December 1989 | Blueprint

Now for the 1990s

Most of the world will live with too little design rather than too much

12 May 1988 | The Listener

Cheaper by the box

All the trends that brought us Tesco.com today were already discernible back in 1988

March 1988 | Blueprint

Looking forward to the 1960s

Caught between celebrations and lamentations of the 20th anniversary of the student explosions of May 1968, we have lost sight of the real significance of the 1960s and their lessons for the unrevolutionary present

October 1987 | Blueprint

Aesthetics of the new machine age

The shape of products to come depends more on economics and technology than on cosmetic design

29 May 1987 | New Society

Design and decline

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released in May 1967, was part of an explosion in international visual awareness. What are the lessons of the design boom of the 1960s? 44kB

August 1985 | Design

Britain’s vital statistics

Review of Social Trends, 1985

July 1985 | Blueprint

Headhunting for design

In an intriguing reversal of long established labour market trends, there are now too few industrial designers chasing too many jobs

April 1985 | Designers' Journal

Trading places

Are retailers moving out of the High Street for ever?