We must find a way to promote the role of wayfinding…
I was very interested in your piece on wayfinding (Comment, DW 17 January). As this is our speciality, I can wholly concur with your thoughts. I am always surprised at
A free-range life leads to free-range thinking, too
Following up your feature on Nesta’s Rural Innovation report (News in Depth, DW 10 January), I have an admission to make – I work in a barn. That’s not meant
Voxpop
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Something for nothing
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Staying shipshape
Having secured Lottery funding, can both the Mary Rose and the Cutty Sark turn their ambitious design plans into reality? asks Sarah Woods In a fierce battle for funding, two
Creative sector has been undervalued, says Nesta report
Judging from the number of reports dedicated to it, the defining design issue of the Noughties is the creative industries’ contribution to the UK economy. The seminal 2005 Cox Review
The battle for design at the British Council isn’t over yet
Though the tribulations of the Arts Council have attracted infinitely more media attention, there are similarities between recent wranglings there and the current situation at the British Council with regard
Corporate Edge
Corporate Edge-owner Photon has acquired Naked Communications for £16.5m. The media planner was a sister group to Poke and Household within the Mother consortium.
Sebastian Conran and Richard Seymour
Designers Sebastian Conran and Richard Seymour are to appear as guest speakers at a ‘think outside the box’ event at Blackheath High School in south London on 3 March.
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