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.
Exhibition
The latest exhibition design news, views, inspiration and opinion.
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Exhibition exploring fictional world of Downton Abbey opens
Mather & Co has designed the exhibition, which is set to take a world tour, and incorporated holographic and audio visual technology to create an interactive visitor experience.
Assemble among designers and architects set to transform Glasgow canal
A team of creatives including Assemble and Jason Bruges Studio will take part in Test Unit 2017, a project looking to turn derelict, industrial areas in Glasgow into public spaces.
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.
“When I looked at my sent emails, I knew I was fired”: designers’ biggest mistakes
Last week the Museum of Failure opened in Sweden, which is archiving global design and innovation failures including the Segway and a frozen beef lasagne from Colgate. We ask designers about their most memorable work-related disasters.
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.
Asif Khan opens £2 million UK Expo Pavilion
The pavilion is called We are Energy, and features a panoramic screen depicting a virtual landscape, with an accompanying soundtrack by composer Brian Eno.
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.
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.
Designs revealed for refurbished MoMA set to open in 2019
Architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Gensler are currently working on the expansion of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, which will see its gallery space increase by 30%.
From bloodied volleyballs to memory loss neuralyzers: designers’ favourite film props
Last week, a new exhibition on science fiction opened at the Barbican featuring masks, costumes and other designs from classic sci-fi films and TV series. We ask designers about their most memorable prop designs.
Museum of Failure: the exhibition exploring brands’ biggest “f*ck ups”
We delve into a new museum in Sweden which is archiving global innovation and design failures spanning from the 17th century right up to the present day, including the Segway and a frozen beef lasagne from Colgate.
Exhibition Inspiration
Camille Walala installation, at the Now Gallery
Graphic designer Camille Walala, known for her colourful, geometric patterns that adorn various bridges and landmarks in London, is set to create an installation at Greenwich Peninsula’s Now Gallery. The sculpture will be a giant maze, laden with Walala’s distinctive patterns and composed of corridors, open spaces, suspended shapes and mirrors. The playful installation will […]
The Floating Pocket Park, by Tony Woods
Busy, urban London is full of surprising green spaces, from Regent’s Park to Hyde Park. Not many of these currently float on water, however. Garden designer Tony Woods has worked with developer European Land and Property Limited to create a water-dwelling park in Merchant Square, Paddington. The Floating Pocket Park, which can hold 120 people, […]
Émigré magazine exhibition, by The University of Reading
The University of Reading is hosting an exhibition showcasing the provocative former design magazine Émigré. Émigré was founded in California in 1984 by Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko, and looked at the relationship between critical writing, self-publishing and experimental typography. It had an initial print run of roughly 5,000 copies, and was supported by design […]
V&A Photography Centre, by V&A
The Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum has released the first visual of its new Photography Centre, which is set to open in 2018. The centre is being designed by David Kohn Architects (DKA), and will more than double the museum’s display space dedicated to photography. The newly released render offers a glimpse into what The […]
Here After installation, by Craig & Karl
Design duo Craig & Karl has transformed a derelict petrol station on Wood Lane in London’s White City into a colourful, stripy installation called Here After. The brightly coloured design nods to the petrol station’s location between Television Centre, the BBC’s former headquarters and White City Place, the former BBC Media Village, with the selected […]
The Wadden Sea Migratory Birds exhibition design, by various
JAC Studios has designed a new permanent exhibition about migratory birds at the Wadden Sea Centre in Denmark. The Wadden Sea Migratory Birds exhibition has been designed in collaboration with No Parking Production and Jason Bruges Studio, and looks at the 15 million migratory birds which stop in the area every year The exhibition features […]
Culturescape, by Alexandra Plesner
London-based artist Alexandra Plesner has created a new installation to mark a ruling in Taiwan allowing same-sex marriage. Culturescape comprises 180 ice cream cones mounted on a white foam board. Plesner has hand painted the cones in an array of nine different rainbow colours. One cone has also been painted gold to represent “the one […]
Fortnum & Mason installation, by David Bailey
Photographer David Bailey has designed an art installation for department store Fortnum & Mason. The installation sees the windows of its London Piccadilly store filled with 400 bronze tiger sculptures, created by Bailey and Pangolin Editions to represent all of the endangered Sumatran tigers that remain in the wild. The figures are available to buy […]
Unnatural Borders sculptures, by Sober Industries
Salford-based business park MediaCityUK is playing host to four giant sculptures of endangered animal species as part of Quays Culture’s Unnatural Borders exhibition. Designed by Netherlands-based studio Sober Industries, the idea behind the project is to raise awareness about the impact of human civilisation on the animal kingdom and the environment. The sculptures include a […]
Helsexinki exhibition, by Helsinki City Museum
Helsinki City Museum has opened its latest exhibition looking at sexuality, gender and sex in the Finnish capital. Helsexinki documents the experiences of locals based on interviews carried out by the museum with people from gender or sexual minority groups and those working in the sex industry. Their stories deal with themes including sex education […]
Into the Unknown: the Barbican exhibition exploring the storytelling power of sci-fi
We delve into the Barbican’s new exhibition on science fiction, which includes artefacts dating from the 19th century right up to the present day, and speak to Ab Rogers Design about bringing the exhibition to life.
5 important things that happened in design this week
This week, American graphic designer Lance Wyman spoke to us about his latest retrospective exhibition in London, and entries opened for our annual Top 100 consultancy survey.
5 design things to look out for in June 2017
This month, you can delve into all things science fiction at the Barbican, watch Stefan Sagmeister’s Happy Film and take a trip to the V&A’s new art and design quarter.
Lance Wyman and Eduardo Paolozzi exhibition explores public space design
Metro: Art at Velocity is a new East London exhibition that showcases some of the most memorable designs seen in metro stations and city centres worldwide.
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.
New Design Museum exhibition explores the appeal of “Designed in California”
California: Designing Freedom charts the journey of Californian design all the way from 1960s counterculture right up to Silicon Valley today, featuring exhibits such as the graphics for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and Waymo’s self-driving car.
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.
London Design Festival reveals programme for 2017
The 15th edition of the festival will see installations from the likes of Camille Walala and Ross Lovegrove, as well as a new exhibition called Design Frontiers at Somerset House.