Ikea launches home safety app after huge product recalls
The Ikea Safer Homes app gives users safety tips and to-do lists to better prepare their homes for children.
Furniture
All things furniture design, including the latest modern collections, interviews with furniture designers and profiles of retailers such as Ikea.
“It’s great to surprise people with how they might use a piece” – Rowena Edwards
The recipient of the Design Week Rising Star Award 2019 talks about her home roots, finding inspiration everywhere and why people using chairs to dry clothes is a good thing.
First look at London Design Fair 2019
Much of the work at this year’s event is underpinned by sustainability, with designs from the likes of Mexico, the UAE and Scandinavia all being featured for their eco-friendly credentials.
Understanding Martino Gamper's “ironic” disco at Coal Drops Yard
His installation for London Design Festival draws on a number of inspirations, from clubbing in the 1990s to fake Crimean villages.
Rejecting functionality can help designers tell better stories
Form and functionality have long been the focus of design, but a growing number of designers are shifting away from this, creating projects that prioritise history, culture and narrative in
Heal’s repositions as “arbiter of style”
The new look was designed by London-based consultancy Deep and takes inspiration from the brand’s “British heritage and pioneering spirit”.
Can design fix the funeral industry’s sustainability crisis?
From burial pods to liquid cremation, we look at the people designing more sustainable ways to die.
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in August
This month, Chichester’s creative scene is celebrated, Hungarian artist Dora Maurer is given her first UK retrospective and a new book reveals the hidden meanings in some of the world’s
Design inspiration: the best studio projects from July
Reinterpretations of Robin Day chairs, a handy primer on Northern city names and a digital identity for a Rwandan girls empowerment magazine are some of our favourite design projects this
New Designers returns with projects that tackle social issues
This year, the showcase of up-and-coming designers’ work challenges everything from ‘manspreading’ and loneliness in older people, to sustainability and smart phone addiction.
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
What can designers do to help tackle the climate change crisis?
We talk to graphic, product and industrial experts about the responsibilities the industry has in helping to save the planet, from designing persuasive visual campaigns through to better public transport
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.
Ikea hacks its own products to make them better suited for disability
To coincide with Disabled Access Day 2019, Ikea has launched its ThisAbles range of add-on products that aim to make daily life easier for disabled people, including bumpers for bookshelves,
Can effective brands really make people happier?
New research by Havas Media shows that over three quarters of people think brands should contribute to quality of life and wellbeing — we speak to creatives
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
Ikea launches Överallt, its first African design collection
The new collection, which has seen African designers collaborate with Ikea designers, is set for a global roll-out in May.
6 things designers should know about copyright
Copyright might sound like fancy lawyers and big business, but its impact is real for studios of all sizes, says Eric Schrijver. The designer and author shares his best advice
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.
Top talks to catch at Design Indaba 2019
South African annual design conference Design Indaba is just around the corner and we’ve picked out some of the most exciting talks to look out for.
A hospital relaxation room to make cancer treatment “less daunting”
Guy’s Hospital recently invested in a £50 million project to improve cancer care at the London NHS trust – we speak to BAT Studio about designing The Living Room, a