What we loved at Milan Design Week 2018
From a fully functional American diner through to Google’s unnerving house showing how technology has taken over our lives, we round up our favourites from this year’s Italian design festival.
Furniture
All things furniture design, including the latest modern collections, interviews with furniture designers and profiles of retailers such as Ikea.
Lexus Design Award 2018: cork furniture, illustrated eggs and fabric flowerpots
The annual Lexus Design Award, part of Milan Design Week, sees four finalists create concepts that aim to tackle world issues such as pollution, waste and recycling. We look at
Milan Design Week 2018: installations, exhibitions and talks to see
From an exhibition of Vitra products and prototypes on display in an old sports hall, to the latest urban living-inspired installation from Mini Living, we round up the best bits
Furniture brand Swoon unveils new, “living” identity
Zag has created a new logo and design system for the online retailer, based on the brand proposition “for the home obsessed”.
Celebrating 150 years of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
A year-long initiative called Mackintosh 150 has been launched to mark the anniversary of the Scottish designer.
Design Week Awards 2018 judges announced…
Find out who we’ve selected to be part of our panel of more than 20 expert judges and remember you have until 27 March to enter the Design Week
Tom Dixon: ”I never planned to be a designer – I just liked fixing things”
Tom Dixon, founder at his self-named furniture design studio, has made a brand for himself selling everything from lighting to chairs and stationery. Speaking with Design Week at Design Indaba,
Last chance to enter the Design Week Awards
There’s still time to look back at your best work from the last year and enter the Design Week Awards, as we’re now giving you until 4th April. Here’s how
“Winning a Design Week Award helped us recruit new talent and reach new clients”
Find out from one of last year’s winners Method what winning a Design Week Award can do for your business.
First look at new Dieter Rams documentary
The upcoming feature film from American director Gary Hustwit will delve into the life and work of the German designer, who is responsible for creating hundreds of products for Braun,
5 talks to catch at Design Indaba 2018
South Africa’s annual design conference returns to Cape Town this month. Here are some of the most interesting speakers to check out during the event, including stage designer Es Devlin
The most influential female designers of the last century
On the centenary of women’s suffrage in the UK, we look at the female designers who have made an impact on everything from graphics to textiles over the past 100
Ikea and Tom Dixon collaborate on modular furniture collection
Delaktig is an aluminium single bed that also functions as a chaise longue or sofa, and features a number of customisable add-ons such as tables and lamps.
V&A reimagines “golden age of travel” with Ocean Liners exhibition
We speak to exhibition designers Casson Mann about the challenge of expressing the scale of 20th century passenger ships in a small gallery space, and how the glamour of ocean
Design Week Awards 2018 open for entries
The Design Week Awards is back – find out how to be recognised for design excellence by your peers and clients.
Remembering Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad: 5 defining furniture designs
Entrepreneur Kamprad, who founded Ikea in 1943, has died aged 91 following a short illness – we look back at some of the pivotal products that were launched under his
5 design things to look out for in February 2018
This month, you can visit South African festival Design Indaba, and explore the lesser-known history of upholstery at a new exhibition.
Design Museum announces Beazley Designs of the Year 2018 winners
Now in its 10th edition, this year’s awards saw the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture named as the overall winner.
Design in 2018 – what will furniture design look like?
As part of our series on the future of design in 2018, Made.com design director Ruth Wassermann looks at what will happen in furniture design over the next 12 months.
Barber and Osgerby: “It’s much more fun to be an inventor than a designer”
Following the publication of design duo Barber and Osgerby’s monograph last year, we speak to the studio’s co-founder Jay Osgerby about 20 years’ of furniture-making, coming up with original ideas
Design Week wraps up for 2017
We’re off to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s – we’ll be back on 2 January 2018.
Pantone announces Ultra Violet purple as colour of the year 2018
The blue-based purple has been selected for its “provocative” and “thoughtful” shade, which nods to current trends in areas like spirituality and space exploration.
EU initiative looks to join up international designers and tech brands
The Worth Partnership Project is calling for applicants to a new fund that will see collaboration between technology and textile, fashion, furniture and jewellery design.
How New Boosbeck is teaching unemployed people to make furniture
An RCA graduate has started a social enterprise in Middlesbrough to teach young people, offenders and people recovering from addiction crafts skills that aim to help them get a job.