Last chance to attend the Design Week Awards 2018
You can still buy tickets to our coveted annual event, which takes place on 26 June and celebrates the best in design across digital, graphics, interiors and
Furniture
All things furniture design, including the latest modern collections, interviews with furniture designers and profiles of retailers such as Ikea.
Design Week launches training courses for designers
Our courses are suitable for anyone who works in a design business or who works solo. We’ve got everything from design to technology, leadership, sales and marketing
Design Week Awards 2018 – the shortlist in full
We’re thrilled to announce the shortlisted projects which will be vying for a coveted Design Week Award on 26 June at the Tower of London. Find out how to
Top 5 design things to look out for in May 2018
This month, you can look forward to four weeks’ worth of events and activities as part of Dundee Design Month, head to OFFF conference in Barcelona and delve into the
How to stop copycat designers from stealing your work
In light of World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD) 2018, we ask designers and IP professionals their advice for graduates on how to protect their work from copyright
Chair: 500 pieces of furniture that have shaped design history
A new book from Phaidon takes a journey through time to explore the humble chair, from pieces by Ray and Charles Eames and the Bouroullec brothers to 16th century relics.
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.
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.