson. Indeed, imaginative interiors which offer a bit of privacy as well as great teamworking space are essential for
Reach out to hidden talents
We can learn a lot by opening our doors to autistic people, says Mike Dempsey, and our move may help integrate a potentially isolated group
Flickering dreams
Graphic artists, with their visual flair, should have a head start when it comes to thriving the film industry, you might think. But think again, says Mike Dempsey, as he
Voxpop
What attracted you to working in the digital sector, and what route did you take into it?
Inspired – Philip Handford
Inspiration for me comes from personal relationships – I enjoy exploring ideas with creative people who have enthusiasm, understand and appreciate the complexity of the context, and have fun doing
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John Spencer: “Let’s get over our obsession with branding”
Offthetopofmyhead’s founder and creative director says there’s no such thing as brand design and much of what the design industry says about brand is incomprehensible, pretentious and just plain daft.
London’s Microsoft store opens with “maximum flexibility” in mind
The new store — conceived by design and architectural practice Gensler — has a gaming lounge, multi-purpose Community Theatre and a McLaren sports car on the ground floor.
How the food industry is serving up sustainability
From vegan vending machines to zero plastic takeaways, the food industry is finding inventive solutions to its plastic problem.
How to become a: lighting designer
As part of our series looking at jobs in design studios, we speak to Tim Routledge, founder at his own company, about the art of “painting with light”, dealing
