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In a year where many cultural institutions were closed, exhibition designers had to adapt and often bring the museum experience into our own homes.
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As part of our series looking at in-house design teams, we talk to the Barbican’s William Allen and Claudia Toia about their “hectic” schedule and communicating more experimental campaigns.
Design Week’s most popular product stories of 2020
This year saw designers make up the difference in medical supply shortages, colour match with real life, and help people party in their own homes.
Brody Associates overhauls Japanese beauty brand Shiseido’s identity
Among the new guiding principles for the company is a focus on progressive and environmental values as well as a story of East meets West.
Shaun Loftman: “Finding your spark in isolation”
Landor & Fitch executive creative director Shaun Loftman shares tips for designers to look beyond the screen and avoid isolation.
Design Week’s most popular long reads of 2020
This year, we saw how design intersected with some of 2020’s biggest stories – including Covid and Black Lives Matter – and helped people adapt and survive.
Creatives from Glastonbury’s Shangri-La design new virtual worlds for upcoming gigs
Six months on from the first Lost Horizon festival, the team are working to put on a series of new concerts as it seeks to plug the gap in live
Design Week’s most popular news stories of 2020
Custom typefaces and flat logos, furlough and anything to help keep kids entertained – these were the news stories you read the most this year.
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