Meet the graduates: Nottingham Trent University’s Kavya Jain
As part of our coverage of 2021’s graduate season, we’re spending five minutes with a selection of graduates from around the country to talk about their work, practice and future
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News, views and analysis on the latest product and industrial design stories, covering transport, tech products and homewares.
How to ensure a good design partnership
Designers who have made a name for themselves as part of a duo give their advice for ensuring a smooth, creative and business-oriented relationship.
Meet the graduates: University of Edinburgh’s Mariia Kharitonova
As part of our coverage of 2021’s graduate season, we’re spending five minutes with a selection of graduates from around the country to talk about their work, practice and future
Meet the graduates: the Royal College of Art’s Christian Pugsley
As part of our coverage of 2021’s graduate season, we’re spending five minutes with a selection of graduates from around the UK to talk about their work, practice and future
Meet the graduates: University of the West of England’s Sophie Pitt
As part of our coverage of 2021’s graduate season, we’re spending five minutes with a selection of graduates from around the UK to talk about their work, practice and future
Layer’s smart assistant Capsula Mini is designed to express sadness and joy
Benjamin Hubert’s design studio has collaborated with a Russian internet company on Capsula Mini, a smart assistant with a personality.
Meet the graduates: Central Saint Martins’ Luis Undritz
As part of our coverage of 2021’s graduate season, we’re spending five minutes with a selection of graduates from around the UK to talk about their work, practice and future
London Design Festival 2021 looks to help visitors “rediscover the entire city”
The festival returns for its 19th edition in September, with a more extensive programme planned than last year’s event, which was held in the midst of the pandemic.
Designs revealed for London police box successor
The public communication hub designed by Unknown Works will be rolled out across the capital’s Square Mile by The City of London.
Two years on, Lucy Hughes continues mission to replace plastic with fish waste
The designer behind bioplastic material MarinaTex is continuing to test her invention, while seeking funding and joining forces with other like-minded designers.
Design inspiration: our favourite projects from June
Summer is in full swing and the design projects that caught our eye this month are bright and colourful, with an exception that is literally out of this world.
Notpla and H&M recycling machine scoop top Cannes Lions design prizes
The week-long annual awards for creativity has announced its design awards, with top prizes going to sustainable projects.
Charlotte Perriand’s life in design: “She refused to confine women to a closed kitchen”
We take a look at the life and work of 20th century French designer Charlotte Perriand, whose modernist career is the subject of a blockbuster new Design Museum exhibition.
Virgil Abloh designs “rethought” home water dispenser for Evian
(Re)new supposedly requires 60% less packaging than the equivalent amount of water in bottled form, thanks to its five litre “bubble” concept.
James Dyson Foundation launches teacher’s guide to educate kids on air pollution
Engineering Solutions: Air Pollution is informed by the company’s work in the sector, and is intended to complement existing science, design and technology curriculums.
Six student projects that tackle “real-world issues”
The Royal Society of Arts has unveiled the winners of its 97th annual Student Design Awards, and these are the projects we think you should know about.
Design Week Awards 2021 – the shortlist in full
We’re excited to announce the full Awards shortlist below. Stay tuned later in the month for our Winners Showcase, which will be revealed on the site as part of a
Modular design system Nowdio tackles expensive and slow studio fit outs
The IKEA-style solution aims to make the fit-out process easier and cheaper, while also getting designers back into unoccupied commercial space.
Design Ventura winning team develops flower seed cannon
The winners of the annual Design Museum schools challenge hope the design will help support bee populations with a new pollen source.
Women’s urinal takes aim at “normalised inequality” of long waiting lines
The Peequal is a flatpack solution for outdoor events, where the queue for women’s toilets can be up to 34 time longer than men’s.
DfT seeks designers to make EV charge-points as iconic as telephone boxes
The Department for Transport’s Office of Zero Emission Vehicles says the designs could have potential to become “a piece of iconic British street furniture”.
Ending planned obsolescence is a “brilliant opportunity” for designers
New regulation offers brand, product and retail designers a chance to innovate, argues Landor & Fitch industrial design lead Jack Holloway.
Uncommon designs cookbook cover that can be planted and eaten
The studio has designed the cover for plant-based food brand Merchant Gourmet, and hopes the project will help change consumer food habits.
This advertising column is designed to clean polluted city air
The Pluvo Column has the footprint equivalent to half that of a phone booth, but is able to clean one cubic metre of air per second.