How a new generation of designers is creating social impact
From circular economies within fashion to rehabilitating indigenous communities, a crop of young designers are focusing on design’s capacity for social change.
Designers mobilise public to vote on climate change
The poster database is a partnership between Glug and It’s Our Time, targeted at people who have not voted before.
This installation seeks to improve nightshift workers’ health
Commissioned by the Wellcome Trust, The Liminal Space has created a travelling installation to help some of the 3.2 million UK workers who regularly contribute to the nightshift economy.
V&A’s blockbuster exhibition “unpicks the history of the car as a design object”
Cars: Accelerating the Modern World — the first exhibition exclusively dedicated to automobiles at the museum — explores the machine’s history and future.
Terence Conran-founded restaurant gets a new visual identity
Dutchscot designs wordmark inspired by planetary orbits while branding uses marbling to replicate look and feel of food
Design Week picks: 5 speakers to see at Offset 2020
Our guide of what to catch at the Offset Dublin conference, which has just announced a line up including illustrator Laura Callaghan, Pentagram’s Rory Simms and Lego’s Jen Kronvold Frederiksen.
UK general election 2019: which parties are using design most effectively?
In light of the upcoming December election, we asked design experts to deconstruct the six main political parties’ identities and election strategies.
John Lewis trials “experience playgrounds” with newly designed concept store
If the trials are successful, the hubs – which offer everything from wine-tasting to make-up—will be rolled out country-wide.
Plastic alternative from fish waste wins International Dyson Award
University of Sussex student Lucy Hughes had previously won the national UK prize, and has now been awarded £30,000 to develop the invention.
Pentagram’s Emily Oberman designs new Warner Bros. identity
The project, which centres around an updated “WB” shield, aims to lay the groundwork for the company’s future ahead of its centenary in 2023.
The Netherlands reveals new identity and drops “Holland” for good
The updated international logo is a “true reflection of the Dutch mentality” and is central to a brand strategy based around openness, inventiveness and inclusivity.
Times Literary Supplement adopts new “TLS” identity
The redesign aims to attract “new, younger and more culturally diverse audiences” to the 118-year-old magazine, while avoiding confusion with The Times newspaper.
The Science Museum’s £24 million exhibition gives medicine a human face
Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries spans over 500 years of medical objects.
Planned Parenthood launches new online tool to help navigate abortion laws
The Abortion Care Finder tool provides those seeking abortions with location-specific information relating to laws and regulations, nearby health centres and different medical options.
Design Bridge creates “dark and mysterious” packaging for Fortnum & Mason chocolates
The design is the “rebellious” cousin of Fortnum’s handmade English chocolate line and even saw the consultancy work on the shape of the chocolate.
Richard Branson’s non-profit organisation gets a more “personal” rebrand
The previous branding for The B Team — which aims to make businesses more sustainable — was “dry” and “authoritative”.
Typeface inspired by Berlin Wall marks 30 years since its fall
Developed and launched by Heimat Berlin, the typeset uses original graffiti scrawled on the Wall during its 28-year history.
The Atlantic magazine redesigns in a bid for “elegance and urgency”
The publication – based in Washington, D.C.,US – has unveiled updates across its print and iOS offerings.
Farmacy NYC visual identity inspired by “ancient culture and alchemy”
The project, led by Here Design, focuses on the restaurant’s mission to promote ancient biodynamic agriculture, a type of ecological philosophy.
NASA unveils experimental electric plane
The X-57 plane marks the space agency’s first attempt at electric air travel, with the team hoping to get it in the air by the end of next year.
Gus Casely-Hayford appointed director of V&A East
V&A East comprises two sites that the museum is developing in east London.
Christmas window displays 2019: bonsai trees, mince pie machines and more
With the festive season heading our way, Design Week looks at some of London’s West End’s flagship store window displays.
Designers on Dark Mode: “I can’t see it going anywhere”
The latest iOS update came with a Dark Mode feature for iPhones and native apps, which inverts screen displays, from black writing on a white background to white writing on
D&AD 2019 Impact award winners announced
Among the 32 awards, two Black Pencils and four White Pencils were given out at a ceremony in New York, which saw the top accolades go to a system for
