Gov.uk website wins Design Museum's Design of the Year 2013 prize
User experience trumps aesthetics as a surprise winner for this year's design award is announced.
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In photos: Design Museum Designs of the Year 2013
This year's selection range from the ornately beautiful to the disarmingly simple, and from engaging fun to truly touching social projects.
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Mary Katrantzou adds a crystal sparkle to the Design Museum's Christmas tree
Draws on her A/W 2012 collection collaborating with Swarovski and Lesage.
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Design of the Year awards go to London 2012 Olympic Torch, Dalton Maag's Pure font, Microsoft Kinect and more
Winners included the Torch, a font, an input device and a redesigned emergency ambulance.
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Design Museum adds Space Invaders, The Face and the AK-47 to its collection of iconic designs
The Design Museum has added 13 objects to its collection of iconic designs, including controversially the Kalashnikov AK-47 rifle.
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Stylish low energy light bulb wins the 2011 Brit Insurance Design of the Year
British designer Samuel Wilkinson and product design company Hulger have won the Brit Insurance Design of the Year 2011 for their redesign of the low energy light bulb.
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Brit Insurance Design Awards exhibition kicks off at the Design Museum
The shortlist for this year's Brit Insurance Design Awards are being showcased at an exhibition at the Design Museum, which opened today.