Design Week

{{Short description|British website covering design industry}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox magazine

| title = Design Week

| logo = File:Designweek wordmark tight.svg

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| image_file = Design Week screenshot.webp

| image_alt = Screenshot of Design Week website

| image_caption = Screenshot of the website in December 2024

| editor = Rob Alderson

| editor_title =

| previous_editor = Tom Banks

| staff_writer =

| photographer =

| category = Design,Business

| frequency =

| circulation =

| publisher = David Coveney

| founder = Jeremy Myerson

| founded = 1986

| firstdate = {{Start date|1986|10}}

| finaldate = 2011

| company = Design Week Ltd

| country = UK

| based = Liverpool

| language = English

| website = {{URL|www.designweek.co.uk}}

| issn = 0950-3676

| oclc =

}}

Design Week is a UK-based website, and formerly a weekly magazine, for the design industry. It was first published in October 1986 by Centaur Communications.{{cite web |url= http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/6bcf670b0bdd25eac33d60274518f465/compdetails |title=WebCHeck - Select and Access Company Information |publisher= Companies House}} According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations primary circulation for 2007 was 8,074.{{cite web |url= http://www.abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=3658 |title= Design Week |publisher= Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK) |access-date= 2007-12-10 |archive-date= 9 December 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141209062911/http://www.abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=3658 |url-status= dead }} In 2011, Design Week became a digital-only publication.{{cite news |title= CEO's memo: Centaur taking NMA online-only, will sell some titles |first= Robert |last= Andrews |url= http://paidcontent.org/2011/06/27/419-ceos-memo-centaur-taking-nma-online-only-will-sell-some-titles/ |newspaper= paidContent |date= June 27, 2011 |access-date= 2012-10-18 |archive-date= 2 October 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121002042424/http://paidcontent.org/2011/06/27/419-ceos-memo-centaur-taking-nma-online-only-will-sell-some-titles/ |url-status= dead }}{{cite news |author=Rushton |first=Katherine |date=27 June 2011 |title=Centaur Media axes print versions of New Media Age and Design Week |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/8601283/Centaur-Media-axes-print-versions-of-New-Media-Age-and-Design-Week.html |access-date=26 December 2015 |newspaper=The Telegraph}}

On 22 January 2019, Centaur Media announced that Design Week had become part of Xeim, a rebranded marketing division.{{Cite web |date=2019-01-22 |title=Centaur Media marketing division rebrands as Xeim |url=https://www.centaurmedia.com/marketing-division-xeim/ |access-date=2019-01-22 |website=Centaur Media |language=en-UK}} On 22 December 2023, Centaur Media announced the decision to cease publication of Design Week with immediate effect.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-22 |title=Design Week: 1986-2023 |url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/ceasing-publication/ |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Design Week |language=en-UK}}

In May 2024, Design Week was saved from closure after it was acquired by its web development company Interconnect.{{Cite web |last=Hahn |first=Jennifer |date=2024-05-17 |title=Design Week magazine acquired and set for relaunch this year |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2024/05/17/design-week-acquired-interconnect-relaunch/ |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=Dezeen |language=en}} The website was relaunched with a new design and branding on the 7 October 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-07 |title=Welcome (back) to the new Design Week |url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/welcome-to-the-new-design-week/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Design Week |language=en-US}}