Design
Terence Conran: Innovation, originality and beauty are my real passions
It’s restaurateur, designer, writer and philanthropist Sir Terence Conran’s 81st birthday next month (on 4 October). Last year, to commemorate his 80th, among other things, he donated £17.5m to the Design Museum, which he founded more than 30 years ago in the basement of the Victoria & Albert museum. Last week, the relocation of the Design Museum from Shad Thames to the former Commonwealth Institute on Kensington High Street began. The ambitious project will offer the museum three times the amount of floorspace of the old building and cement it’s position as an international centre for design. blogs.independent.co.uk speaks to the father of modern British design about this incredibly important pet project.
By Emily Jupp | Arts, Notebook | Friday, 21 September 2012 at 6:00 am
Could you design a better school for Burma’s children?
There’s not a lot that can prepare you for both the sadness and optimism that surrounds the schools and shelters set up along the Thai border for the thousands of Burmese children forced to flee for their lives with their families. Their stories are pitiful, their future uncertain and yet it is difficult, when talking [...]
By Andrew Buncombe | The Foreign Desk | Tuesday, 2 August 2011 at 5:52 am
Puffin marks 70 years of design
Puffin, Penguin’s children’s imprint, is 70 years old and, as part of the celebrations, we have a history of Puffin book design over the decades, Puffin By Design – essentially a companion to Penguin By Design, which did the same job for Puffin’s big brother five years ago.
It’s a lovely book – and how could [...]
By Jonathan Gibbs | Arts | Tuesday, 8 June 2010 at 9:25 am
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