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The 2000 edition of The Big Picture – Retail is published this week. Subscribers to Design Week will receive free copies of the publication, which gives a rundown of business

Thorsten Franck

Thorsten Franck’s obsession is domestic furniture. ‘I am inspired by DIY objects so I tried to transfer that easy way of assembling pieces to my own collection,’ he says. For

Alison Mackie

Twisting and folding materials is what Alison Mackie likes to do best or, or as she puts it, ‘take a flatsheet and fold’. Plywood – both flexible and robust –

Digest

Bedford consultancy Wagstaffs Design has developed the latest in a series of reports from the London Skills Forecasting Unit – part of the London Training and Enterprise Council. Skills for

Show time

It’s show time again at the Royal College of Art, the moment of the year when eyes turn expectantly to the graduates, scrutinising their ideas, talent and verve. In particular,

Lothar Windels

Expect the Joseph chair to become a media favourite in the next months. Felt is ‘unfortunately, very fashionable’, points out its creator Lothar Windels. But beyond its modish appearance, the

C&A troubleshooter issues late verdict

Why bother with branding consultants and analysts when consumers have got all the solutions? C&A’s decision to close all its UK sites certainly sparked a debate about what caused its

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