Evening Standard's weekly magazine redesigns for "elegance"
London weekly magazine ES Magazine has been redesigned by the creative director of The Gourmand David Lane, and in-house art director Rasha Kahil.
Museum of Branding, Packaging and Advertising set to relaunch
London’s main branding museum has moved location to Notting Hill and expanded, offering renovated exhibition spaces and areas for creative learning sessions.
Enter your business into the 2016 Design Week Top 100
The Design Week Top 100 provides an annual benchmark of the design industry’s financial performance – enter your figures now to help us compile the results.
Publicis Groupe reports UK revenue decline
The French network, which owns consultancies including Turner Duckworth, DigitasLBi and Poke, has seen its UK revenues dip by 4.3%.
GREAT Britain campaign named “most effective design”
The campaign, designed by Radley Yeldar, has been awarded the Grand Prix at the Design Business Association’s Design Effectiveness Awards.
Design Council to work on policy for European Commission
The UK organisation has been appointed to a four-year contract to work on policy development and implementation for the European Commission.
Obituary: Paul Atkinson – 1952-2016
Designer and teacher Paul Atkinson is remembered by Steven Kyffin – professor and executive dean, Arts, Design and Social Sciences at Northumbria University and a former student of Atkinson.
Consultancy Start rebrands with leadership shakeup
Start Group – formerly StartJG – has appointed Mac Macdonald as its new chief executive.
Microsoft rolls out new global retail concept following Nokia buyout
The new concept has been developed by Sundae Design Studio and is rolling out across 3,615 outlets around the world.
“My first design prize” – designers remember their first award
Guns, go carts and orangutans – we speak to designers about what they won their first design awards for.
£20 million project will see new design hub in Dundee
The Design and Innovation Quarter scheme, led by developer Our Enterprise, will see two blocks of buildings created for designers to work in, live in and showcase their projects.
Paris reveals logo for its bid to host the 2024 Olympics
The logo, revealed last night, was designed by consultancy Dragon Rouge and is made up of a dual-purpose icon that represents the Eiffel Tower and the number “24”.
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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.
What will hospitality interiors look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, Run for the Hills co-founder Anna Burles offers her view on what hospitality interior design might look like next year.