Picks of the month: the best design events in January
Though the UK has now entered its third lockdown, there’s no shortage of online design events from virtual dog exhibitions to font-themed quizzes.
Yinka Ilori among designers and creatives named in New Year’s Honours 2021
The British-Nigerian designer has been recognised alongside other creatives, including Ilse Crawford and William Dudley.
Take Design Week’s quiz of the year 2020
Think you know what happened in design this year? Test yourself with our quiz.
Design inspiration: the best projects from December
Light-up machines that connect loved ones and a shadowy identity for a Bauhaus master are some of our favourite projects from the month.
Design Week’s most popular long reads of 2020
This year, we saw how design intersected with some of 2020’s biggest stories – including Covid and Black Lives Matter – and helped people adapt and survive.
Design Week’s best business advice of 2020
Our best business advice from the year includes insight into LEGO and Duolingo’s in-house teams, dealing with criticism and tips for designers on working and living throughout the pandemic.
New design guides for Royal Docks aim to help area “become part of the city”
The guides are the next stage in the Royal Docks’ Public Realm Framework project, and stipulate how designers might ensure the spaces are accessible, useful and inclusive for all Londoners.
Pantone reveals two choices for its Colour of the Year 2021
The colour institute has chosen a “pairing” for the first time in its 22-year history – which it says is especially suited to home offices and sportswear.
“Loud, colourful and busy”: a Trinidad and Tobago design guide
As part of our series exploring countries’ design cultures, we look at how the Caribbean nation is finding its own aesthetic and searching for community.
Design Week’s Christmas gift guide for designers
Whether you want to furnish the design lover in your life’s home, or encourage your studio Secret Santa to eat bugs, we’ve got you covered.
The UK’s craft industry can help local communities “survive and flourish”
Research into the UK’s craft economy from UCA highlights economic growth and a rise in online opportunities but also gaps in support for makers.
Camille Walala imagines a “plant-filled and people-focused” Oxford Street
Inspired by lockdown’s empty streets, the French designer has reimagined the central London location as a nature-enriched place to meet and rest.
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