Quentin Blake has won the 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize. He is one of Britain’s best-loved illustrators and his work is featured in more than 300 books. The annual award recognises an outstanding contribution to UK business and society through design, and was announced by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh…
read more»Matthew Humphries is the Chief Designer at the Morgan Motor Company. In 2011 the company released the Morgan Three Wheeler, which combines the best of Morgan’s heritage and engineering innovation. Matthew will be speaking at the festival next April and he took time out from under the bonnet to answer…
read more»Graphic designer Adrian Shaughnessy spent 15 years as creative director of Intro, the music design studio he co-founded in 1998 but today he runs Shaughnessy Works, combining design and editorial direction. He is also co-founder and director of the publishing company Unit Editions and has a weekly radio show Graphic…
read more»D&AD 2011 D&AD £ 34.99 ISBN 978-3-8365-2884-9 Published by Taschen The 2011 edition of the highly-coveted annual from D&AD features the year’s best creative work. The D&AD awards panel judges over 20,000 works from design studios, advertising agencies, branding consultancies, film production and photographic agencies, digital media pioneers, and other…
read more»Eyewear Moss Lipow £34.99 ISBN 978-3-8365-2565-7 Published by Taschen For over two decades eyewear designer Moss Lipow trawled eBay, auction houses, garage sales, and flea markets worldwide, amassing glasses and photographs for his renowned collection. This book traces eyewear’s journey over the past 500 years, and features the finest examples from Lipow’s collection as…
read more»The inspirational Sir John Hegarty is the President of the Cheltenham Design Festival and in his honour we’re giving away not one, not two, but THREE copies of his recent best-selling book, Hegarty on Advertising: Turning Intelligence Into Magic, published by Thames and Hudson and worth £16.95 each. This fantastic,…
read more»As one half of expert wayfinding and graphic communications duo Holmes Wood, Alex Wood’s work is commissioned by a variety of clients from small businesses to corporations, galleries and major museums. If you’ve visited the V&A, the Whitechapel Gallery, the Manchester Art Gallery, Tate Modern or the Natural History Museum,…
read more»A new exhibition at the Science Museum, Hidden Heroes – The Genius of Everyday Things, celebrates great design in everyday objects 9 November 2011 – 5 June 2012 Hidden Heroes – The Genius of Everyday Things examines the inspiration involved in items whose design and purpose are so well matched that they remain…
read more»Simon Waterfall is the Creative Director of Fray, which he describes as “a network of heros who band together around a problem to defend creativity in all its forms”. He’s a trustee of the Design Council CABE and an ex-D&AD president, the co-founder of the lauded digital creative agency Poke…
read more»Fashion designer Sir Paul Smith and architect Piers Gough have come together to design the centre, which is part of Maggie’s Joy of Living campaign and the ninth Maggie’s Centre in the UK. It is designed by architect Piers Gough CBE, Founding Partner at CZWG Architects llp. The near symmetrical…
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