LDA reassures on design centre fears
The London Development Agency is pouring cold water on rumours that the International Design Centre planned for London will be scrapped due to lack of funding.‘We have no reason to
How design drives consumption
Any analysis of contemporary visual culture tends to major on art, but Deyan Sudjic suggests students of human behaviour shouldn’t underestimate the role played by design in creating the perceptions
Sarah Frater meets Tate Media¹s Jane Burton
Tate Media creative director Jane Burton knows a thing or two about digital. She helped to forge Tate’s online offering and is now morphing it into a broadband arts channel.
Wearable games console launches
The first games console to use radio frequency identification technology, designed around interaction, launches in the UK today.The designer behind some of Nokia’s most popular handsets, Khodi Feiz, has turned
Snowboard scoops £50 000 Fiat prize
Independent designer Nick Rawcliffe has won Fiat’s Smiles per Hour competition, claiming a £50 000 prize for his Snowbone prototype. Under the competition brief, designers were asked to create a
Recession-proof reads?
This month sees the launch of two design-led magazines which target the wealthy and the creative. David Benady examines their genesis
News in Pictures
Play & Soft, a range of children’s soft furnishings created by Italian education consultancy Reggio Children, has been designed to change shape and size to encourage exploration and fit in
Sao Paulo’s banned adverts
When the local mayor introduced a law banning outdoor advertising in São Paulo, landmarks disappeared and citizens lost income from renting out the walls of their homes. However, Michael Canturi
Bin there
Abducting a wheelie bin is the sort of prank you associate with student dares and drunken nights out. It’s on a par with nicking traffic cones and motorway service signs,
Stay local to make it globally
To make the best of overseas prospects, consultancies should act globally but stay UK-based, says Jonathan Cummings
Box matches
Whether as transit protection, branding opportunity or merchandising, electronic goods packaging is a sophisticated challenge for designers already worrying about materials reduction. Paul Gander looks at the approaches taken by
Etch a text
From illuminated manuscripts to graphic novels, the work of the illustrator fashions the way readers visualise fictional characters. We take a look at a new book which traces the history
Latest articles
Design across five decades: from the editors who brought you Design Week
As the design industry propelled itself forward, we were always there to champion, inform, analyse and guide the way.
Design Week quiz: a look back through the ages
Have you been paying attention for the last four decades? Only one way to find out.
Design Week: 1986-2023
Design Week closes, having championed design excellence for the past 38 years.
What will retail and experience design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, WeWantMore creative director Ruud Belmans offers his view on what retail and experience design might look like next year.