Our most popular stories of the week

1. The UK Government is piloting a new lab to which will use design principles in policy-making.

2. The Pearson Lloyd-led redesign of hospital Accident & Emergency departments has reduced aggression against NHS staff by 50 per cent, according to a new study.

3. Finnish capital Helsinki is embedding designers at a high level to drive city development.

Our most popular Tweet of the week

Special-edition London Underground Nikes – featuring roundel and moquette. Genius or awful?: http://t.co/r66Rh6mm8t pic.twitter.com/Peev3sgBEN

— Design Week (@Design_Week) December 3, 2013

Our favourite Tweets of the week

Remember when the pager was the most popular tech in hip-hop? http://t.co/nz9nWJUihI

— Gizmodo UK (@GizmodoUK) December 4, 2013

Here is last night Graphic Design pub Quiz questions. — http://t.co/ldHYHdWGN9 Enjoy. Answers next week.

— gradiate (@gradiate) December 5, 2013

Nice Star Wars escalator intervention pic.twitter.com/jlTfYrC5re via @DepressedDarth

— Dominic Wilcox (@dominicwilcox) December 4, 2013

Quote of the week

‘A small minority of clients are just wanky bastards, and there’s nothing you can do about that.’ Illustrator Lizzie Mary Cullen on the realities of client relationships.

Image of the week

Watch out for Radiant Orchid (18-3224) , it’s Pantone’s colour of the year for 2014.

Our favourite website

We enjoyed Raw’s Talking Turkey website about factory-farmed birds. Although it may make you think twice about your Christmas Dinner…

Design stories in the national press

Thomas Heatherwick was recognised by the Critics’ Circle and, reports the BBC , was given an award based on an audio recording of his name.

The Guardian takes a look at the Brazuca, the official football for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

If Scotland does leave the United Kingdom, what would the Union flag look like? The BBC has a look…