Design Week
Design Week is a UK-based website, and formerly a weekly magazine, for the design industry. It was first published in October 1986 by Centaur Communications. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations primary circulation for 2007 was 8,074. In 2011, Design Week became a digital-only publication. On 22 January 2019, Centaur Media announced that Design Week had become part of Xeim, a rebranded marketing division. On 22 December 2023, Centaur Media announced the decision to cease publication of Design Week with immediate effect. In May 2024, Design Week was saved from closure after it was acquired by its web development company Interconnect. The website was relaunched with a new design and branding on the 7 October 2024.
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 Screenshot of the website in December 2024 | |
| Editor | Rob Alderson |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Tom Banks |
| Categories | Design, Business |
| Publisher | David Coveney |
| Founder | Jeremy Myerson |
| Founded | 1986 |
| First issue | October 1986 |
| Final issue | 2011 |
| Company | Design Week Ltd |
| Country | UK |
| Based in | Liverpool |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.designweek.co.uk |
| ISSN | 0950-3676 |
Design Week is a UK-based website, and formerly a weekly magazine, for the design industry. It was first published in October 1986 by Centaur Communications.[1] According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations primary circulation for 2007 was 8,074.[2] In 2011, Design Week became a digital-only publication.[3][4]
On 22 January 2019, Centaur Media announced that Design Week had become part of Xeim, a rebranded marketing division.[5] On 22 December 2023, Centaur Media announced the decision to cease publication of Design Week with immediate effect.[6]
In May 2024, Design Week was saved from closure after it was acquired by its web development company Interconnect.[7] The website was relaunched with a new design and branding on the 7 October 2024.[8]
Details
[edit]Design Week is a business publication distinct from design-focused publications like Wallpaper and Creative Review. Its competitors included Brand Republic and Marketing Week. Its readers came from commercial design disciplines which range from retail, products and packaging to graphics, interiors, exhibitions and digital.
The founding editor of Design Week was Jeremy Myerson and the title was edited for more than 20 years by Lynda Relph-Knight. It was edited until 2016 by Angus Montgomery, who took the title online-only, and the final editor whilst the brand was owned by Centaur was Tom Banks. Under its new ownership the editor hired for the relaunch was Rob Alderson.[9]
Back issues to 1995 included contemporary design news and interviews/retrospectives of noteworthy but not widely known designers since c.1960, e.g. Raymond Hawkey[10][non-primary source needed] and Frank Stephenson.[11][non-primary source needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "WebCHeck - Select and Access Company Information". Companies House. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
- ^ "Design Week". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
- ^ Andrews, Robert (27 June 2011). "CEO's memo: Centaur taking NMA online-only, will sell some titles". paidContent. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ Rushton, Katherine (27 June 2011). "Centaur Media axes print versions of New Media Age and Design Week". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Centaur Media marketing division rebrands as Xeim". Centaur Media. 22 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Design Week: 1986-2023". Design Week. 22 December 2023. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Hahn, Jennifer (17 May 2024). "Design Week magazine acquired and set for relaunch this year". Dezeen. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Welcome (back) to the new Design Week". Design Week. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ "Introducing Design Week's new editorial team". Design Week. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ Dempsey, Mike (14 December 2001). "Immaculate conception". Design Week. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
- ^ "Profile - Frank Stephenson". Design Week. 12 August 2004. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
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