How the Rio 2016 Olympics was designed
We take a look at the main touchpoints across the Games and explore the design story behind each one.
Here & Now: the exhibition reviving the art of tapestry weaving
Running at The National Centre for Craft & Design, it will showcase work by tapestry weavers based everywhere from Scotland all the way to Japan.
Fake replicas of classic designs banned under new copyright ruling
A change to copyright law means that fake versions of classic design icons such as Ray and Charles Eames’ chairs will stop being sold from 28 January 2017 onwards.
Which brand would you like to see open a restaurant?
Last week, designer stationery company Moleskine opened a café in Milan – so we asked designers what brand they would like to see open a food and drink space.
Google’s King’s Cross office: modular meeting rooms and Bowie-inspired breakout spaces
Google has recently opened its new London office, set to be the company’s largest in Europe – we take a tour around the interiors to find out what it is
Help the Design Museum by adopting a Vespa or an Apple Mac
Help give an object a home with the Design Museum’s new fundraising campaign, which looks to raise £200,000 towards the construction of the new museum site.
6 things designers should consider following Brexit
Design Business Association head of services Adam Fennelow takes us through the results of a DBA member survey revealing members’ main post-Brexit fears and insights into how designers can benefit from the situation.
5 important things that happened in design this week
From the launch of a new Airbnb design studio to a call for interest to create the Beijing 2022 Olympic logo, we round up the important design news from the last
Pantone creates real world colour picking tool
Pantone has worked with consultancy Rokkan to design an app, which allows users to mimic the exact colour of real objects and access Pantone’s entire library of colours.
Instagram overhauls UX design with Snapchat-style Stories feature
The social media platform has a new feature which lets users create fleeting photo and video reels that will disappear after 24 hours, in the same style as Snapchat.
London Design Fair reveals details of This is India guest pavilion
In celebration of its tenth anniversary, London Design Fair has selected India as its first annual guest country pavilion, which will see ten Indian designers and brands spanning product, textile
Airbnb launches design studio Samara
Design studio set up to pool Airbnb’s design and engineering expertise in the hope of furthering the company’s “values and vision”.
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Sound design and ‘planting design’ honoured among new RDI recipients
The prestigious Royal Designers for Industry accolades announced as its head calls for designers to “accept the blame” for climate crisis
Pentagram’s Reddit refresh aims to unite cohesion and “creative spirit”
Pentagram New York has refreshed the brand identity for Reddit, aiming to make its Snoo mascot “as iconic as Super Mario”.
Things to do in December: our pick of the best design events this month
An exhibition celebrating influential female fashion designers and an event on digital design from an Asian perspective feature in Design Week’s December highlights.
National Museum of Ireland launches four-year tender with £876,000 fee
The first project for the chosen studio will be an exhibition on early medieval insular manuscripts and medieval Ireland with a budget of £1.1 million.
