WEEKLY DIGEST

Short film on British Design in 2012, promoting the recently opened exhibition at the V&A (OEN)

Interview with Bristol based bike frame builder Robin Mather (Rapha)

Buying British (Guardian)

Olympic torch wins Design of the Year award (Creative Review)

Airbus and Boeing boosted by passenger jet boom (Telegraph)

Inside a Glaswegian letterpress (Form Fifty Five via It's Nice That)

Creatives are manufacturers (Computer Arts)

BT to sell off iconic K6 phoneboxes (FT)

Interview with furniture designer Michael Marriott (Spitalfields Life)

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Photo of Michael Marriott from Spitalfields Life

WEEKLY DIGEST

Lovely film on two London based craftsmen - one making gin, the other, mirrors (Boat via OEN)

The biggest news of the last week: Aquascutum's Corby factory to close (FT)

More on Aquascutum (Guardian)

And, on a more positive note, James Eden of Private White V.C is looking to invest in the factory in question (MEN)

WEEKLY DIGEST

Audio slideshows of British bike builders: Tom Donhou, Sam Humpheson, Rourke Cycles and Ricky Feather (Rapha)

A film on Lincolnshire furniture maker Sebastian Cox (OEN)

Equal Rights for Design campaign (Make it British)

The British Are Coming! Featuring E Tautz, Turnbull & Asser and Alfred Dunhill (WSJ)

Some pictures (by Koto Bolofo) of the factory where Margaret Howell gets her shirts made (Margaret Howell)

Speaking of Howell, an article from 2007 which talks about her home and its aesthetic (Independent)

Luggage company Globe-Trotter featured on the radio (at 38mins) (M24)

A sadly predictable story of the British beer situation at the Olympics (SIBA)

ALICE MADE THIS : CUFFLINKS

This video of cufflinks being produced is strangely mesmerising.

WEEKLY DIGEST

A fashion revival made in England, focussing on Albam (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Paola Antonelli on handmade design, including Wedgwood: an informative article, worth reading (Domus)

Details on an event celebrating the 'Best of Britannia' this autumn in London (Event)

A handful of positive stories on manufacturing in Scotland (Scotsman)

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Photo by Tina Cheng for Bloomberg Businessweek