The Week in Design
Our most-read stories of the week
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Airbnb
1. DesignStudio has created a new identity for Airbnb, which centres on a new ‘symbol of belonging’.
2. The Imperial War Museum in London is set to reopen its doors following a six-month long, £40 million overhaul.
Some inventive reactions to this Adidas Luis Suarez billboard in Rio: http://t.co/ueMXxJ43t7 (via @guardian ) pic.twitter.com/4XuamlhNJQ
— Design Week (@Design_Week) June 26, 2014
3. Fitch creative director Alasdair Lennox looks at how a rogue Luis Suárez bite sent his consultancy’s Adidas World Cup campaign viral.
Our most popular Tweet of the week
Here’s the new logo restaurants in France can use for ‘home-made’ dishes: http://t.co/03T3bSZZg4 (via @jamie_ellul) pic.twitter.com/6fzv80M8PS
— Design Week (@Design_Week) July 16, 2014
Our favourite Tweets of the week
The Word of Dog [Pentateuch, German, 13th c. Ashkenazi square script, BL Add 21160] pic.twitter.com/6i3glJgAh2
— Laurence Penney (@Lorp) July 17, 2014
Rather a distinguished ‘Q’ in today’s @FT. pic.twitter.com/09JrZCcLWW
— Angus Montgomery (@AngusMontgomery) July 15, 2014
This tweet rules. ________0 __¼ ____½ __¾ ________1 __¼ ____½ __¾ ________2 __¼ ____½ __¾ ________3 __¼ ____½ __¾ ________4
— Darren Booth (@darbooth) July 17, 2014
Image of the week
We love a good dazzle ship and now, after an absence of 100 years, there’s one on the River Thames.
Quote of the week
‘When the first issue of Design Week rolled off the press, we all travelled down with Bob to the printers in South Wales to watch this proud moment. Flushed with our success, we returned to our hotel and began drinking heavily into the night. At which point Bob leapt to his feet and announced, “Guys, we’ve launched a weekly. A weekly! You’ve got to produce another issue next week. And the week after…” We all meekly went to bed.’ Design Week launch editor Jeremy Myerson pays tribuite to art director Bob Bateman, who has died at the age of 62.
Our favourite website
Canadian agency 123W sings self-promotional songs on its website – and they’re actually quite good. (Spotted by Nick Asbury).
Design stories in the national press
TV channel logos could burn screens if they’re shown for too long, claims a broadcast expert in the NL Times.
The BBC looks at a new logo that French restaurants can use to show that they serve home-made food.
From Prince’s keytar to Bing Crosby’s sash window – the Guardian has a fascinating look at celebrity patents.
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