From pasta cookbooks to Zadie Smith: designers on their favourite book cover designs
To mark World Book Day 2022, we asked designers to choose recent book covers that stood out to them and why.
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Design inspiration: our favourite projects from February
This month brought us an eerie title sequence for a new Netflix show and a campaign that put a twist on English Heritage’s blue plaque scheme.
The Design Innovation Network hopes to put design at the forefront of innovation
A new UK-based network has launched to bring designers, innovators and business leaders closer together.
How&How is branding four climate-tech start-ups for free
The design studio is assigning £200,000 of its budget to in an attempt to help climate-related start-ups over the next year.
These sex toys are designed to not be hidden away
Morrama has designed a range of sex toys – including a pink, “rabbit-esque” product called Two Good – for Toy Projects.
Zip the satchel-carrying squirrel roams through this nut brand’s new identity
Straight Forward Design has rebranded American nut company Squirrel, introducing a furry character called Zip.
Designing the brand for new Black-led media company Capital B
Matter Unlimited has branded the new media company, with details which reflect the “diversity of the Black American experience”.
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s rebrand puts a “punchy” wordmark centre stage
NB Studio has designed the new identity for the touring ballet company, which was was looking for a “bolder brand” to reach diverse audiences.
How Lexus embraces design to maintain a “provocative” flair
Head of Toyota and Lexus Global Design Simon Humphries discusses the design process at the car brands and the challenges of future mobility.
Midday designs a protest-inspired identity for Assembly Gin
The identity incorporates a design from Vocal Type, a foundry which uses protest signs of the past as inspiration for new typefaces.
This VR game recreates a bomb shelter hidden beneath London
Secret Shelter Challenge is designed to let children access an area currently off-limits to them: the subterranean Clapham South bomb shelter.
These electric motorbikes are designed to fight poaching in Africa
Swedish electric bike company Cake has found an unexpected niche for its quieter, renewable energy-powered rides.
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Design Week quiz: a look back through the ages
Have you been paying attention for the last four decades? Only one way to find out.
Design Week 1986-2023
Design Week closes, having championed design excellence for the past 38 years.
What will retail and experience design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, WeWantMore creative director Ruud Belmans offers his view on what retail and experience design might look like next year.
What will exhibition design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, Studio Arc director Lyndsey Bowditch offers her view on what exhibition design might look like next year.
