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Manufacturing Landscape
21 July 2017
Curating the Body
19 July 2017
A Material History
17 July 2017
Americana Gone Sour
14 July 2017
But is it Universal?
10 July 2017
Politics, Hand to Hand
7 July 2017
That Interview
6 July 2017
Familiar Spaces
5 July 2017
Complementary Prisms
29 June 2017
Tokens of Regard
23 June 2017
Psychologically Unknown
22 June 2017
The 2017 Serpentine Pavilion by Diébédo Francis Kéré
20 June 2017
Ally Capellino subscription competition
20 June 2017
The Bench
19 June 2017
Disegno #15
16 June 2017
Material Investigations
7 June 2017
Global Warming Funtime Island
2 June 2017
Somewhere Serious
1 June 2017
The Future of European Design: Industry
24 May 2017
The Subjectivity of Colour
18 May 2017

A Material History
17 July 2017
But is it Universal?
10 July 2017
Familiar Spaces
5 July 2017
Complementary Prisms
29 June 2017
Psychologically Unknown
22 June 2017
The 2017 Serpentine Pavilion by Diébédo Francis Kéré
20 June 2017
Ally Capellino subscription competition
20 June 2017
Disegno #15
16 June 2017
Global Warming Funtime Island
2 June 2017
Somewhere Serious
1 June 2017
The Subjectivity of Colour
18 May 2017
Founding Principles
12 May 2017
The Future of European Design: Education
12 May 2017
Strategic Partnership?
5 May 2017
Ways of Framing
3 May 2017
Access Denied
28 April 2017
An Emergent Field
13 April 2017
The Pacific Solution
11 April 2017
Dionysos
29 March 2017
Disegno #14
22 March 2017

Curating the Body
19 July 2017
Americana Gone Sour
14 July 2017
That Interview
6 July 2017
Complementary Prisms
29 June 2017
Ally Capellino subscription competition
20 June 2017
Disegno #15
16 June 2017
Material Investigations
7 June 2017
Somewhere Serious
1 June 2017
The Subjectivity of Colour
18 May 2017
The Future of European Design: Education
12 May 2017
Strategic Partnership?
5 May 2017
As if by Magic
27 April 2017
Crafting a New York Story
18 April 2017
An Emergent Field
13 April 2017
What Follows: Nelly Ben Hayoun
28 March 2017
Disegno #14
22 March 2017
Disegno: Limited Subscription Offer
20 March 2017
Disegno x British Council
17 March 2017
The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined
15 March 2017
What Follows: Wakako Kishimoto
6 March 2017

24 July 2017
Serota launches creative fund
Nicholas Serota, the chair of Arts Council England, has announced an Arts Council funding initiative for those in the creative industries hoping to work internationally in post-Brexit Britain. The Creative Practitioners’ Fund will be used to promote relationships between international design communities. “We’re leaving the EU but not Europe,” said Serota.
24 July 2017
OTB bids for Belstaff
OTB, the group behind fashion brands such as Diesel and Marni, is reported to have bid for ownership of the British heritage label Belstaff. The company was put up for sale in April by its current owners, the Reimann family, who also listed the shoe brand Jimmy Choo at the same time.
24 July 2017
Dalí's moustache still intact
The exhumation of the remains of Salvador Dalí has found that the artist's moustache is still intact, nearly three decades after his death. Lluís Peñuelas, secretary-general of the Dalí Foundation, told El Pais: “The mustache preserved its classic 10-past-10-position. Checking it was very exciting moment.” Dalí's body has been exhumed for a planned paternity test.
24 July 2017
Neil MacGregor extends contract
Neil MacGregor has extended his contract as director of Berlin's Humboldt Forum. MacGregor, formerly director of the British Museum, has been at the Humboldt Forum for two years, preparing the cultural institute for its planned launch in 2019. The project is billed in some quarters as a German version of the British Museum.
23 July 2017
Rowan Moore criticises Switch House omission
Writing in The Guardian, Rowan Moore has criticised this year's Stirling Prize shortlist, deeming the impact of the nominated projects to be "insipid". Moore states that the nominees present architecture as "a dull business" and criticises the omission of Tate's Switch House: "the most memorable building of the year".
22 July 2017
Google tests VR for training videos
Google's Daydream Labs has hosted a test to see if new employees learn better by watching traditional training videos or running simulations using virtual reality headsets. The test focused on two teams of baristas, and found that virtual reality training resulted in quicker learning and prompted fewer mistakes. Nevertheless, Google specified that neither team made particularly good coffee.
21 July 2017
Facebook works on modular smartphone
A report from Business Insider has claimed that Facebook is developing modular smartphones. The project is being helmed by the company's Building 8, its skunkworks division. Facebook has filed a patent that describes a “modular electromagnetic device” that would alleviate the issue of “expensive and wasteful” conventional electronics.
21 July 2017
Pompidou Center Moves Forward with Launch of Shanghai Outpost
The Pompidou Center has finalised a deal to set up its first Chinese exhibition space. The deal has been in negotiation for 10 years and will see the Pompidou set up an exhibition space in the West Bund Art Museum in Shanghai. The new space will open in 2019 and host 20 exhibitions in its first five years.
21 July 2017
UK university applications for art and design drop significantly
The UK's Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) has published an analysis of university applications for the 2017/2018 academic year. It reveals that 14,000 fewer students have applied to art and design courses – the biggest drop since tuition fees were effectively tripled in 2013.
20 July 2017
US to expedite driverless cars rollout
Driverless cars may hit US roads before comprehensive federal laws are in place to oversee safety. A House of Representatives panel has greenlit a measure that, once signed into law, would expedite the rollout of autonomous cars. The bill will now go before the full House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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