Ikea launches home safety app after huge product recalls
The Ikea Safer Homes app gives users safety tips and to-do lists to better prepare their homes for children.
Interiors
New collections from interior designers and consultancies, as well as store design concepts for retailers including restaurants and fashion brands.
How to become an: experience designer
As part of our series looking at jobs in design studios, we speak to Chloé Morris, founder at Edible Stories, about constantly looking for inspiration, bringing brand stories to life,
First look at London Design Fair 2019
Much of the work at this year’s event is underpinned by sustainability, with designs from the likes of Mexico, the UAE and Scandinavia all being featured for their eco-friendly credentials.
Rejecting functionality can help designers tell better stories
Form and functionality have long been the focus of design, but a growing number of designers are shifting away from this, creating projects that prioritise history, culture and narrative in
Design in engineering: “There’s no room to be a prima donna”
Tight deadlines and billion-pound investment mean that engineering is one of the most demanding design sectors — so how can you maintain high quality in equally high-pressured environments?
London Design Festival announces new installations across its 11 “design districts”
Latest projects include a suspended installation focusing on the ocean plastic crisis and a recreation of an Underground carriage from the 1960s.
Could this design provide a temporary fix for the Notre Dame?
Architectural firm Gensler has unveiled plans for an interim structure while the fire-damaged cathedral is being renovated.
Filling hospitals with art reduces patient stress, anxiety and pain
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has found that the mental health and experiences of those receiving intrusive examinations, surgery, chemotherapy and emergency care are improved when visual art is installed.
How to become a: lighting designer
As part of our series looking at jobs in design studios, we speak to Tim Routledge, founder at his own company, about the art of “painting with light”, dealing
Design Museum at 30: its most important moments from history
As the London-based cultural institution turns 30 this year, we look back at its story, from its beginnings as a small space in the basement of the V&A museum, its
Creating Glastonbury’s Shangri-La out of landfill junk
We speak to Kaye Dunnings, creative director at the festival’s most crusading area, Shangri-La, about designing huge art installations from recycled electronics, protest art workshops and creating a “safe space”
11 products which defined Apple’s history
During his 27 year tenure as Apple’s chief design officer, Sir Jony Ive oversaw the design of some of the world’s most recognisable products – as well as some quickly-withdrawn
Designs revealed for new Museum of London site set to open in 2024
The new site, designed by Stanton Williams and Asif Kahn, has exceeded its original budget by nearly £100 million as plans have begun to unravel.
How fashion is styling sustainability through product design
From seaweed shoes to synthetic spider silk, the fashion industry is finding inventive solutions to its sustainability crisis.
New Designers returns with projects that tackle social issues
This year, the showcase of up-and-coming designers’ work challenges everything from ‘manspreading’ and loneliness in older people, to sustainability and smart phone addiction.
How to become a: wayfinding designer
As part of our series looking at jobs in design studios, we speak to Pelin Morris, wayfinding graphic designer at Endpoint, about her fascination with human behaviour, why she
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in June
Learn about London’s street signs, visit an exhibition about brilliant craftswomen and find out whether you’ve won a coveted Design Week award.
Science Museum’s Illuminate space designed as adaptive “jigsaw”
The new events space by Mary Duggan Architects can be adapted with translucent curtains that sweep across the room to mark out different areas.
V&A food exhibition challenges our ideas of consumption
Food: Bigger than the Plate is the museum’s latest blockbuster show, which hopes to explore the future of food production, looking at how we can be more sustainable without compromising
Viva La Vulva and Microsoft’s Adaptive Controller top D&AD Awards 2019
The annual, global awards scheme, which famously rewards its winners with black, yellow, graphite and wood pencils, has announced its 720 winners for this year.
Design Week Awards 2019 – the shortlist in full
We’re excited to announce the full shortlist for our awards, which will take place on 20 June at the Science Museum’s new Illuminate space. You can buy tickets
Are you being paid enough in your current role and are you happy?
Design Week research reveals equal pay discrepancies between men and women in the same role, a gender pay gap of more than 20% and that three quarters of the designers
Design inspiration: the best studio work from April
Lego bricks designed to help blind children learn, a smartphone concept that gets people away from their screen and a fun campaign encouraging nurses to wash their hands are some
Designing the interiors of Tottenham Hotspur's new stadium
F3 Architects has balanced the interiors, facilities, retail and hospitality areas across the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to engage different types of fans and user groups.