What will product design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, Rodd Industrial Design’s managing director Ben Davies offers his view on what product design might look like next year.
News, views and analysis on the latest product and industrial design stories, covering transport, tech products and homewares.
As part of our series on design in 2024, Rodd Industrial Design’s managing director Ben Davies offers his view on what product design might look like next year.
From navigating difficult client conversations to accessibility and sustainability, we look back on the best nuggets of wisdom Design Week offered over the last 12 months.
From luxury spirit bottles to futuristic biomaterial solutions, here are our favourite product, print and packaging stories from this year.
From firsts in football and festivals to Royal design stories that will go down in history, here are the ten news stories that got you reading this year.
Toyota colour and sensory designer Viviana Hohenstein explains how autonomous cars of the future can seamlessly intertwine technology and natural materials.
In packaging and multimedia design, the colour of the year could be used to bring “a vintage vibe” to a project, according to Pantone.
From Twitter’s rebrand to X, to the collaborative process of designing the UK’s first gallery of South Asian culture, here are our top long reads of 2023.
The prestigious Royal Designers for Industry accolades announced as its head calls for designers to “accept the blame” for climate crisis
The annual global competition for projects designed to help people and planet reveals its shortlist with categories reflecting the COP28 agenda.
The new trophy design should be “distinctive” and reflect “the new modernised King’s Awards” while using sustainable materials and retaining the traditional crystal element.
Pearlfisher materials and sustainability lead Suzy Shelley speaks on “the power of marginal gains” and how designers can encourage clients to make small but effective changes.
Reconfigured internal components and labelled panels aim to make repairs easier for engineers, while a “stripped back, simplified” app and thermostat look to facilitate a smooth user experience.
The system involves “up and over sliding doors” in a staggered layout that aim to maximise space inside the capsule and allow for simultaneous loading and unloading.
Designed to reduce the amount of office furniture waste in UK landfill, the Koru furniture system aims to position sustainability as “a strategic advantage rather than a corporate responsibility”.
Ian Surra, director of Cannondale industrial design talks through a day in the R&D office in Freiberg, Germany.
Winning design-led projects include an Aston Martin initiative, which is looking to reduce the weight of EV batteries, and a start-up’s plan to design and develop safer electric scooters.
With right to repair rising on the agenda we spoke to the Restart Project, designers and the Design Council about barriers from understanding and skills to legislation.
Looking to put the skateboard on the same level “as a Dieter Rams clock” Jonathan Olivares – and other skateboarders – piece together its design history for the Design Museum.
Speaking at Design for Planet festival, Fairphone founder Bas van Abel reflects on the origin story of Fairphone and how it is working to tackle e-waste and inequalities in the
The designs feature a mix of endangered species and conservation success stories and are set for general circulation.
The initial design has been completely overhauled with a new safety valve, bypass option and better use of materials.
At London Design Festival’s Global Design Forum Shellworks co-founder Insiya Jafferjee and Atelier Luma designer Henna Burney discuss why new biomaterials are struggling to cross into widespread use.
A water filtration system for solid-fuel stoves and a physical toolkit to help disabled students navigate design education are among this year’s Helen Hamlyn Design Award Winners.
Practical examples of bio materials and reuse are everywhere this year as the trade show looks to inspire an optimistic future.