Innovate UK to invest £20m in coronavirus R&D “resilience” projects
Businesses with innovative solutions to the country’s urgent needs amid the COVID-19 pandemic will be awarded up to £50,000 to further develop their ideas.
Liberty’s new visual identity aims to engage a “more diverse” audience
North’s redesigned identity for the UK’s largest civil liberty group is an attempt to undo its association with “Westminster elitism”.
Craig Oldham designs poster showcasing solidarity with Key Workers
Just months ago, the people now hailed as “Key Workers” were labelled “unskilled” – now, Manchester-based designer Oldham wants us to remember their value long after the pandemic ends.
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Coronavirus: Apple sources 20m medical masks and designs face shield
The tech company is working with its supply chain to provide medical supplies where they are most needed around the world.
New Monzo Business identity aims for “trust and reassurance”
The look and feel of the digital bank’s new professional arm was created by Studio Output, and aims to tell “visual stories” that are inspired by aspects of Monzo’s original
UN turns to graphic designers to spread information on coronavirus
As coronavirus continues to affect the world, the United Nations is the latest organisation to recognise the important role creatives can play in relaying critical public health messages.
NASA brings back worm logo to mark American space revival
It is the first time that the sleek typographic logo, designed in the 1970s, has been used in almost thirty years.
Pentagram gives cancer charity a “passionate but considered” rebrand
Blood Cancer UK has a new name, logo as well as guidelines for tone of voice and photography, designed by Pentagram’s Marina Willer.
SME coronavirus loan scheme update: what designers need to know
After promising earlier this week to “overhaul” the business support plan currently in place, chancellor Rishi Sunak has revealed a key change to the scheme that should help smaller design
V&A Illustration Awards shortlist features fairytales and refugee camps
The shortlist for this year’s awards – which celebrates the past year in illustration across books and journalism – has just been released.
Dyson creates engineering challenges for kids in lockdown
As school gates remain closed, designers and engineers at Dyson have devised 44 STEM challenges to keep children occupied at home.
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Homeschooling Resources Every Designer Should Know About
Children’s tech education expert Lucy Gill talks us through the best apps taking a user- and learning-centred approach while brightening up home schooling.
The NHS is using data to fight coronavirus
The UK’s health service has enlisted the help of some of the world’s tech giants to build a centralised data platform to provide NHS staff and practitioners with vital information
Coronavirus: how a Bluetooth tracking app could slow spread of virus
Singapore’s TraceTogether app has been praised for slowing the spread of COVID-19 and the app has been made openly available, but will the UK follow suit?
Design Week Awards extended until 3 April
Find out how to get your entries in and read about our improved winners’ showcase for 2020 across print and digital.
Mercedes F1 and UCL develop breathing aids for coronavirus patients
The device was “reverse-engineered” with the help of clinicians at UCLH and aims to reduce the need for ventilators and demand on intesive care units.
Pentagram’s Yuri Suzuki has designed a machine that lets you cut your own vinyl
The Easy Record Maker comes with blank discs for people to record their own musical creations, and has in-built speakers to play it back.
Freelancers finally given government coronavirus support – but it comes with a catch
The Treasury has announced its plan to give the self-employed parity with employees — but you’ll have to wait until June to get it. Full analysis and breakdown here.
Researchers develop smartphone-powered coronavirus test
The at-home test would provide users with a clear indication about whether they had the disease, thereby hopefully reducing the strain on the NHS.
Dyson designs a ventilator for the coronavirus pandemic
CoVent is the company’s response to the government’s call for manufacturers to help with the nationwide ventilator shortage.
The “impossible” story behind Polaroid’s rebrand
The brand is dropping its only recently adopted Polaroid Originals moniker, and placing a bigger emphasis on its rainbow spectrum iconography.
Jersey Post reveals “contemporary” Beethoven stamp collection
Hat-trick design has created a colourful range of stamps for the 250th anniverary of the classical composer’s birth, as well as a record sleeve.
The NHS is looking for innovators to aid its response to coronavirus
Led by its digital innovation arm, NHSX, the NHS has launched a competition to find and fund technology-led solutions which can “support the elderly, vulnerable and self-isolating during COVID-19”.
