Design Indaba: Inspiration
‘Africa is not just a place, it’s a state of mind.’ So said Pentagram partner Michael Beirut last week as he kicked off a session at Cape Town’s Design Indaba,
Window of opportunity
If you’ve ever wondered what really goes on inside an artist’s studio, The Hoxton Window project gives you the perfect excuse to unashamedly unleash your inner peeping Tom. The project
Misfit
Dutch designer Hella Jongerius publishes a new monograph this month, designed by fellow Dutch designer Irma Boom. Jongerius’ work is often a fusion of opposites, manufacturing and craft, traditional and
Dressing Green
Perhaps unfairly, the idea of eco-fashion still conjures up images Levellers-loving crusty types sporting hemp shoes and earrings crafted of fairy dust, acid flashbacks and Somerset dew. However, things have
Poster girl
For those that haven’t been to Bristol, Broadmead is the somewhat run-down city centre shopping district which inspired Matt Lucas to write the Vicky Pollard sketch in TV comedy Little
Design group Dave wins trademark tussle against TV channel
TV channel Dave may be forced to change its name after branding consultancy Dave prevented it from registering the title as a trademark.
Margate puts new identity to the public vote
Margate is launching a new identity ahead of the opening of the Turner Contemporary gallery in April. The identity’s final appearance is to be decided by an online public vote.
Digital signage use quadruples in three years, report shows
The number of shops using digital signage has quadrupled since 2007, according to a survey commissioned by LG Electronics.
Wiltshire Design Network launches
The Wiltshire Design Network is looking to put a management and organisational structure in place following its launch.
We want to be modern
The National Museum in Warsaw launches a fascinating exhibition next week that will cover the country’s design history during the ‘post-thaw’ period of 1955 to 1968. The ten year period
Graphic design history
‘I Don’t Know Where I’m Going But I Want To Be There: The Expanding Field of Graphic Design 1900-2020,’ shouts the monochrome typographic cover of a new book in the
Restaurant residency
While Mexican food is probably more associated with Britney Spears’ infamously dark Taco Bell days than art, El Paso in east London is set to change that. The space was
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