Editor of Design Week magazine designweek.co.uk and founder of the course, Designers & Creatives: How to Talk to the Press
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Another brilliant example of a bioplastic made with limited resources. Supermarkets really need to catch-up and governments need to lean on them while encouraging bioplastic investment so that supply can be increased and cost brought down. This would leave nobody with any excuses
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The short, sharp national circuit breaker approach seems to make more sense everyday. It would give confidence to designers, curators and visitors of exhibitions.
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... interventions to help keep visitors safe but this is being potentially hampered by the government’s protracted region-by-region lockdown which will go on indefinitely. There seems to be no practical or economic advantage in this.
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Had reporters going to the Design Museum, British Museum and British Library for previews of exhibitions which all open this week. (As well as a visit to the Plus X innovation space in Brighton). We’re seeing that huge efforts have been made by designers and curators through...
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Some great suggestions here on how to get back into work quickly if you’ve lost your job:
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Defo worth a go if you haven’t tried it yet. So much fun!
Pentagram and Roland's online creation platform lets you produce your own electronic music at home: bit.ly/3dkXEY1
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We spoke to leading illustrators who shared their best tips on adapting a signature style to work for clients: bit.ly/33dIMqS
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It’s the latest in our series exploring the design scenes of other countries around the world. You can find them all here, from India 🇮🇳 to Nigeria 🇳🇬 and beyond: bit.ly/3l78zqD
We caught up with indigenous designer Raymond Otene McKay to talk us through the New Zealand design scene: bit.ly/3cIxYnH
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Some great insight here from leading designers at Google, Instagram, Barclays, Dell and others who helped us with our research into understanding the benefits of digital prototyping:
Take a look at our new State of Prototyping 2020 report, created in partnership with @framer. Trends, best practice, insight and more: bit.ly/2ZYte8i #Sponsored
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This week we ran an obit on the late Terence Conran and a companion piece containing tributes from leading designers, but I wanted to highlight this generous interview that Sebastian Conran gave which was heartwarming, insightful and – at the right times – funny:
Sebastian Conran remembers his late father: "He didn’t take me to football matches, but he took me to factories" bit.ly/32BivCk
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Excited to reveal the Design Week Awards 2020! As always it was fiercely competitive. Massive thanks to the lockdown judges and congratulations to our winners. Check out the Awards Showcase where you can explore each winning project in full: bit.ly/3iaeCtT #DWAwards20
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So glad to finally get this out amidst everything that’s happening at the moment. Big thanks to Bas Timmer @Sheltersuit and @designindaba
Bas Timmer’s Sheltersuit was designed to protect homeless people from the elements but soon grew into a business, which fuses circular economy and social design principles: bit.ly/2XV9yBW
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This morning I found out Boy George followed Design Week. This has brought me giddying levels of joy as he joins an exclusive list of 80s celebs who follow us, which now reads: MC Hammer, Boy George.
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Had a great chat with Cat Drew at the Design Council yesterday which you can stream now. Examples, advice and resources on how Design Thinking can help businesses navigate turbulence and bring about positive change
You can now stream editor @1TomBanks in conversation with the Design Council's chief design officer @catdrew_ as they discuss: "What brands can learn from design thinking during the pandemic": bit.ly/3anpoIo #COVID19 #coronavirus #TheLowdown
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