Thursday, 16 April 2015

Creative Industries


Creative Industries 

Creative industries refers to a range of different fields of the design spectrum such as, graphics, architecture, fashion, photography, game, music and film and so on. mThe UK is the largest design sector in Europe and second largest in the whole world. The UK is recognised for the high quality of its designers and the UK exports 50% more design then it imports. The U.K Design education system is ranked fourth in the world, universities have developed cutting-edge multidisciplinary programmes that link business and design as there approximately 850 design courses available in the UK, Making the U.K have the most design students in Europe. The United Kingdom is at the forefront of new developments and has commercial effectiveness as estimated £33.5billion spent annually on design.

What’s happening now?

Exhibitions/Galleries

Design Museum
·       Currently showing at the Design Museum: Designs of the year 2015, 25th of March – 23rd of August.
·       Women Fashion Power is also still exhibiting at the design museum until the 26th of April.
·       Future exhibition to come to the Design Museum is Life of foot (13 May – 1 November) embarks on the creative journey of how traditional shoemaking has adapted by contemporary design and new technologies.
Victoria & Albert
·       Alexander McQueen has an exhibition ‘Savage Beauty’ at the Victoria and Albert Museum, from the 14th of March till 2nd of August 2015.
·       All of this belongs to you exhibition on too of the period time of 1st of April – 19th of July 2015.
·       Future Exhibition to come to the V&A museum starting from 13th of June till 31st of January is Shoes: Pleasure and pain. Exploring the extremes of footwear from around the globe.

Publishing

Newspaper
The sun remains the most read UK Newspaper according to the data from the National Readership Survey. Runners up are the Daily mail/Mail on Sunday and Metro
Magazines
·       Best selling TV Listings: TV Choice
·       Best selling Women’s Weeklies: Take a Break
·       Best selling Women’s Monthlies: Glamour
·       Best selling Health fitness and Parenting: Slimming World Magazine
·       Best selling Home Interest: Ideal Home
·       Best selling Miscellaneous: Puzzler Collection
·       Best selling Men’s Lifestyle: Men’s Health
·       Best selling Music and Film: Empire
·       Best selling Motoring: Motor Cycle News
·       Best selling Children’s CBeebies Weekly
·       Best selling sport: Four Four Two
Books
·       The top ten overall books: The Girl on the Train.
·       Top Hardcover fiction: The Girl on the Train
·       Best hardcover nonfiction: Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
·       Top Trade Paper: American Sniper [movie toe-in Edition]: The Autobiography of the most lethal sniper in the US Military History
·       Top Mass Market: I’ve Got You Under My Skin
·       Top Children’s Front list Fiction: Diary of a Whimpy Kid: The Long Haul
·       Top Children’s Picture books: The Story of Easter
·       Top Cook Books: The Great Big Pressure Cooker Book: 500 easy Recipes for every Machine, Both Stovetop and Electric
·       Top Romance: Fifty Shades of Grey: Book one of the Fifty Shades Trilogy
·       Top Mystery/Detective: Obsession in Death
·       Top Fantasy: The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones
·       Top Sci-Fi: The Martian
·       Top Graphic Novels: Saga Volume 4
·       Top Bio/Autobiography: American Sniper [movie toe-in Edition]: The Autobiography of the most lethal sniper in the US Military History
·       Top History: The Hundred-Year Marathon: China’s Secret Strategy tp Replace America as the Global Superpower
·       Top audiobooks: The Girl on the Train


Music
·       Brit awards 2015
·       57th Annual Grammy Awards 2015
·       X Music Festival Edinburgh start date 22nd May 2015
·       Breaking Bands Festival start date: 22nd May 2015
·       Somersault Festival Start date 23rd July 2015
·       Leeds Festival start date 28th August 2015
·       V Festival start date 22nd August 2015
·       Creamfields start date 28th August 2015
·       Download Festival start date: 12th June 2015
·       NEL (North East Live) live music all day at the stadium of light. 2015

Fashion

London Fashion week
London fashion week has been this year, for autumn/winter wear 2015 starting from Thursday 19th of February till the 25th . The British council announces Mary Katrantzou as the winner of this year’s BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund. London’s next fashion week will be taking place on the 24th – 27th of September. 



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