Allen International designs branch for South African bank
Allen International has been hired by South African bank Absa to design a new branch, which the consultancy says will use state-of-the-art technology.
Best of British
The Southbank Centre’s 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain celebrations will open to the public tomorrow, with the glorious weather of the past week set to make it a
Now that’s what I call designers’ music
Inspired by The Team’s new website for compilation album brand Now That’s What I Call Music, we tasked the design community with a particularly melodious Voxpop for this week’s issue.
Brand 42 designs Daily Mail iPad app
London-based digital consultancy Brand 42 has created a new iPad app for the Daily Mail’s Mail Online, which launches today.
V&A appoints new director and head for Dundee project
Professor Martin Roth, director general of the Dresden State Art Collections, has been named as the new director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, replacing current director Sir Mark Jones.
Inclusive Design Challenge winners announced
A team led by Ben Mortimer of Nestlé has won the Judges Award in the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design’s 24-hour Inclusive Design Challenge to create a product, campaign or
Eye of the storm
London-based artist Hannah Westwood will open a solo show at the city’s Tenderpixel gallery next month, inspired by the fast pace of 21st century life, called Eye of the Storm.
Into the fold
When someone says ‘paper folding’, cute origami cranes or jumping frogs are probably the first things that spring to mind. But such is the versatile nature of paper, it’s not
Liven up
Joining the likes of Lady Gaga and the pointy-eared blue folk of Avatar in the Design Week Hot 50, it’s clear there’s something rather special about ever-smiley illustrator, Lizzie Mary
Visualising taste
What does the taste of lime look like? Its colour association might be straightforward but what about it’s texture – is it spiky, round, transparent or opaque? Artist Marcos Lutyens
A flood of chocolate
Ever dreamed of toggling up in a protective suit and running with gay abandon through a rushing waterfall of molten chocolate? Now you can thanks to jellymongers Bompass & Parr
Elegant letters
Some of the most beautiful and distinctive scripts from the 19th to mid-20th century have been collected for new book Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design’s Golden Age by American graphic
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