Picks of the month: design events to catch in August
This month’s round up is summer holiday-focussed, featuring events and workshops for both designers and their children.
Editorial
News, interviews and features on all things editorial including book and magazine launches, book cover design and editorial rebrands.
Meet the graduates: University for the Creative Arts Farnham’s Weronika Moldwan
As part of our coverage of 2022’s graduate season, we’re talking with a selection of graduates from around the UK about their work, practice and future plans.
Picks of the month: design events to look out for in July
A podcast series on designing for impact and a networking event for designers are among this month’s highlights.
Penguin reveals 2022 Cover Design Award winners
This year’s competition invited designers in training to revamp the cover of three well-known books across adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s literature.
FCB Lisbon and Penguin Books scoop top design prize at Cannes
As Cannes Lions 2022 comes to a close, we look at the winners of the top design prizes, including the first ever win for a Portuguese studio.
Studio Drama gives Glamour Brasil a poetic redesign
The new look for the women’s fashion magazine is rooted in Brazil’s literary tradition and features a “timeless” new typeface.
CNET’s rebrand takes inspiration from the world of 1950s and ’70s journalism
Collins’ new branding attempts to link past and future, with a nod to the mid-20th century and sci-fi illustrations.
Picks of the month: design events to catch in June
Among our highlights for the month are Birmingham Design Festival and Salone del Mobile, and a talk about magazine design.
The design of civil rights platform Good & Common is inspired by classic protest imagery
Landscape has crafted the look and feel, as well as content, for the educational resource which aims to teach Americans about their civil rights.
Counter-Print’s new publication explores the process behind designing logos
Process: Visual Journeys in Graphic Design delves into the creative process at Swedish graphic design studio BankerWessel.
Craig Oldham’s new book pays homage to cult classic The Shining
The Shining: A Visual and Cultural Haunting has been designed as a loveletter to Kubrick’s 1980 horror film, with design nods to its iconic imagery.
Design inspiration: our favourite projects from February
This month brought us an eerie title sequence for a new Netflix show and a campaign that put a twist on English Heritage’s blue plaque scheme.
Designing the brand for new Black-led media company Capital B
Matter Unlimited has branded the new media company, with details which reflect the “diversity of the Black American experience”.
Upcoming and recently published design books to look out for
The new year brings with it updated publishing catalogues – here are some books to look out for, covering topics like mid-century design and end-of-the-world government communications.
Story behind the Federal Design Improvement Program explored in new zine
The teams behind Logo Archive and Standards Manual have united to explore the decade-long design revamp instructed by the US government.
D&AD reveals “more personalised” and digital-only 2021 annual
The 59th edition of the design and advertising body’s annual has an editorial slant, and has been designed by Studio Dumbar.
The latest design books to look out for
From the magic world of mushrooms, to design heavyweights and more, these are the design books we think you should read this autumn and winter.
Pentagram redesigns Sight and Sound film magazine “for our times”
Studio partner Marina Willer has reimagined a 1970s logo for the film magazine’s new look, which launches with four cover stars.
Design inspiration: our favourite projects from July
From a playful zine, to a “tribal” title sequence and “tongue-in-cheek” wine brand, these are the design projects that caught our eye in July.
Upcoming design books to look out for
Spotlighting marginalised women designers, “heads on” design solutions to environmental issues and more – these are the anticipated design books we think you should read.
Grafikmagazin designed to “surprise readers with something new” every issue
The new Munich-based design magazine hopes to make a case for print through a playful use of typography, graphics and materials.
Hideki Nakajima: “Anything you do can change someone’s life”
The Japanese graphic designer, known for his record sleeve work and art direction for Cut magazine, talks to Design Week as he launches his new book.
Uncovering a forgotten era of logo design: Renaissance printers’ marks
The new issue of LogoArchive zine explores branding design in Renaissance Europe and makes the case for its influence on mid-century modernist designers.
Penguin announces Student Design Award winners for 2021
The annual competition invites students to redesign the cover of three well-known books across adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s literature.