Good Services: creating a common knowledge for service designers
A new book from Lou Downe, the UK government’s former director of design, seeks to establish a universal language for the often-overlooked discipline of service design.
Interactive
Read about digital and technology-focused projects from consultancies and digital studios, including user experience (UX), website and app design.
Can designers bring tech and the natural world closer together?
Two seemingly different themes are setting the agenda for 2020 but things get really interesting for designers when these worlds collide.
Design inspiration: the best projects from January
Pentagram’s rebrand of an internet password system, an adult-targeted CBD drink and a smart watch are some of our favourite projects from the past month.
In-house teams: How Reuters Graphics visualises "catastrophic" world events
As part of our new series about in-house design teams, Simon Scarr, deputy editor of Reuters Graphics talks visualising catastrophe, global communication and Star Wars.
Benjamin Hubert reveals “near-future” autonomous ride sharing concept
The concept vehicle is tailored to user-controlled privacy and also encourages community action for the environment.
Ikea launches build-your-own party electronics
Designed in collaboration with Stockholm-based studio Teenage Engineering, the collection aims to “democratise light and sound at home” with affordable modular pieces.
The virtual reality platform changing how we experience art
When the world’s biggest artists have a vision for virtual reality, London-based Acute Art provides the platform to make it possible.
5 talks to see at Design Indaba
Cape Town-based design conference and festival Design Indaba returns next month promising a special edition to celebrate 25 years.
Pentagram has designed a screen-free audio platform which puts kids in control
The Yoto Player — a connected speaker with a light-up smiley face — can play stories, music, radio and podcasts for children.
NHS Lanarkshire developing Scotland’s first digital hospital
As part of a relocation scheme, University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie will be given a state-of-the-art update “designed to ensure that the huge advances in digital technology are centralised”.
Unionising game and tech workers: should the UK follow the US’ lead?
US-based game developers and tech workers have joined one of the country’s biggest trade unions, but what kind of working culture led to this moment, and how does the situation
Siri, Alexa and unconscious bias: the case for designing fairer AI assistants
Voice-assistants are becoming a part of our everyday lives, but they don’t understand everyone’s voices equally. We explore how the industry is addressing that inequality.
DixonBaxi develops “intuitive” Premier League experience for Amazon
The partnership between the shopping giant’s streaming service and the world’s most-watched sports championship saw the first match streamed last year.
£9.4 million offered by Department for Transport competition to support railway innovation
Launched in connection with Innovate UK, the First of a Kind 2020 competition is searching for “this century’s Brunel” who can develop technology to make rail travel faster, cleaner and
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
CES 2020: companies scramble to integrate big ideas
Toyota builds a city, Sony reveals a new Play Station logo and cat robots replace waiters at this year’s tech conference.
£40 million government investment takes aim at NHS staff login times
Identified as one of the “main technology frustrations” facing NHS staff, the fund intends improve service design burdens on staff by improving outdated technology, integrating local and national systems and
Design in 2020 — what will interactive design look like?
As part of our series on design in 2020, George Gottl, chief creative officer at UXUS, explores what interactive design will look like in the coming year.
Take Design Week's quiz of the year 2019
Think you know what happened in design this year? Test yourself with our quiz.
The 10 biggest rebrands and logo designs of 2019
We look back at our most popular stories across branding and logos from the last year, from a sustainable (and undeniably French) identity for the Paris Olympics to BT’s 50th
Space10: “We try not to predict the future, just embrace it”
Winners of the Design Week Social Design Award 2019, Ikea’s research and design lab Space10 has had a busy year – here they speak to us about crowdsourcing, why you
Dr. Seuss Enterprises to launch series of educational AR apps
Designed and developed in partnership with UK-based studio Sugar Creative, the first app of the series will be based on Dr. Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book and is set
Unicef launches video game to teach children about their rights
Right Runner, an endless runner style game, aims to educate children in Latin America and the Caribbean in a “fun and interactive” way.
The Home Office is searching for a “user-centred design partnership”
The UK government body responsible for immigration, security and policing has published a tender document looking for those that might be able “design and deliver technology which supports the transformation