Royal Mail’s Sherlock Holmes stamps contain "secret messages"
To celebrate ten years since the blockbuster BBC adaptation of the fictional detective, Royal Mail has released a range of Sherlock-themed stamps.
Northern Ireland's contact tracing app lets people "take control"
Big Motive has launched the country’s app in the hope of slowing the spread of coronavirus, incorporating “nudges” and a community focus.
Standards Manual wants to change how brand guidelines are designed
Hamish Smyth and Jesse Reed are developing a new online platform that will help designers to create guidelines and clients to follow them properly.
Uniform designs Mitre football for 2020-21 English Football League season
The ball design looks to tell a positive mental health narrative through its “fluid, organic graphic” which represents the “flow state”.
This identity for an arts start-up aims to “empower” young voices
The branding for Critics’ Club – which places students from underrepresented backgrounds on art criticism courses – looks to appeal to this younger audience.
This new design from Philips aims to replace the dirtiest part of a hotel room
A new app developed by the technology company aims to put an end to “filthy” hotel TV remote controls and reduce the spread of dangerous viruses.
Seymourpowell designs spaceship interiors for Virgin Galactic
The VSS Unity spaceship has a range of “soft” interior features designed for weightlessness, as well as technology geared towards social media.
House of Illustration announces new name and £8m regeneration project
The gallery space dedicated to illustration has closed its site in Kings Cross and is regenerating a larger space in Islington, North London, which will now be known as The
Coventry’s City of Culture 2021 branding is a “Brutalist blue tribute” to the city
Design studio Uncommon is behind the identity for the city, which will take up the City of Culture mantle in May 2021.
Using a zine to capture the “coronavirus zeitgeist” of creatives in lockdown
Bleached sees more than 40 designers and artists muse on their lives during the coronavirus pandemic.
The United States Space Force rebrands less than a year after launch
While the latest branch of the American military revealed a logo earlier this year, it already has an update (and new motto).
DCMS report: COVID is biggest threat to creative industries in a generation
The UK’s arts and cultural sectors are facing an “existential threat” because of the pandemic, say MPs, but the government has been “too slow” to respond.
London Design Biennale briefs call for “radical design thinking”
The biannual London design event and Chatham House are inviting submissions on issues from health to work from the international creative community.
IDEO wants designers to develop the plastic bag of the future
The international consultancy has teamed up with Closed Loop and several US retailers to offer innovators a share of $1 million (£794,000) in funding for their ideas.
Wavemaker’s rebrand is designed to “provoke positively”
NB Studio has created the new branding for one of the world’s biggest media agencies, with a logo that looks to topple expectations.
The winners of the 2020 V&A Illustration Awards have been revealed
This year’s winners include a Twitter-inspired take on freedom of speech and a boundary-breaking book cover, as well as work inspired by refugees.
The Prince’s Trust’s redesign looks to create a “brand of positivity”
SomeOne’s identity for the charity has been designed with the youthful target audience in mind, with a refreshed tone of voice and visuals.
Four student projects tackling environmental issues with creativity
Environmental charity Hubbub asked university students to tackle fast fashion, water waste and air pollution – these are some of our favourite efforts.
Sunhouse puts a “new spin” on Twister ice lolly identity
The new look for the brand aims to reposition it as “permissible treat”, and comes with a redrawn wordmark, rethought imagery and updated packaging.
Toyota reveals new logo and visual identity for Europe
The “forward-facing” brand identity for the Japanese car company includes an on-trend flat logo in an attempt to create a more “premium” appearance.
F*ck Being Humble launches graduate programme for the class of 2020
With students graduating into uncertainty this year, founder Stefanie Sword-Williams has devised a curriculum that promises to be “relatable and achievable”.
London Design Festival 2020 reveals first installations
The annual festival has revealed the first of its line-up, which explores circular design and the possibilities of growing mangos in London.
Design Week Poll: 71% of design businesses worried about surviving into 2021
Three months on from our first business impact survey, we once again asked readers how they were weathering the pandemic.
Behind the Royal Academy of Music’s “gritty” rebrand
Johnson Banks has created the new identity for the music conservatoire, which takes a more “forward-thinking” approach to its competitors.
