It’s goodbye from Design Week in print, but we’ll still have a digital presence
This is a sad week for the Design Week team as we publish the last issue of the magazine. The title lives on to deliver daily news about design, but
News in Pictures
Reform Creative has designed the branding and a new publication for Shisha, the international agency for contemporary South Asian crafts and visual arts. The cover image shows metal sculpture by
News in Pictures
Strudel has designed the ’distinctive, illustrative’ marketing materials for the third annual Waterloo Quarter Food Festival, including a ’gastro passport’, posters, menu inserts and banners. The materials launch on 30
Go nuts about brazil
Despite its booming economy and opportunities surrounding the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, UK consultancy outposts in Brazil are scarce. Emily Gosling looks at the challenges facing those looking
Finding your voice
When creating an identity, designers play a crucial role in driving audience interaction, and their choices can make or break the brand experience, says Simon Dixon
Things we like
LWL70Film magazine Little White Lies commissioned illustrators, such as Ian Wright, David Downton and Malika Favre, to create prints inspired by classic films of the 1970s for an exhibition at
Inspired
Phil Dolman – Studio DB
Brunel was looking to the future, so must we
Isambard Kingdom Brunel knew a thing or two about new media. He had beautiful successes, and wondrous failures, and he worked his arse off for all of it. His ideas
Where are the designers in the Olympic posters team?
The news that a group of 12 artists has been selected to design the official posters for the London 2012 Olympics (www.designweek.co.uk, 21 June) is great for these artists, but
A Notting Hill restaurant is my home from home…
Further to the news that the new Design Bites initiative from the RIBA and the Restaurant and Bar Design Awards provides design-led guided tours of restaurants (Voxpop, DW 2 June),
…and people-watching adds to Soho dining treat
For me, eating out is not just about good food and service, but also the fun of people-watching (Voxpop, DW 2 June). Randall & Aubin in London’s Brewer Street serves
Voxpop
Wednesday 29 June is World Industrial Design Day. What is your favourite piece of industrial design and why?
Latest articles
Introducing Design Week’s new editorial team
We’re excited to announce the new Design Week editorial team ahead of the platform’s relaunch this autumn. Rob Alderson joins as Editor, with Clare Dowdy as Senior Writer.
Remembering Sir Kenneth Grange – 1929-2024
It is with great sadness that we heard about the passing of the hugely influential British designer, Sir Kenneth Grange.
From the archives: Picture Post
As we head back into our archives, here’s a gem from March 1990. Jane Lewis looks at the creative ways design firms promoted their services through mail-outs.
From the archives: Driving back to the future
During our pause, we’re re-publishing the occasional article from deep in our archives. This March 1990 column by our founder, Jeremy Myerson, looks at car design trends.
Design Week is resting, and we’ll be back soon
In December 2023, it was announced that Design Week was closing its doors. However – good news! We’re reopening by the end of summer 2024!
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.
What will exhibition design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, Studio Arc director Lyndsey Bowditch offers her view on what exhibition design might look like next year.
Why 2024 will be the “year of creative emergence” when it comes to AI
As part of our series on design in 2024, Mia Blume – founder of Design Dept. and Designing with AI – tells us that next year will be a “paradigm
Using VR to break outdated taboos around women’s health
Taking the form of a ‘vagina-like’ tent, INTER/her by Camille Baker uses cutting edge tech to open up conversations around issues like ovarian and cervical cancer, endometriosis, and menopause.
