Scotch & Soda reveals Amsterdam-inspired rebrand and store redesign
The Dutch fashion brand has unveiled a new look and ‘Free Spirit’ concept which will roll out across its new retail spaces.
Interiors
New collections from interior designers and consultancies, as well as store design concepts for retailers including restaurants and fashion brands.
Interiors inspiration: Design Week favourite recent projects
These interiors projects have caught our eye from the world of hospitality, retail and workplace.
Designers and scientists are uniting to develop UV cleaning products
With the help of cutting-edge light science, designers are developing interventions that use UV light to sanitise both at home and in public.
Interior inspiration: Design Week’s picks
With hope of a return to public life in our minds we wanted to share some real world interiors projects have caught our eye.
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.
Virgil Abloh partners with Braun to reinvent classic product as “functional art”
To mark Braun’s 100-year anniversary, the designer has redesigned the Wandanlage stereo system in a bid to bring the product in front of a new audience.
Moynihan Train Hall: branding New York’s “biggest civic infrastructure project in decades”
New York-based design studio Watson & Company is behind the identity, which aims to be a “love letter” to the city.
Network Rail launches competition for in-station exhibition concept
A budget of £12,000, including a £4,000 fee, is being offered for the winning design of the Curating Concourses competition.
National Gallery seeks design team to work on £30 million bicentenary project
A suite of projects are slated to celebrate the gallery’s 200th birthday in 2024, including a new research centre and a redesigned welcome area.
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.
Stufish partners with industry experts to launch COVID-safe Vertical Theatre
The semi-open-air structure is built from scaffolding, with Stufish saying its adoption will “future-proof” an industry decimated by the pandemic.
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.
Offices redesigned as lab to process 10,000 Covid tests a day
KB Architects led the project to transform the office facility into a working lab within three months.
Fortnum & Mason unveils window collaboration with out of work theatre set designers
With theatre doors shut, the department store has handed over creative control of their famous window displays to six designers.
Design in 2021 – what will interior design look like?
As part of our series of design in 2021, 20.20 creative director Jon Lee looks at what will happen in interior 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.
We don’t design to make “trash and money”: a Mexican design guide
As part of our series exploring countries’ design cultures, we look at how Mexican designers are fusing heritage craft with modern design.
How the National Theatre has been “transformed” for social-distancing
National Theatre set designer Katrina Lindsay reveals how the Olivier theatre has been remodelled for a safely-distanced season of drama.
Hackney Church repositions as community focused “cathedral of creativity”
Omse has designed an identity for the East London church to flex across its many functions, from place of worship to gig venue and brewery.
Good Measures launches to improve COVID signage systems
The newly-established partnership hopes to create more aesthetically-pleasing solutions to COVID wayfinding in working, retail and even domestic spaces.
“Think Lego or Minecraft”: Designing a school in 15 minutes
Seismic, a collaborative construction project funded via Innovate UK, looks to speed up the process and reduce the costs of school building.
Northern Ireland’s contact tracing app lets people “take control”
Big Motive has launched the country’s app in the hope of slowing the spread of coronavirus, incorporating “nudges” and a community focus.
Design Week’s favourite projects from graduate season so far – part two
Graduate season is in full swing now, so we’ve rounded up our favourite projects from the most recently opened online showcases.
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.