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The updated coronavirus business protection plan benefits many UK design businesses but again fails to give self-employed and freelance workers parity with employees.
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As part of a special focus on freelance designers, we share advice from industry figures such as Emily Forgot and Ben Tallon on how to be successful as a freelancer.
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The Spending Review and Autumn Statement brings major spending cuts across government departments including BIS and DCMS. Here is how design might be affected.
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A new book celebrating the visual history of British wrestling is soon to be published if it hits its crowdfunding target – freelance illustrator Ben Tallon reflects on how the
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From a new Royal Mail stamp series celebrating the UK’s toy design heritage, to WPP’s acquisition of independent consultancy Design Bridge, we round up the design news from the last
Meet the graduates: Kingston University’s Sophia Matheou
As part of our 2023 graduate season coverage, we’re speaking with a selection of graduates from around the UK about their final projects and future plans.
“We’re trying to push all the buttons”: how Ukrainian designers are supporting a country in crisis
As war rages, Ukrainian designers are reorganising their work to spread messages of hope, accurate information, and provide logistical support.
Designers announced for 2022 ‘Festival of Brexit’
A total of 10 teams have been commissioned to turn their ideas into a reality, with Assemble, Nelly Ben Hayoun and a host of freelancers included in the line-up.
Ben Tallon’s new book shows the “underbelly” of British street-level culture
The illustrator-turned-writer is self-publishing his new book, which features 21 illustrated stories inspired by everyday objects found on British streets.
Designers share the best advice they’ve ever been given
As has been proven throughout the coronavirus pandemic so far, the UK’s designers are ready and willing to do their bit for their communities, be that through awareness-spreading campaigns, innovative
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Research recently found that working mothers are “up to 40% more stressed” than other people – in the second piece of a two-part series, we speak to female designers with
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