Dover unveils castle-shaped branding for its £1m regeneration scheme
South-East England town Dover is set to undergo a ten-year, £1 million regeneration scheme called Dover Big Local, and its branding depicts the monuments within the area.
Unusual ways to meet clients
Following our piece last week on ways to meet clients outside of pitch situations, designers tell us about the most unusual ways they have met or been engaged by clients.
Tokyo Olympics begins hunt for new logo after plagiarism row
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London Design Festival preview – designjunction
With this year’s designjunction moving to not one but two new venues, we look at what the event has in store at LDF.
Designers pay homage to Calvert and Kinneir road signs
A new exhibition at the Design Museum will see designers including Morag Myerscough, Sir Kenneth Grange and Jonathan Barnbrook create their own tribute signs.
Ben Kelly Design creates new study interiors for Manchester Museum
“Surprising details” include seating with integrated book shelves and a video microscope capable of sharing images to Twitter.
A “youthful” new brand identity for Belgian radio station Q music
DixonBaxi has created a new visual identity and branding for the radio station, with the aim of making it more “contemporary” and targeting its younger audience.
Loughborough University rebrands again following student protests
The university has unveiled its second rebrand this year, which sees the reinstatement of the university’s coat of arms after students signed a petition against its removal in April.
London Design Festival preview – Tent
A run-down of the main events going on at Tent and Superbrands where there is a new focus on interactive projects.
Royal Academy of Engineering reveals finalists for £15k award
All focusing on service design, the four finalists for the Launchpad Competition have created products that aim to “revolutionise” kidney dialysis, incubation for premature babies, camping at festivals and gas canister
Type designer Adrian Frutiger dies aged 87
Swiss type legend Frutiger created the Univers, Frutiger and Avenir sans serif typefaces.
IDEO, Ben Terrett and Fred Deakin come to Design Manchester
This year’s Design Manchester event features a series of talks, exhibitions and workshops across the city.
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