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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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In-house teams: Volt on using design to weather the e-bike boom

Sophie Tolhurst — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:49:37 +0000

Founded in 2010 by brothers James and Lyle Metcalfe, Volt Bikes is one of the forerunners of the electric bike boom of recent years. Yet the brothers had not originally intended to set up as an e-bike company, explains James Metcalfe. Inspired by electric mopeds spotted while on holiday in Asia, he says that the first fleet was actually designed for use in a city tour company he was hoping to set…

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Why design businesses should consider an in-house coach

Katie Scotland — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 13:48:16 +0000

Coaching has become more mainstream in recent years as businesses recognise it as a valuable way to support their people. In a global study by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) from 2009, three quarters of respondents said coaching boosted their confidence; improved relationships, communication and interpersonal skills; and increased work performance. I’ve been Taxi Studio’s in-house…

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Delayed Gratification: choosing beauty over the news agenda in cover design

Sophie Tolhurst — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:30:26 +0000

“We had all these high-falutin ideas when we started the magazine”, says Delayed Gratification co-editor Marcus Webb. “One of the ideas we were talking about was like a Bayeux Tapestry to capture the months like a tableau, and have some things being passed from one cover to another, so you could stack them up and make this big tapestry of life.” After presenting this idea to art director…

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LDF could lose “global audience” without trade shows

William Knight — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:57:56 +0000

So, farewell 100% Design. The fair, re-badged as Design London in 2021 by owners Media 10, once defined contemporary UK design and shaped London’s creative reputation after its debut in September 1995. Now the show has been folded into Clerkenwell Design Week 2023 (CDW), the London Design Festival (LDF) will not have a cornerstone trade event for the first time in its twenty years.

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Design Week’s biggest exhibition stories of 2022

Sophie Tolhurst — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:39:15 +0000

As the FIFA 2022 World Cup draws to a close, with viewing figures approaching 5 billion despite this year’s controversies, it may be unsurprising that the Design Museum’s Football: Designing the Beautiful Game was one of our most popular exhibition stories of 2022. Exploring how design has always been a integral part of football’s story, the exhibition’s five sections covered performance…

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Have global and domestic factors affected designers’ supply chains?

Abbey Bamford — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:49:48 +0000

European textiles and surface finishing products tend to be the highest quality and are the most desirable. Previously we used to source a lot more European suppliers for projects in the far East, but now it takes longer lead times to deliver. Now we tend to give clients two choices: a high-quality European supplier and a closely matched local alternative. However, if clients want something…

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What do designers think of the current IP system in the UK?

Abbey Bamford — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:58:46 +0000

This June the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) released the government’s responses to a call for views of the UK designs framework. The report also gave an idea of what designers see as shortfalls in the system. As the government continues to call for views on the design protection system, Design Week asked industry experts about their experience with the current system.

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Design contributes £97.4bn to the UK economy Design Council reveals

Henry Wong — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 14:37:26 +0000

The design economy contributed £97.4bn in gross value added (GVA) to the UK economy in 2019, new data from the Design Council shows. The findings were revealed in the Design Economy report, which comprises research undertaken by the Design Council and a range of additional sources, to show the state of design in the UK. The industry’s contribution of £97.4bn equates to 4.9% of the total UK GVA.

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Intellectual Property Office releases findings from design protection review

Abbey Bamford — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:00:01 +0000

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has released the government’s responses to a call for views of the UK designs framework. The Design Framework or “designs systems” as the IPO also calls it, refers to the way the UK currently protects designs. It is this which has been under review in the wake of the UK leaving the European Union (EU). The findings follow a 2-month informal consultation…

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