Picks of the month: the best design events in April
There’s plenty to do in the upcoming weeks, from central London light installations to tiny treehouse building sessions for children.
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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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Design Week Awards 2021 entry deadline extended
You now have an extra three weeks to get your entries over before the deadline on 1 April and find out everything you need to know here.
Design museums and galleries are set to reopen in May – this is what you can see
As cultural institutions begin to reopen from mid-May, these are the exhibitions and dates to remember.
Picks of the month: the best design events in March 2021
With an end to lockdown in sight, the online-only events in our March round-up could be some of the last. Here’s what’s going on.
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon: “I designed because I needed to eat”
The 93-year-old graphic designer, who began her career in the 1950s, talks type, luck and forever seeking Armin Hofmann’s “prima”.
Network Rail launches competition for in-station exhibition concept
A budget of £12,000, including a £4,000 fee, is being offered for the winning design of the Curating Concourses competition.
National Gallery seeks design team to work on £30 million bicentenary project
A suite of projects are slated to celebrate the gallery’s 200th birthday in 2024, including a new research centre and a redesigned welcome area.
Expo 2020 Dubai’s wayfinding weaves Middle East tradition with Western design
London studio Spaceagency has developed the wayfinding and signage system for the international event with the help of local craftspeople.
Stufish partners with industry experts to launch COVID-safe Vertical Theatre
The semi-open-air structure is built from scaffolding, with Stufish saying its adoption will “future-proof” an industry decimated by the pandemic.
Picks of the month: the best (at home) design events in February
It will be another month spent at home but you can still take in everything from utopian community building to overcoming creative barriers and more.
Design Week Awards 2021 opens for entries
This year winning work will be given a bigger platform than ever before, we are assembling our biggest ever judging panel and categories have been tweaked for maximum relevance.
Lumiere producers launch competition to find new installations for 2021 show
The light art festival is committing more than £50,000 to fund six new designs ahead of its November 2021 event in Durham, UK.
How designers are “animating the sky” with drones
A series of recent high-profile events have featured futuristic drones shows – but as these designers tell us, a good production needs more than just tech to tell a story.
Fortnum & Mason unveils window collaboration with out of work theatre set designers
With theatre doors shut, the department store has handed over creative control of their famous window displays to six designers.
Design in 2021 – what will exhibition design look like?
As part of our series of design in 2021, Pippa Nissen, director at Nissen Richards Studio looks at what will happen in exhibition design in the next 12 months.
The five biggest exhibition design stories of 2020
In a year where many cultural institutions were closed, exhibition designers had to adapt and often bring the museum experience into our own homes.
Mermaids and unicorns feature in blockbuster new Natural History Museum exhibition
Based on the content of the Fantastic Beasts films, the exhibition explores mythical creatures alongside real-life ones in the name of conservation.
Dieter Rams’ work celebrated in new Japanese exhibition
Less But Better has been curated and designed by London-based Systems Studio and aims to introduce the German designer’s work to “new audiences”.
Christmas window displays 2020: 60s psychedelia, festive cherry pickers and more
With the festive season heading our way, Design Week looks at some of the UK and Ireland’s flagship store window displays.
Picks of the month: the best design events of December
From books and talks to the virtual version of a blockbuster exhibition, there’s plenty to see and do in the lead-up to Christmas.
Wearable air purifier and diabetes earring lead social impact showcase
The projects have been revealed as part of the line-up for the 2020 Global Grad Show, which showcases student and academic responses to social issues.
Sunderland Future Living Expo identity is a “window into the future”
Studio Blackburn has led the branding for the event, which will concentrate on the future of sustainable home building.
Secret 7” reveals sleeve designs from Jean Jullien, Morag Myerscough and Anish Kapoor
2020 marks the seventh and final year of the secretive record sleeve design auction, which is raising money for Help Refugees.
Picks of the month: the best design events of November
With news of a second national lockdown, it’s a month of virtual events from design festivals to “paint with fonts” classes.