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"Our focus extends to building long-term relationships, not just acquiring talent," says Studio Piet Boon

Deezen

Continuing the Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series, Dezeen talks to Studio Piet Boon's chief design officer Roland Kokkeler and studio manager Tim Vogel about the changes in skills required to work in the design industry. Tim Vogel: Our recruitment strategy has evolved significantly over the past decade.

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"We are looking for designers who want to grow with the studio" says Studio Gang

Deezen

In the final interview of our Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series , chief people officer at Studio Gang Claire Cahan discusses what catches her eye in an application. That may include hand sketching, photography, physical modelling, digital modelling, 2D and 3D construction drawing, strong writing and graphic design, just to name a few.

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"A variety of perspectives only makes for a stronger team" says Burberry

Deezen

For the next interview in our Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series, we spoke to Ben Ayres, lead architecture designer at fashion label Burberry , about the architecture side of the brand and its recruitment needs. Alice Laycock: What projects do you tend to work on as lead architecture designer and what have you been working on recently?

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"The architectural profession is in constant evolution"

Deezen

As part of Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series, Elisa Vago, a partner at Matteo Thun , discusses the routes applicants take to land roles at the studio. Clients vary depending on the type of project, including private individuals, companies, hotel chains and real estate developers. Alice Laycock: What are you currently working on?

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"I'm looking for people who have a defiant optimism and a solution-oriented mindset"

Deezen

In the latest instalment of our Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series, Omar Nobil, VP of product design and brand creative for Design Within Reach, explains what the company is looking for when hiring. MillerKnoll has contemporary furniture as well as design classics Alice Laycock: Do you think there's still a place for hand sketching?

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V&A's Tropical Modernism exhibition explores "the politics behind the concrete"

Deezen

According to the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), the exhibition aims to examine the complex context, power dynamics and post-colonial legacy of tropical modernism – an architectural style that developed in South Asia and West Africa in the late 1940s – while also centralising and celebrating its hidden figures.

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A language of refinement: Unpacking V-ZUG

Habitus Living

This sophisticated union of technology and design was not without its challenges; it required the recruitment of additional UX/UI designers into the team (more on this in Part 2), and an even greater degree of V-ZUG cross-disciplinary collaboration than normal.