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News
BuroCreative designs Wahaca packaging
Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca is launching new products in supermarkets, with packaging by BuroCreative.
Code Computerlove refreshes Latedeals brand and website
A new identity and website for the online package holiday company.
Lyn Atelier and Studio Tilt work on Southbank Festival Village
The consultancies are working with volunteers to create a ‘Festival Village’.
Johnson Banks designs fashion stamps for Royal Mail
British fashion designers celebrated in set of first class stamps
Latest Opportunities
Teams sought for youth unemployment challenge
Designers are sought to create digital projects in a £150 000 challenge.
Housing association seeks design groups for £3m framework
Up to eight consultancies are sought for the four-year roster.
Public art sought to accompany Gordon Young project in Kirkby
A series of public artworks is being sought as part of the redevelopment of Kirkby town centre in the North West.
ANALYSIS
New Government department branding set to launch
Government turns to in-house colour coded brand system
What will the next Mayor of London do for design?
We look at what the four main candidates are promising for the design industry.
Creating limited-edition projects for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Designers are creating celebratory packaging for some well-known brands.
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Olympic Torch is Design of the Year
The London 2012 Olympic Torch, designed by Barber Osgerby, is the winner of the Design Museum’s Designs of the Year Award.
This year’s D&AD Yellow Pencil winners in design
A round-up of the the 2012 design Yellow Pencil winning projects.
The refreshed Design Week website
Welcome to the newly refreshed Design Week website, providing up-to-the minute news, analysis, opinion and inspiration.
WE LIKE
VOXPOP
What is your favourite example of an icon or pictogram-led design system?
Mother London has created icon-led designs for Boots pharmacies. What is your favourite example of an icon or pictogram-led design system?
What is your favourite example of punning in branding?
Marmite has unveiled special-edition Ma’amite to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. What is your favourite example of punning in branding?
What is your favourite recipe?
To accompany new book What’s Cooking? here are some more favourite foods from designers.
WHAT'S ON
Brand extensions of the future?
Brunel students have created brand extension concepts for Help for Heroes, Kinder and other organisations.
Dio Lau's Confession in Water
A new show from graphic designer and artist Dio Lau will explore ‘how to induce an alternative state of awareness.’
EDITOR'S VIEW
Airport security – a design challenge too far?
Is airport security now too awful for designers to rescue?
How do you choose the best design of the year?
The Olympic Torch has been named Design of the Year, but is the best - or just the most impactful?
The design Yellow Pencils
There were some great winners but also some notable absentees in this year’s D&AD Yellow Pencils.
INDUSTRY VOICE
Terminal 5 might be glazed floor-to-ceiling, but it’s a transparent service that’s needed
Service designer Tom Tobias discusses the importance of transparency in service design for airport security areas.
Design education - is it fit for purpose?
Martin Roach, group creative director of branding consultancy Epitype, looks at a recent House of Lords seminar on design education.
Grandad's Pencils: guest blog from MRM Meteorite's Will Aslett
MRM Meteorite digital creative Will Aslett on creative legacy.
