The British Design Days programme is a collaboration between the British Council and the Moscow Design Week it will kick off on Thursday 16 October at Dewar’s Powerhouse in Moscow with the presentation of the book UK Design: context, schools, studios, spaces. This publication focuses on contemporary British graphic design and is the result of a collaboration between British Council and Moscow based KAK magazine and publishing house. Guest co-editor for this project is Rick Poynor British writer, critic, lecturer and curator.

The programme for the British Design Days has been co-curated in collaboration with Pete Collard and will include a series of lectures and workshops running between 17-19 Octeber at Artplay, the headquarters of the Moscow Design Week. All events are free but please register here to secure a place as numbers are limited. Here below is the full programme running over the three days: 

Friday 18 October

• Grastudio (lecture)

• Fi Scott (lecture)

Saturday 19 October

• 6a architects (lecture)
• Shai Akram & Andrew Haythornthwaite Design Studio (workshop)

Sunday 20 October

• PAN Studio (workshop)
• Pete Collard (lecture)

Watch this space in the coming days, for more updates and images.