5 important things that happened in design this week
From a rebrand for the Southbank Centre to a visit to Dundee, the UK’s latest cultural hotspot, we round-up the news from the last seven days.
Technology will Save Us: the design studio teaching kids to value art and science
We visit the East London-based start-up to find out about its latest crowdfunding campaign, and the importance of learning creativity, technology and science from a young age.
How Dundee is driving social change through design
We visit the Scottish city during Dundee Design Festival, and find out why it is being touted as the UK’s new design and cultural hotspot.
Design Week Awards 2017 – the winners in full
We reveal all of the winners from last night’s Design Week Awards across every category, plus Best in Show, Hall of Fame and Rising Star.
General election 2017: design industry reacts to shock hung parliament result
The Conservative Party has failed to secure a majority and will join up with Northern Ireland’s DUP to form the new UK Government – we ask designers how they feel about the result and what this could mean for the industry.
5 important things that happened in design this week
From a new Swedish museum showcasing brands’ biggest “f*ck ups” to the design industry’s fears around Brexit and creative talent, we round up the important news from the last seven days.
10 graduate design shows to look out for this summer
Read our pick of art and design degree shows at colleges and universities all over the UK this summer, which will showcase graduate work spanning disciplines from product and textile to graphic and furniture design.
The 2017 Design Week graduate show guide
If you’re planning to head to any graduate design shows this summer, here is our comprehensive guide to all of this year’s exhibitions.
General election 2017: what are political parties offering the creative industries?
With the general election due to take place this week, we look at the six main parties’ policies around creative education, small businesses, and art and culture.
5 important things that happened in design this week
Apple’s Jony Ive took up a position at the Royal College of Art, and the London Design Festival announced its line-up – the important design news from the last seven days.
Freelance State of Mind: cutting creative youth services will only result in more crime
Ben Tallon, freelance illustrator, designer and Design Week columnist, speaks about how knife crime could be reduced if only more funding was given to youth services fostering creativity and sporting talent.
Dundee University best place to study design, says The Guardian
The Scottish university has beat Goldsmiths, Loughborough and Leeds College of Art to the top spot for design and crafts in 2018, according to the newspaper’s league tables.
5 things to see at Clerkenwell Design Week 2017
From a panel discussion hosted by Design Week about the effect of Brexit on the design industry, to a display of screen-printed furniture created by Anthony Burrill and Michael Marriott, we round up the best bits to check out at Clerkenwell Design Week this year.
Brand Union works with digital charity Kiteka to “empower Ugandan women”
The design consultancy has created the name and brand strategy for Kiteka, which is a new start-up providing smartphones to female entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Greater Brighton Metropolitan College looks to be “creative alternative” to university
Baxter & Bailey has designed the branding for the new vocational college, which is a merger of two existing colleges based in and near Brighton.
Recognition, education and studio space: what designers want from the new Government
With the general election looming, we ask designers and organisations what they want the new Government to do for creatives.
5 important things that happened in design this week
From a new colour-coded design system for London buses, to Design Week readers indicating they will vote Labour, we round up the important news from the last seven days.
V&A launches school initiative to stop design becoming “endangered”
The Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum’s director Tristram Hunt has launched the DesignLab Nation scheme, which aims to pique the interest of more students from the midlands and north of England in design.
General Election 2017: designers set to vote Labour
A Design Week poll of 574 respondents has shown that nearly half of designers surveyed will be voting red in June’s election.
Women heading up design businesses tell their career progression stories
Last week, Kerning the Gap founder Nat Maher spoke about the career progression challenges that women face in the design industry. Now, we ask creative directors and managing directors how they got to their roles today, and what advice they would offer others.