While many people will associate fungus with moldy food or damp woodlands, a new exhibition at London's Somerset House is hoping to shift perceptions by highlighting the real-world wonders of mushrooms—and the creative figures fascinated by them.
From the unseen subterranean world of London’s Tube network, to flying’s 5.7 million ton waste problem, here are the year’s most popular exhibition stories on Design Week.
British historian, curator and broadcaster Gus Casely-Hayford has been appointed the inaugural director of V&A East, the South Kensington museum's east London outpost.
Sheppard Robson has unveiled the mixed-use Citicape House in London that will have the "largest living wall in Europe" to help improve local air quality.
Thank you to everyone who attended our ‘Behind the Design at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium’ event last month. It was great to see so many people there from the SEGD community and beyond at what was only the second event we’ve staged in London, and the first in our series of educational events, offering expert insight from professionals from across the world of experiential graphic design.
Each week is not planned nor defined. I observe and then design…
A visual blog by Lucy Holmes
Design is a way of seeing. The handprint is mine; the texture of my hand is my unique "mark," but how the colors came out is random. This reminded me of my early design days—pre Apple Mac—when every part of the design process was "handmade."
Of all the steps a city can take to make itself more pedestrian-friendly, developing a integral system of signage is both a quick and easy improvement that makes a world of difference--as shown by initiatives like Legible London, New York's WalkNYC, or Rio on Foot, in Río de Janeiro.
French designer Camille Walala has installed benches, planters and flags adorned with her signature colourful patterns along South Molton Street to turn the road into the Walala Lounge.