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Art and craft: precious metal design specialist Jack Row at work. Image by Birmingham City University

Design graduate’s debut collection at world-famous store

10 April 2012

by Richard Levick, London Press Service

One of the world’s most expensive pens has been designed by an award-winning graduate from Birmingham City University in the UK.

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The gold-coloured 2012 Olympic Torch designed by east Londoners Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby is among contenders for Design of the Year Award. Image by Design Museum

Olympic torch and royal wedding dress among designs of the year

The UK’s Design Museum has announced the contenders for its annual Designs of the Year Awards. Showcasing a year in design, the 2012 list is a celebration of the best in global designs.

13 March 2012
 
Ageless design: Robert Welch products do not follow fashion but aim for timeless beauty. Image by Robert Welch

Inside the creative world of Robert Welch

For more than 50 years, within a few modest rooms in an 18th-century silk mill, a small team of people has created 3,418 new products, leading to sales of more than 46 million items around the world.

13 March 2012
 
Design manager Bruce McFarlane in Lund Halsey’s test room, fine-tuning the latest Modular Command Console launched in 2011. Image by Brian Bell

Control-room design at the heart of the action

For many industries such as broadcasting, security, air traffic and the oil and gas sector, the control room is the centre of the operation.

01 March 2012
 
It looks more star ship than sailing vessel but maritime designers believe it may be the shape of things to come. Image by BMT

Project Utopia takes super-yacht design into the space age

A UK company’s vision for a radical new-look yacht offering the deck space of a modern cruise liner has won the Superyacht Design of the Future award at the recent Monaco Yacht Show.

22 February 2012
 
Greener cleaner: Jake Tyler with his vacuum machine made from recycled cardboard. Image by Vax.

How the cardboard vacuum cleaner could clean up big sales

A brilliant young inventor has recycled ordinary packaging to create the world’s first vacuum cleaner - encased mainly in tough paper.

23 November 2011