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Design across five decades: from the editors who brought you Design Week

Tom Banks — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:03:57 +0000

Design Week’s legacy is that it stands as a record of an industry which is constantly changing, an industry which makes a demonstrable social, cultural and economic contribution to the world. In this final editorial you’ll have to allow me the indulgence of both giving some insight into what the last 38 years have looked like in design and how Design Week brought it to you – with the help of its…

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Using VR to break outdated taboos around women’s health

Emily Gosling — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 09:00:01 +0000

For all the supposed leaps forward we’ve made in terms of gender equality, we’ve still got a long way to go when it comes to women’s healthcare: many conditions are woefully under- or mis-diagnosed, and there still remains a baffling sense of taboo in discussing things affecting around half the population, like periods. And in the UK, it’s only as of 2024 that key topics related to women’s health…

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The design business tips, thoughts and advice you needed this year

Emily Gosling — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 08:00:45 +0000

The PlasticFree directory was launched in January this year, with designs by Made Thought. The directory provides a list of more than 100 plastic-free materials and system solutions which can be categorised by their properties and used to inform design and business decisions. Following up the news of the directory, designers from Pearlfisher, SmilePlastics, the Helen Hamlyn Centre for…

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Pantone reveals “youthful” but “timeless” 2024 colour of the year

Abbey Bamford — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:15:37 +0000

Pantone has announced 13-1023 Peach Fuzz as its colour of the year, which it describes as “a velvety gentle peach tone” with an “all-embracing spirit”. The Pantone Colour of the Year educational programme was established by The Pantone Colour Institute in 1999, in a bid to kick start conversations around colour in the design community and draw attention to the relationship between culture and…

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Design Week’s most popular long reads of 2023

Sophie Tolhurst — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:19:08 +0000

A branding story was Design Week’s most popular long read of 2023, but not for its well-thought strategy and perfectly executed design details – but rather for the very lack of it when Twitter rebranded to X overnight. Launched with a flurry of Tweets from Elon Musk and a “good enough” logo, designers were quick to comment on the design and its glitchy implementation. To take the story further…

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Breast cancer detection and safety devices: the Prototypes of Humanity shortlist

Abbey Bamford — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:27:37 +0000

A device that can detect breast cancer through urine, a badge designed to improve personal safety and a navigation solution for deaf-blind individuals are among this years shortlisted projects for Prototypes of Humanity. The annual programme looks at the most innovative academic projects that aim to address problems affecting people and the planet, engaging with thousands of students and…

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Does the North need a ‘creative corridor’? Its designers weigh in

Emily Gosling — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 15:28:33 +0000

Formed by a partnership of creative industry leaders, the Northern Creative Corridor (NCC) coalition aims to “unlock the huge potential in the North of England’s Creative Industries sector” through a cross-regional growth strategy. This largely focuses on nurturing and investing in existing ‘creative clusters’ (defined as “cities and regions that have high concentrations of creative businesses”)…

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What does the Autumn Statement 2023 mean for design?

Sophie Tolhurst — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 10:34:30 +0000

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt presented an Autumn Statement promising to focus on “long-term growth”, but design leaders say the Government is missing the potential of design to meet the challenges faced by the UK. In fact, design was given so little mention – the word only said in the context of how promised reforms will be “designed” – that industry leaders were quick to point out the oversight.

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Creative Industry Alliance targets underinvestment in state school design education

Emily Gosling — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:39:41 +0000

Spearheaded by designer and upcoming D&AD president Jack Renwick; Sean Thomas, executive creative director at JKR; and Claire Blyth, host of the My Life in Design podcast, the Creative Industry Alliance was formed ahead of next week’s Autumn Statement. The Creative Industry Alliance’s goal is to urge the government to consider the impact of underinvesting in state school art and design subjects…

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Hidden yet vital: celebrating design technicians

Sophie Tolhurst — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:13:19 +0000

“We help students make their projects, but they never see what we can do”, says Anna Wiggins, senior digital workshop technician at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU), about the new exhibition, Yes We Can. Bringing together the work of 21 technical staff from the university’s art and design, engineering, architecture and digital media departments, the exhibition is open until 6 December to both…

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