Tom Banks
Tom Banks has been editor of Design Week since 2016 and a journalist with the magazine since 2008, having started his career in 2005 as a music journalist. As Design Week has evolved from a print to online magazine, Tom has kept topics like design education high up the agenda, along with social design and representation within the industry.
My latest articles
London Design Biennale names Het Nieuwe Instituut as curator for 2023
“Remapping collaborations” theme will see participants encouraged to work together in new ways.
Design Week Awards 2022 – final deadline
Explore the new Design Climate Action, and Sonic Identities categories alongside all the others and find out how to enter.
Design Week Awards judging panel revealed
Find out who will be on the judging panel this year and check out the new Sonic Identities category, which we’ve just added.
Design Week Awards 2022 opens for entries
Learn about our new award, take a look at the categories and find out how to enter.
That’s all folks – see you in 2022
Design Week is taking its seasonal break and will be back on 4th January with more news, insight and careers advice.
2021 in review: Design consultancies in “stronger position” than 2020
After a transitory year design studios are better set-up to tackle the challenges of the future and can proudly reflect on a year of hard work.
Climate crisis: design industry rallies around its greatest challenge yet
Design Week is joining Design Council in Scotland next week to find out how COP26 could help galvanise designers into action.
Latest articles
Design across five decades: from the editors who brought you Design Week
As the design industry propelled itself forward, we were always there to champion, inform, analyse and guide the way.
Design Week quiz: a look back through the ages
Have you been paying attention for the last four decades? Only one way to find out.
Design Week: 1986-2023
Design Week closes, having championed design excellence for the past 38 years.
What will retail and experience design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, WeWantMore creative director Ruud Belmans offers his view on what retail and experience design might look like next year.