Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in June
Learn about London’s street signs, visit an exhibition about brilliant craftswomen and find out whether you’ve won a coveted Design Week award.
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Exploring exhibitions and their design, from specialist shows at the Design Museum through to blockbusters at the V&A and Science Museum.
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V&A food exhibition challenges our ideas of consumption
Food: Bigger than the Plate is the museum’s latest blockbuster show, which hopes to explore the future of food production, looking at how we can be more sustainable without compromising
Viva La Vulva and Microsoft’s Adaptive Controller top D&AD Awards 2019
The annual, global awards scheme, which famously rewards its winners with black, yellow, graphite and wood pencils, has announced its 720 winners for this year.
Design Week Awards 2019 – the shortlist in full
We’re excited to announce the full shortlist for our awards, which will take place on 20 June at the Science Museum’s new Illuminate space. You can buy tickets
Are you being paid enough in your current role and are you happy?
Design Week research reveals equal pay discrepancies between men and women in the same role, a gender pay gap of more than 20% and that three quarters of the designers
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in May
Take a trip to Scotland for the third ever Dundee Design Festival, explore the future of food at the V&A and learn about the 20th century’s most prolific “graphic designer
World Illustration Awards 2019 reveals shortlist
The global awards scheme has been running for over 40 years, and in 2019 sees 200 shortlisted entries, many of which tackle political and social issues such as Brexit and
Design Museum takes visitors inside the world of Stanley Kubrick
Pentagram’s Marina Willer, who led the design of the exhibition, says that Kubrick was a visionary “who foresaw what design would be like in the future”.
Tigers to sloths: animal illustration show hopes to save natural habitats
Lucie Ebrey and Mark Long are among the artists who have contributed original drawings for On This Planet, a new exhibition at the Old Street Gallery, where their work will
Abram Games: the war designer who persuaded Britain with his posters
The National Army Museum’s new exhibition explores the work of the Second World War graphic designer and master of visual seduction, who created propaganda posters to boost recruitment, educate soldiers,
Museum of London gives voice to the city’s animals for new show
The exhibition has been designed with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and mixes projection mapping with physical spaces.
5 design things to look out for in April 2019
This month, you can delve into the art of video games, explore the sordid world of Stanley Kubrick and learn about the highs and lows of freelance illustration from Isabel
Museum of London seeks designer for £7.5million exhibition
The museum has called for applicants to design a semi-permanent visitor experience for its new West Smithfield, London, home.
Design inspiration: the best studio work from March
Reimagined Baby on Board badges, a musical Google Doodle people can compose themselves, and a virtual reality kit for kids are some of our favourite projects this month.
Cultural Revolution: the exhibition exploring Chinese propaganda art
The show at the William Morris Gallery features posters, matchboxes and papercuts displaying slogans inspired by communist leader Chairman Mao.
Design Week Awards 2019 judges revealed…
Experts on branding (Jack Renwick), social design (Sophie Thomas), exhibition design (Lucienne Roberts) are joined by Ustwo design director Helen Fuchs, The Guardian’s digital director Ben Longden and many more.
Design Week Awards 2019 entry deadline extended
If you haven’t entered yet, there’s still time and you can find everything you need to know right here.
Exploring the colourful work of pop art nun, Corita Kent
We chat to curator Olivia Ahmad and designer Fraser Muggeridge about Corita Kent: Power Up, an exhibition currently on at London’s House of Illustration, which delves into the subversive and
5 design things to look out for in March 2019
Talks on women in the arts, an exhibition on Quentin Blake’s Matilda illustrations, and a new book on how to work creatively “without being an asshole” are just a few
George Adams exhibition shines light on “prolific” but “undocumented” Bauhaus designer
The exhibition at the Isokon Gallery, which is part of a building that was once home to Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, aims to highlight Britain’s links to the creative movement.
Design inspiration: the best studio work from February
A gift set for the Tate, an interactive sandpit at the Southbank Centre and a print campaign lambasting uncomfortable underwear are some of our favourite projects this month.
Is This Tomorrow? New exhibition delves into visions of the future
Artists and architects have worked together to create installations and structures for the show at the Whitechapel Gallery, looking at issues including restricted living space and the treatment of animals.
V&A Dundee video game will teach players about “empathy and kindness”
Plaything, created by Will Anderson and Niall Tessier-Lavigne, will let gamers take on the role of both “designer and player” by creating their own characters.
“There is a snobbery about postcards”: British Museum explores overlooked art form
A new show at the British Museum features 300 artists’ postcards from the last 60 years, which look to demonstrate the political power of the little prints, and how they