At the fourteenth Design and Technology Excellence Awards, held on Friday 8th March at the IET London, Dick Powell, co-founder and design director at Seymourpowell, made a passionate and compelling case for why design and technology education is so important and why the current draft Design and Technology programme of study poses such a huge [...]
Nicholas van der Walle, founder of Astute Graphics, recently came to the Seymourpowell studio to interview co-founder and design director Dick Powell. Watch the highlights in the three short videos below. Design & Innovation In this movie, Dick discusses design and innovation, developing new products, what consumers know and want, motivation and more. Dick also [...]
The annual London Design Festival is a creative demonstration of the city’s fundamental role in global design. Starting next week on Monday, here is an overview of Seymourpowell’s presence at this year’s festival. Global Design Forum In what will be an inspirational and dynamic event, The Global Design Forum brings together a star-alliance of design [...]
Seymourpowell’s latest Newsletter is now available to view online. The new e-book contains recent thought pieces by a number of senior team members from across the business, as well as Seymourpowell events and collaborations, product launches, speaking engagements and a spotlight section on a number of recent research trips undertaken by the team this year. [...]
Business leaders unite to promote Design and Technology education as key to the future of Creative Britain Seymourpowell, in partnership with the Design & Technology Association and the James Dyson Foundation, are today launching a campaign film featuring contributions from leading figures from across business and industry. The film promotes the importance of Design and [...]
On Tuesday 12 July, Deyan Sudjic, Dame Ellen MacArthur, Ajaz Ahmed, Dick Powell, Paul Jackson and Mandy Haberman, will meet at The Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London to discuss the threatened state of design and technology education in Britain’s schools and universities, its contribution to successful business, and its role in supporting the UK [...]
Dick Powell on Icelandic TV station Sjonvarpio talking Aircruise, Virgin Galactic and Better by Design (from 1min 15) Click here to view: http://dagskra.ruv.is/sjonvarpid/4545030/2011/02/04/
At last night’s FX International Interior Design Awards ceremony, Seymourpowell picked up a special award for ‘Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Design’. The prestigious FX Awards invite both British and International design talent from all over the world to enter the very best of interior products and projects. Organised by FX magazine, these coveted awards, and [...]
Dick Powell succeeds Anthony Simonds-Gooding CBE, who is stepping down from the role following 17 years in the position. Powell is a past President of D&AD and recipient of the D&AD President’s Award for his outstanding contribution to creativity. “Anyone who’s ever met the man will tell you that Anthony Simonds-Gooding is a one-off, and [...]
