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For his series on what it means to be creative, illustrator and author Ben Tallon considers how feeling stuck may be down to prioritising one type of creativity at the
Salt handles and microbe packaging: real-life applications for innovative biomaterials
At London Design Festival’s Global Design Forum Shellworks co-founder Insiya Jafferjee and Atelier Luma designer Henna Burney discuss why new biomaterials are struggling to cross into widespread use.
Facebook unveils refreshed brand identity
Meta’s in-house team reveals the first phase of a larger brand refresh for Facebook, redrawing its logo and wordmark and helping its signature blue stand out.
Helen Hamlyn Centre backs innovative inclusive design projects
A water filtration system for solid-fuel stoves and a physical toolkit to help disabled students navigate design education are among this year’s Helen Hamlyn Design Award Winners.
Tyre particle batteries and UV-sensing plastic: inside Materials Matters 2023
Practical examples of bio materials and reuse are everywhere this year as the trade show looks to inspire an optimistic future.
“Taking away barriers”: Béa Fertility develops at-home fertility device
With the help of 3form Design, Béa Fertility refined the number of components in the device which helps to keep costs low and make it more robust.
SomeOne designs “radical but minimal” identity for National Youth Orchestra
The orchestra’s new bespoke wordmark was designed to counter “the fine historic serifs and polite approaches that proliferate the orchestral brand world”.
Non-linguistic place brand developed for Denver neighbourhood Sun Valley
The iconographic system takes inspiration from textiles, basket patterns and tilework across the Hispanic community.
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Studios reflect on why they chose to specialise, the creative and commercial values and the risks that come with “cutting off potential clients”.
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