Design Week was a UK-based website, and formerly a 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]

Design Week
EditorTom Banks
Former editorsLynda Relph-Knight
FrequencyWeekly
FounderJeremy Myerson
Founded1986
First issueOctober 1986 (1986-October)
Final issue2011
CompanyCentaur Media
CountryUK
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.designweek.co.uk
ISSN0950-3676

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Design Week was 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. The final editor was Tom Banks.

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[7][non-primary source needed] and Frank Stephenson.[8][non-primary source needed]

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  1. ^ "WebCHeck - Select and Access Company Information". Companies House.
  2. ^ "Design Week". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Katherine Rushton (27 June 2011). "Centaur Media axes print versions of New Media Age and Design Week". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Centaur Media marketing division rebrands as Xeim". Centaur Media. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Design Week: 1986-2023". Design Week. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  7. ^ Dempsey, Mike (14 December 2001). "Immaculate conception". Design Week. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
  8. ^ "Profile - Frank Stephenson". Design Week. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2007.

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