Design inspiration: the best projects from March
From naked puzzles to the future of skin care, March was filled with innovative and imaginative design work – here are our favourite projects.
Furniture
All things furniture design, including the latest modern collections, interviews with furniture designers and profiles of retailers such as Ikea.
“It is plurality that defines us”: a Brazilian design guide
As part of our series exploring countries’ design cultures, we explore how Brazil’s politics of the past and present are affecting design, and how young designers are forging their own visual culture.
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.
Interior inspiration: Design Week’s picks
Although it may take a while before we can see them in the flesh, here are some real-world interiors projects from the hospitality sector that have caught our eye recently.
City of London launches design competition for £250,000 Digital Service Points
The multifunctional public interventions will look to replace the Square Mile’s outdated blue Police Boxes with 21st Century digital hubs.
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.
Design in 2021 – what will furniture design look like?
As part of our series of design in 2021, Ruth Wassermann, design director at Made.com looks at what will happen in furntiure design in the next 12 months.
Design inspiration: the best projects from November
Another month spent in lockdown had some designers yearning for nightclubs and events gone by, while others are revisiting old projects or pushing new boundaries.
Pentagram redesigns The New Republic to match its “forward-thinking content”
Eddie Opara and his team have created a typographic identity for the New York-based liberal journal and its accompanying website.
Made launches virtual apartment for “see-now-buy-now” experience
The online interiors store has created a virtual version of its Amsterdam show apartment to bring its latest collection into people’s homes.
Everything you need to know about London Design Festival 2020
This year’s event will be going ahead with some significant changes in the face of the pandemic — here’s all the information you’ll need.
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in September
From exhibitions to books, there’s plenty going on this month for designers, their kids (and even their dogs) to catch.
Design inspiration: the best projects from July
This month we were enamoured with offerings from across the design spectrum, from minimalist signage and intricate book illustrations, to sleek lighting and bold large-scale installations.
Design Week Awards 2020 — the shortlist in full
We’re excited to announce the full shortlist for our awards below. Stay tuned later in the month for our winners showcase, which will be revealed here on the site as
Design Week Awards extended until 27 March
As Coronavirus disrupted working patterns so much last week we’re giving you a few more days to get your entries together.
The “loss-making” Conran Shop has been sold to new owners
The group of interior design stores, founded by Sir Terence Conran, has found new buyers in the Marandi family.
Salone del Mobile has been postponed following coronavirus outbreak
The world’s biggest furniture fair will now take place in June, as Italy reckons with the global virus outbreak, which has hit the north of the country.
Lay Koon Tan: “No natural material comes with a technical data sheet”
From bathtubs lined with eggshell, to Rolls Royce dashboards finished with iridescent tail feathers, we explore Malaysian-born Lay Koon Tan’s sustainable luxury interiors studio Nature Squared.
Design Week Awards 2020 opens for entries
Entries are open for the Design Week Awards. We’re building on the success of last year’s new look awards by overhauling our digital categories and bringing you another accessible ceremony.
Design in 2020 – what will furniture design look like?
As part of our series of design in 2020, Ruth Wassermann, design director at Made.com looks at what will happen in furntiure design in the next 12 months.
Our favourite festive design projects of the year
From a Santa lifestyle brand, to a brain-teasingly festive mobile app, these are our favourite projects this Christmas season.
Design Week’s Christmas gift guide for designers
From books and stationary, to tech and experiences, here’s a selection of everything the design enthusiast in your life could possibly want for Christmas.
Royal Designers for Industry award recipients unveiled for 2019
Among the six designers who have been recognised are the lighting designer for War Horse, head of fabrics at Alexander McQueen and a newspaper cartoonist.
How a new generation of designers is creating social impact
From circular economies within fashion to rehabilitating indigenous communities, a crop of young designers are focusing on design’s capacity for social change.