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Nesta chief executive Jonathan Kestenbaum is calling for a more rigorous integration of business teaching into design courses. Are academics out of touch with the creative industries, and should business
Students don’t tend to care enough about business
With regards to business teaching on design courses, sadly students are often not interested and there are too many different models to address all business issues while in a creative
Inspired
Ever since I was a child the future has fascinated me: what will life be like in 100 years’ time? How will people interact with the things around them? From
Emphemera for ever
Designers should rush to Yorkshire Sculpture Park, urges Hugh Pearman. The show by wilderness artist Andy Goldsworthy is an enduring lesson in transience
Design sector eyes Asian boom
There are rich pickings for the creative industries in China and India – provided you understand their way of business, says Gaynor Aaltonen
Industry report predicts boom for contract furnishers
School desk and hospital bed designers are poised to benefit from dramatic growth in public spending over the next decade, according to a new study by the British Contract Furnishing
Design industry poised at ‘a threshold moment’
The tide is turning for design as it starts to gain more credence with clients vis-à-vis advertising as a way of not just promoting, but of creating businesses and products.
Studio Output
Studio Output has redesigned the website of photographic agent Morgan Lockyer. Launching this week, the new site coincides with the company’s fifth birthday (www.morganlockyer.com).
Times Cheltenham Literature Festival
Design commentators Charles Jencks and Stephen Bayley will be speaking at the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, which opens on 5 October. For details see www.cheltenhamfestivals.com.
Cred Jewellery
Radley Yeldar has devised the branding for ethical jewellery business Cred Jewellery. The idea for the brand is meant to sum up the two sides of the company – the
The Chertsey Bookshop
Paul Cartwright Branding has created the identity and branding for south coast independent book retailer The Chertsey Bookshop, working alongside former Molton Brown head of design Yasuda Avery.
Andy Knowles
Andy Knowles is chief executive officer of Jones Knowles Ritchie, not creative director as stated in last week’s News in Depth piece.
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