Our most-read stories of the week

1. Wally Olins, co-founder of Wolff Olins and Saffron, has died at the age of 83. His former Wolff Olins partner Michael Wolff pays tribute to ‘a pioneer of branding’.

2. Wolff Olins global chief executive Karl Heiselman is leaving to join Apple in a marketing role. He will be replaced by London managing director Ije Nwokorie.

3. London’s Natural History Museum is looking for a design team to help it boost donations from visitors.

Our most popular Tweet of the week

The Finnish post office is celebrating iconic gay artist Tom of Finland with some saucy stamps http://t.co/DDo96heZkQ pic.twitter.com/HnXDfQcl4E

— Design Week (@Design_Week) April 15, 2014

Our favourite Tweets of the week

A 10 yr old noticed the problem with this pencil’s message, prompting a full recall. http://t.co/RgQ7Q8Gc8q pic.twitter.com/AEEPlWjs3m

— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) April 13, 2014

A sale to remember: @thedailyheller and @louisefili are separating the wheat from the chaff. Chaff anyone http://t.co/NQUzxVLojk

— Adrian Shaughnessy (@AJWShaughnessy) April 16, 2014

In Focus: Song About Heroin Used To Advertise Bank http://t.co/7z2N4jumCF

— The Onion (@TheOnion) April 16, 2014

Quote of the week

‘Many a corporation used the phase “you don’t get fired for hiring Wally Olins”.’ Creative Barcode chief executive Maxine Horne is one of a number of readers who left tributes on our story about Wally Olins.

Image of the week

Kemistry Gallery is hosting an exhibition of work by editorial designer David Pearson. Here’s his wonderful typographic cover for Multiples, edited by Adam Thirwell.

Our favourite website

Need to concentrate at work? This rather nice white noise generator might help.

Design stories in the national press

The Guardian has a lovely obituary of Wally Olins, written by Peter York.

A new lorry design that could improve safety for cyclists has been approved by the European Parliament, the BBC reports.

According to the Independent, James Dyson is planning a barge that cleans waterways by sucking up plastic and other debris.