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New patent software aims to encourage designers to be more original
- 3 May 2017
Researchers at Brunel University London hope the technology will be used to “stimulate innovation” by alerting designers to potential patent infringement.
V&A launches school initiative to stop design becoming “endangered”
- 1 May 2017
The Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum’s director Tristram Hunt has launched the DesignLab Nation scheme, which aims to pique the interest of more students from the midlands and north of England in design.
Women heading up design businesses tell their career progression stories
- 1 May 2017
Last week, Kerning the Gap founder Nat Maher spoke about the career progression challenges that women face in the design industry. Now, we ask creative directors and managing directors how they got to their roles today, and what advice they would offer others.
Hope not Hate rebrands to “strike out” discrimination.
- 25 Apr 2017
Consultancy Blue State Digital has designed a new website and identity for the anti-racism charity, which aims to reflect the “serious times” that we live in.
Hope not Hate rebrands to “strike out” discrimination
- 25 Apr 2017
Consultancy Blue State Digital has designed a new website and identity for the anti-racism charity, which aims to reflect the “serious times” that we live in.
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Ikea looks to help Syrian refugees integrate with jobs initiative in Jordan
- 23 Apr 2017
The retailer plans to expand its Social Entrepreneurs initiative to the country, which will see Syrian refugees and local Jordanian women produce textiles and rugs to be sold in Ikea stores in the Middle East.
Women are studying design – so where are all the female creative directors?
- 20 Apr 2017
In her first column, Kerning the Gap founder Nat Maher looks at how female designers face career progression challenges and lack of exposure – an inequality that was revealed to her through a simple Google search.
Exploring Unit Editions’ new book on the work of Paula Scher
- 18 Apr 2017
This month, independent publisher Unit Editions has released Paula Scher: Works – a 522-page book documenting the life and work of the Pentagram partner. We speak to the book’s co-editor Adrian Shaughnessy about what makes Scher “remarkable”, her politically-motivated projects, and her refusal to be typecast as a “female designer”.
“People are amazed by what designers could once do with their hands”
- 13 Apr 2017
Graphic designer and tutor Briar Levit has directed Graphic Means, a film on traditional, handcrafted typesetting.
Lance Wyman: “I was the kid in the class who could draw”
- 9 Apr 2017
Speaking at Offf in Barcelona, the logo extraordinaire talked through his lifetime of work and demonstrated how a childhood love for drawing and time spent grafting in a factory got him to where he is today.
Design Council looks to make people “happier and healthier” in built environments
- 9 Apr 2017
The Design Council and Social Change UK collaboration hopes to set out how urban designers can tackle social and health issues such as diabetes through the design of buildings and public spaces.
How To: navigate a career change
- 4 Apr 2017
In the first of four “How to Guides”, recruitment agency Vitamin T offers a step-by-step guide on how to change career.
“Ego is the worst thing in the world” – designers’ tips on landing a job
- 30 Mar 2017
The Graphic Design Portfolio Masterclass, organised by creative jobs site The Dots, took place this month – we speak to Pentagram, Studio Moross, Jones Knowles Ritchie and more about what students and graduates need to do to stand out.
From Dieter Rams to Alan Fletcher: Designers on their design heroes
- 29 Mar 2017
Last week, we wrote about a new book which spotlights 500 notable graphic designs dating back to the 15th century and makes connections between projects that have influenced others. Now we ask designers which figures have had the greatest influence on their own work?
Alan Kitching: “Letterpress is no longer relevant”
- 28 Mar 2017
As part of our Design Week at 30 series we speak to letterpress legend Alan Kitching about his career in design, and how the industry has changed over the past three decades.
Moments in history designers would like to see recreated in exhibition form
- 24 Mar 2017
Last week, we visited the Design Museum’s latest exhibition, which explores Soviet Russia. Now, from the Elizabethan era to modernist early-20th century, designers tell us what time period they would love to see brought to life in a museum space.
Freelance State of Mind: creativity in London will soon become endangered
- 23 Mar 2017
Columnist and freelance illustrator Ben Tallon talks about how designers and other creative professionals are being priced out of London – and this is to the capital city’s own detriment.
Research reveals 70% of clients expect designers to free pitch
- 20 Mar 2017
The What Clients Think 2017 report surveys over 450 design clients, and shows that while the majority do not expect to pay for pitches, nearly 90% see design as important to their brand.
NEXT Retail 60 second CV
- 28 Feb 2017
We’re looking for innovators and trailblazers, the switched-on and clued-up, the faster than fast-paced, the light-years-ahead forward thinkers. We asked Anthony Williams what it’s like to work for such a dynamic environment.
Meetings that move people – How to create personal confidence
- 15 Feb 2017
John Scarrott, trainer and coach to design businesses, looks at how improve your personal confidence in the final part of his series, which also looks at preparation, practise and performance.
