I am rather disappointed with the shortlist and eventual winner of your recent Design Week Awards 2008 editorial design sector. I found the shortlisted work soulless, self-indulgent and with very
Shame on you, Design Week! Your writer David Benady contacted me to comment on the revamp of the Daily Mirror and the Daily Sport for his feature (Stop press, DW
Kenneth Grange’s call for more designers to make a stand in favour of quality design has set the design world chattering. Should designers do more to eradicate mediocrity in design,
From Alexey Brodovitch’s Harper’s Bazaar through to Willy Fleckhaus’s Twen to Fabien Baron’s Italian Vogue to Fernando Gutiérrez’s beautiful work with Matador and Beyond, there are too many radical graphic
There’s no single thing that inspires me – there are many. Inspiration is all around me, whether printed or three-dimensional, new or old, people or places. When I see that
Two encounters I’ve had recently with non-designers threw a spotlight on the way graphic designers think and act.
Attracting the best design talent can be difficult for in-house design teams, which sometimes complain that consultancies stigmatise them as being boring and uncreative.But the news that Sainsbury’s is expanding
Americana, toys and found objects appear in A Nightmare on Greek Street, an exhibition by Ben Turnbull, running at the Lazarides Gallery, London W1, from 18 July to 15 August.
If you have ever felt embarrassed asking for a glass of tap water in a restaurant, don’t worry, you are not alone. Up to one in five of us are
A key message from last week’s Institute of Directors annual convention is that UK boardrooms would gain from having more people of real vision in positions of power.Lacklustre presentations by
Suspended above the entrance to Wimbledon’s Centre Court Debenture Holders’ Lounge is Mixdoubles, a sculpture that aims to capture the spirit of tennis at Wimbledon. Created by David Begbie and
The Tate Modern will be displaying work on its river facade for the first time this month.Large-scale designs and art by graffiti illustrators from across the world will feature on
Have you been paying attention for the last four decades? Only one way to find out.
Design Week closes, having championed design excellence for the past 38 years.
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.
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.
