Inked up
Screen-printing as a craft resonates with artists and designers. Not only is it a well-respected way to attain a multiple of one design or illustration, the hands-on process of ink
…as tools are only as effective as the designers in charge
Jonathan Ive’s ideas about rapid prototyping and ‘lousy design’ (Voxpop, DW 30 April) prompt the inescapable conclusion that the new digital tools inevitably influence the way we work. Look at
Design mustn’t become the slave of technology…
Last week you ran an item on Jonathan Ive blaming the rise of rapid prototyping for distancing designers from the physical design process and creating ‘a lot of lousy design’
Design won’t save the world single-handedly
I was filled with both hope and despair after reading about the Audi Design Foundation’s latest venture into the trendy waters of social innovation and service design (DW 16 April).
Voxpop
General Motors has announced it is to ditch its iconic Pontiac car brand. Which now-defunct brand do you miss most, and why? There are two ‘now-defunct’ brands that used to
Roughing it in the name of authenticity isn’t good enough
I’m sure I’m not the only reader to have raised an eyebrow or two over the type of ‘authentic’ product likely to appeal to the ‘market-influencing wealthy’ (News in Depth,
Inspired, Robin Richmond: Method
The accepted backdrop to modern life is a vortex of change dominated by new devices, killer apps and ways of doing things – information overload. It’s therefore refreshing to find
Rewriting the rules
Downturns favour the brave, so perhaps we don’t have that much to worry about. Jeremy Myerson finds reassurance in a historical perspective Ask the grizzled veterans of the design business
Draught Associates
Draught Associates has designed the exhibition Visualisations of the 21st Century City 2009 – Conflict in Architecture, which is at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London W1, from today
Kay Why Marketing
Kay Why Marketing has designed the packaging for Swedish fish roe-based spread Kalles Prickiga, which combines a mild cheese spread with ‘dots’ of roe. The Kalles brand, owned by Abba
Nice Nose
Harrogate-based consultancy Robot Food has created new high-end wine brand Nice Nose for the RPB Winery in the Mendoza region of Argentina. Richard Schophield provided illustrations for the brand, which
Tom Dixon and Design Research Studio
Tom Dixon and Design Research Studio have created the Bombay Sapphire Dusk Bar, opening at Somerset House, London WC2 on 21 May. The temporary bar, which will be up for
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