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.
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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.
Daniel Weil: “Designers are the ones who show change”
The Pentagram partner and product designer talks about and his first children’s book, the power of chess and how he designs in the present.
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.
Ushering in the lo-TEK age: designers can learn from indigenous practice
In her new book, designer and academic Julia Watson explores how designers can look to the sustainable practices of indigenous peoples and apply them at scale in cities.
£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.
Design in 2020 – what will product design look like?
As part of our series of design in 2020, Jo Barnard, founder and creative director at Morrama, looks at what will happen in product design in the next 12 months.
Our favourite festive design projects of the year
From a Santa lifestyle brand, to a brain-teasingly festive mobile app, these are our favourite projects this Christmas season.
Designing a starry-eyed calendar for 2020
To mark the start of a new decade, Supple studio and Totalcontent have teamed up to create a calendar which plays on the double-meaning of ‘2020’.
Take Design Week's quiz of the year 2019
Think you know what happened in design this year? Test yourself with our quiz.
From Extinction Rebellion to Virgin's Varga girl: designers' biggest moments of 2019
It’s been a year marked by protest and politics, which has in turn given way to a host of memorable design moments – as it wraps up, we ask designers
The 10 biggest product stories of 2019
From an at-home blood testing kit to a holographic sat nav system, we look back at our most popular stories across product and digital in the past year.
From Bauhaus to Berlin’s poster culture: a German design guide
In the first of a new series spotlighting design in different countries, we look at Germany’s diverse creative culture, from industrial to graphic design, which is both forward-thinking and respectful
Design Week’s Christmas gift guide for designers
From books and stationary, to tech and experiences, here’s a selection of everything the design enthusiast in your life could possibly want for Christmas.
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
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
Design inspiration: the best projects from November
From an immersive rendering of King Kong to a map that breaks down the UK into 1400 songs, these are some of our favourite studio projects from November.
Mooncup packaging redesign: “It’s time the product shouted proudly from the shelf”
Established in 2002, the Mooncup was the first menstrual cup on the market – a brand overhaul from Bluemarlin looks to strengthen its position as an “ethical pioneer”.
“Trust, transparency, and no cannabis leaves” – designing for the UK’s CBD market
Market value is set to reach almost £1 billion in the next five years, but experts say careful design is needed to ensure products don’t suffer from preconceived negative associations
Royal Designers for Industry award recipients unveiled for 2019
Among the six designers who have been recognised are the lighting designer for War Horse, head of fabrics at Alexander McQueen and a newspaper cartoonist.