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  • Turning design on its head

    A Northumbria Design graduating student has been crowned Designer of the Year for his quirky range of upside-down mugs, double-hooked hangers and tiny stationery holders.

  • First sight of innovative collaborations

    Rt Hon David Willetts MP has seen cutting-edge research and business collaborations at Northumbria University’s Northern Design Centre (NDC).

  • Mixing it up at the V & A

    A design for a hoarding which mixes up some of the best-known artefacts at the V&A has earned a Northumbria University student the title of Best of the Year in the D&AD awards.

  • Work while you commute

    An ‘office on rails’ for business class passengers has been designed by a Northumbria University student.

  • Controlling portions at the sauce

    A Northumbria University student has designed a product to help people control their food portions more easily.

  • Design with a difference

    Design graduates and designers will be encouraged to think about the difference design can make at a Northumbria University event this month.

  • Creative approach to mental health

    During an eight-week placement at Tyneside Mind, Laura Warwick, a Doctoral Design Research student, applied Service Design principles and practices to redesign the delivery of the charity’s exiting services and develop a range of new mental health provision.

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