A “contrary” typographic identity for Oslo’s Munch museum
North has created a typographic identity for the new museum which aims to balance the Norwegian artist’s iconic image and engage more diverse audiences.
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London Design Biennale postponed to 2021
The third edition of London’s global gathering of creatives will now take place next year, following the coronavirus pandemic.
A Design Week guide to creative kids’ resources in lockdown
Family life in lockdown has been tough for many, but designers and the wider creative community have rallied throughout to develop creativity-led resources, activities and initiatives to ease pressure on
Pentagram’s Yuri Suzuki is collecting the sounds of a pandemic
Sound of the Earth: Chapter 2 was originally unveiled at the Dallas Museum of Art. Now it’s being moved online, with a new name and interactive outlook.
Museums and galleries improve online accessibility as lockdown continues
As the British Museum updates its online collection, we take a look at museum and gallery resources from virtual tours to augmented reality.
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.
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch (indoors) in April
The country and its creatives may be in lockdown, but that’s not to say there’s nothing to be done in April – beyond browsing online galleries, here are our top
Design Week Awards extended until 27 March
As Coronavirus disrupted working patterns so much last week we’re giving you a few more days to get your entries together.
The Ashmolean Museum’s new identity can flex across 500,000 years of history
Oxford’s museum for history and art has been given a visual update, based around a logo that works across digital and printed material.
New Crafts Council gallery space aims to be the “home of craft”
The Crafts Council Gallery will showcase the UK’s contemporary craft scene – the value of which, the organisation says, has “never been higher”.
New Library of Norway exhibition tracks knowledge like “light out of darkness”
The permanent exhibition, which features 30 electic objects from Norway’s heritage, has been designed by Nissen Richards Studio.
Aubrey Beardsley: depicting decadence and the grotesque in 1890s Britain
As a new exhibition opens charting the brief career of one of Art Nouveau’s most controversial creatives, Design Week speaks with the show’s curator to find out about the illustrator’s
Why do brands take a stand on social issues?
A new exhibition at the Museum of Brands explores when brands have adopted social issues – and opens the ensuing complexity up for debate.
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in March
Despite coronavirus-prompted cancellations, there’s still plenty to do this month from a Tom of Finland retrospective to a new Lego product.
Design inspiration: the best projects from February
A 1950s-inspired poster series to fight against the spread of coronavirus, an anatomical typography diagram and a design museum you can take home with you are some of our favourite
Studio MB redesigns Middle Eastern palace as “immersive” national museum
The former Al Salam Palace was badly damaged and consequently abandoned after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 – it has taken Edinburgh-based Studio MB five years to complete
Salone del Mobile has been postponed following coronavirus outbreak
The world’s biggest furniture fair will now take place in June, as Italy reckons with the global virus outbreak, which has hit the north of the country.
Salone del Mobile preview: festival eyes “smart homes” as Coronavirus looms large
Milan’s annual celebration of design focuses on innovation in the home, while also looking at global events and tackling sustainability.
Fatconomy: could we build a new design system from waste fat?
The Design Museum’s Designers in Residence exhibition explores the possibilities of new materials, inspired by Mars exploration.
How Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec captured the “underworld” of bohemian Paris
Labelled as one of the pioneers of graphic design, the French creative known best for his posters for the Moulin Rouge Cabaret will be at the centre of the Victoria
Barnett Freedman “saw no difference between commercial work and fine art”
The first retrospective of the British mid-century designer uncovers his enduring influence, from royal stamp commissions to Guinness posters in pubs.
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in February
From fake love letter design, to a real-life wedding chapel at Fortnum & Mason, these are the design events to watch out for in February.
The virtual reality platform changing how we experience art
When the world’s biggest artists have a vision for virtual reality, London-based Acute Art provides the platform to make it possible.
“A tribute to pure expression”: a Polish design guide
As part of our series spotlighting design in different countries, we look at Poland’s rich history of industrial design and how the country is embracing its idiosyncratic influences.