London’s Microsoft store opens with “maximum flexibility” in mind
The new store — conceived by design and architectural practice Gensler — has a gaming lounge, multi-purpose Community Theatre and a McLaren sports car on the ground floor.
Action for Children reveals new “friendlier” brand identity
Cheltenham-based consultancy ArthurSteenHorneAdamson (ASHA) worked with the children’s charity on a new logo, tone of voice and branded products.
Bank of England celebrates 325 years with 325 “curiosities”
The exhibition includes banknotes baked in apple pie, dexterity tests for bank staff and a “Cold War calculator”.
Royal Mail reveals stamp series which celebrates “curious” UK customs
The Curious Customs collection – created by London-based design studio NB – depicts traditions from cheese rolling to bog snorkelling.
V&A’s new wayfinding system highlights exhibitions with fees
Dn&co has created a new guided system for the London museum, which includes an updated layout, signage and map, designed to reduce “uncertainty”.
Could this respirator prevent deaths in future fire outbreaks?
Rimal Bhatt’s “streamlined” respirator, which uses radio frequency to track when people have evacuated a building, was designed after the Grenfell fire.
London Design Festival reveals its city-wide installations
This year’s projects include an immersive labyrinth and a doughnut-shaped bamboo structure at the heart of the Victoria and Albert museum.
Designs revealed for new Museum of London site set to open in 2024
The new site, designed by Stanton Williams and Asif Kahn, has exceeded its original budget by nearly £100 million as plans have begun to unravel.
Jony Ive is leaving Apple to form his own design company
The company’s chief design officer announced that he is leaving later this year after more than two decades at the company.
Adidas cannot own three stripes, says EU court
The brand has lost the right to trademark a symbol of three parallel lines appearing in “any direction”, on the basis that this is not unique to Adidas.
Battersea Power Station’s new campaign looks to “re-energise” site
The London icon has been given a new look by design consultancy Greenspace to coincide with its £9bn regeneration project.
New Designers returns with projects that tackle social issues
This year, the showcase of up-and-coming designers’ work challenges everything from ‘manspreading’ and loneliness in older people, to sustainability and smart phone addiction.
Oslo’s new identity is inspired by shapes of the city
Norway’s capital has been rebranded by design consultancy Creuna, which aims to strengthen links between the municipality and its citizens.
Design Museum celebrates 30 years with 30 new logos
Illustrators and designers including Quentin Blake, Frith Kerr and Antony Gormley have interpreted the number 30 for the museum’s birthday.
BT Group rebrands to show it’s not just about telecoms
London-based studio Red&White has given the global company a new identity in time for its 50th birthday, to increase awareness of its range of tech services, from cyber-security to digital
Cat Drew appointed chief design officer at Design Council
Drew, who is director of policy and place at FutureGov, previously worked as a civil servant for 12 years, helping Government departments streamline policy-making through design and digital.
Design Week Awards 2019 – the winners in full
A full run-down of all last night’s winners category by category, plus best-of-show and our new Rising Star and Hall of Fame inductees
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 tells alternative stories
The 36-year-old cultural event has a new, reversible campaign identity for this year, which features comic strips that tell different tales depending on which way they are read.
Science Museum’s Illuminate space designed as adaptive “jigsaw”
The new events space by Mary Duggan Architects can be adapted with translucent curtains that sweep across the room to mark out different areas.
Firefox focuses on fire and drops the fox in new branding
The internet browser has launched a new visual identity, which looks to reflect how it has expanded into other online services such as file-sharing, password protection and email checks for
Spain’s 300-year-old postal service gets a rebrand
Correos has been given a new look that aims to modernise the national company, while paying homage to its history through a horn logo referencing how postmen used to alert
Kingston University best place to study design in 2020
The Guardian has released its latest league tables, which shows that the South-West London institution has topped the charts for design and craft subjects.
Bletchley Park celebrates codebreakers with encrypted branding
The identity for the museum’s new exhibition — D-Day: Interception, Intelligence, Invasion — is based on ticker tape, the dotted paper used to record and send coded messages in World
NHS lets people take their own blood at home with new kit
Monitor My Health is a new paid-for venture from the NHS that allows patients to take blood at their convenience, send it to a lab for testing, then keep track
