Why design businesses should consider an in-house coach
Taxi Studio in-house coach Katie Scotland shares the positive impact that coaching can have on a studio’s culture and argues it’s a good use of time in a busy day.
Girlguiding launches uniform design tender
With the ambition to unite the different Girlguiding uniforms with a range as memorable as Jeff Banks’ 1990 design, Girlguiding is inviting expressions of interest from designers.
Design competition launched for Bradford City of Culture 2025
On behalf of Bradford 2025, RIBA has released a design brief for a travelling performance space to host live events and installations across the district during 2025.
Things to do in June: the best design events happening this month
Our picks this month include a festival in Birmingham, the fourth London Design Biennale, a book on the history of dyes and a digital experience celebrating the Minimoog.
“We should be more bullish”: Priya Khanchandani on curating design
The Design Museum head of curatorial once tweeted to invite more people to pitch exhibition ideas; as The Offbeat Sari opens she discusses the change called for.
Innovate UK launches £100 million AI fund and competition
The creative industries are one of four sectors identified for a major fund and competition that look to bring together UK businesses with AI experts and developers.
Design Week Awards 2023 entry extended until 19 April
With one last chance to enter this year’s awards, find all the information you need to complete your entries here.
Designing live shows with Silent House: “It’s not sculpture, it’s energy”
Baz Halpin and Alex Reardon of Silent House Group discuss balancing reality and fantasy when designing everything from concert tours to Vegas residencies.
Jason Bruges Studio reveals installation inspired by “nature’s wayfinding”
Jason Bruges describes how its latest public work Floral Guide was informed by the “choreography” between plants and pollinators.
What will social design look like in 2023?
As part of our series on design in 2023, Thomas Matthews creative director Leah Harrison Bailey offers her view on social design over the next year.
Picks of the month: design events in January
Beat the January blues with these things to see and do this month, which include an exhibition on the history of the Adana printing press and the January Furniture Show.
SomeOne rebrands Santa’s Lapland to be “more authentic” to its destination
A typeface inspired by Sámi letterforms and stone carving takes centre stage in the travel operator’s new identity.
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