Online design magazine Design Week has relaunched today after closing in January, with an updated visual identity informed by the Bauhaus.
Originally launched as a print publication by writer Jeremy Myerson in 1986 before going fully digital in 2011, UK-based Design Week announced its closure in December 2023.
The online publication was subsequently acquired by Liverpool-based web development company Interconnect in May, saving it from closure.
Today, Design Week has been relaunched by publisher David Coveney and designer Chris McInerney.
The publication has a new editorial team comprised of former It's Nice That editor-in-chief Rob Alderson, who is Design Week's new editor, and senior writer Clare Dowdy, who was previously part of the Design Week team and has written for titles including Wallpaper* and Monocle. Online publication Design Week has relaunched today
"I see us as raucous cheerleaders for design and designers," said Alderson of Design Week's current team.
"We want to celebrate the things ? people, work, ideas ? that make the industry great. And we're determined to support those working to address its shortcomings," he added.
According to Alderson, Design Week's key future objectives are to cover more digital design, platform more design being created outside of London, and to maintain and expand the publication's traditional business focus.
"The capital is a design powerhouse, home to one-third of our design businesses. But it follows th...