Editor of Design Week magazine designweek.co.uk and founder of the course, Designers & Creatives: How to Talk to the Press

London
Joined March 2010
What Mazda’s new direction tells us about the future of car design: bit.ly/2ApPCrZ
Mazda reveals new design language focusing on “elegance and simplicity”. #visioncoupe #Mazda #TokyoMotorShow #Tokyo
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Some great responses in this week’s voxpop:
The women from design history who have not received the recognition they deserve: bit.ly/2gEGCeu
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Tom Banks retweeted
Branding revealed for Jasper Morrison and Jaime Hayon’s Jijibaba clothes label: bit.ly/2xKmHgH
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Thanks to @saatchi_gallery @vitra and @HyattChurchill for the stay. Art and design suite, includes graffiti soap installation.
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Remembering independent creative director and Design Week columnist Jon Daniel: 1966-2017 bit.ly/2irUU2j
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Tom Banks retweeted
Thanks for having me @FestofMarketing ! Great swapping ideas with @EdWright83, @manproudman and @1TomBanks
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How “Fabric of Nature” Scottish bank notes were designed. This tweet contains otters: bit.ly/2xXrhw1
Tom Banks retweeted
Next week #westwoodwednesday will continue. Let’s get it trending.
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Big thanks to @BartVisser5 @EdWright83 and @manproudman for talking to me about how to build an in-house creative team @festivalofmarketing
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London Design Festival at the V&A – first look: bit.ly/2xFuL6y
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20 year+ lifetime project, Metropolis by @V_and_A ceramic artist in residence by Lubna Chowdhary: "It charts material culture." #LDF17
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Flynn Talbot's Reflection Room is illusory and transcendental. (Trying not to make lazy Tron reference, but Tron) @V_and_A #LDF17
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Ross Lovegrove's beautiful Transmission piece @V_and_A colour scanned to match Tapestry gallery hangings #LDF17
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"World's first bionic breathing chandelier" #LDF17 @V_and_A
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TUC repositions to recognise “the changing world of work”: bit.ly/2w1l0iN
Calling all #designers! Worried about potential loss of EU unreg #designs post Brexit? Do our 3 min survey NOW – ow.ly/8NPu30eyBLf
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Woman’s Hour Craft Prize is setting out to show “the ingenuity of contemporary craft” @V_and_A bit.ly/2w668uK
5 things to look out for in September including London Design Festival & Marina Willer’s first feature-length film: bit.ly/2eWmKzn
SHAY, WAIT! As the book will chart the highs and lows of your career, how about: "50 Grades of Shay".
Thanks for all the suggestions for my book...my favourite names are- • Any GIVEN Saturday Or • Hands of Fate Which gets your vote? 📚 💭
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