The week in design

Our most-read stories of the week

1. Jacob’s biscuits is rolling out a new identity and packaging designs as part of a £10 million push to create a new “masterbrand” for the biscuits.

Google Glass

Source: Max Braun

2. Google is scrapping Google Glass in its current form but the company says it will work on a replacement.

3. Coley Porter Bell has redesigned the packaging for OXO’s stock cube and Shake & Flavour seasoning, with “bolder, more vibrant” colours and fonts.

Our most popular Tweet of the week

Our favourite Tweets of the week

Image of the week

Buttress

Wolfgang Buttress’s UK Pavilion for the Milan Expo 2015 is beginning to take shape . Here’s a test section of the Hive structure.

Quote of the week

Brand

Source: Rupert Ganzer

“It’s a two-way connection”; “it’s the Coca-Cola bottle you would recognise even in the dark”; “it should be as clear as the difference between fur and feathers”. Experts tell us how they define branding .

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Design stories in the national press

Coin

The Royal Mint’s new Magna Carta coins have come under fire for a design that shows King John holding a quill. Apparently he didn’t “sign” the Magna Carta but instead put his seal on it – the BBC reports.

According to the Guardian , the Democratic Republic of Congo’s football team are facing a fine at the Africa Cup of Nations because the font size on their shirts is too small. A printer’s error apparently.

Plans to build the world’s longest trampoline in London have been “bounced out” of City Hall, reports the Evening Standard .

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