How Summer of Soul’s visuals were designed as a love letter to ‘Black Woodstock’
Frank William Miller Jr.’s poster and graphics for the new Questlove-directed documentary look to the past but keep an eye on modernity.
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The latest graphics projects spanning logo design, animation and print, along with interviews with up-and-coming and established graphic designers.
Meet the graduates: Cardiff School of Art and Design’s Jamilah Rahman
As part of our coverage of 2021’s graduate season, we’re spending five minutes with a selection of graduates from around the country to talk about their work, practice and plans.
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.
Landscape’s “optimistic” rebrand of COVID testing and vaccine start-up Curative
The studio has crafted an Americana-inspired identity for Curative, which has administered almost two million vaccines in the past year.
Designers reveal the secrets of skateboard design
As skateboarding makes its Olympics debut, designers discuss the creativity of skate culture and the art of great board design.
How to ensure a good design partnership
Designers who have made a name for themselves as part of a duo give their advice for ensuring a smooth, creative and business-oriented relationship.
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.
O Street builds a bear into animation studio Cub’s new identity
The Glasgow-based design studio has sought to inject personality into Cub’s visual identity with an animal-inspired logotype.
How the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was designed
With the delayed Olympics finally set to begin this week, we take a look at the design elements of a Games like no other.
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.
Knowdonia’s sheepish identity encourages tourists not to follow the flock
Thisaway’s sheep-inspired identity for the Snowdonia-based tour group adds a “deadpan” spin to the animal synonymous with the Welsh countryside.
DixonBaxi’s branding for Canada Water aims to make it London’s “new town centre”
As the south London area enters into a 12-year era of development, the studio has built a “future-proofed” brand influenced by heritage.
Design is helping new age chewing gum stand out from its plastic predecessors
As chewers wise up to the plastic content in conventional gums, we speak to the designers in charge of defining a new visual language for the sector.
The Click designs new East of England flagship brand Head East
A new flexible place brand for the Norfolk and Suffolk regions hopes to support arts and culture organisations in the area.
Studio Output’s “provocative” identity for the Alfred Landecker Foundation
A new editorial identity and website for the democracy-orientated organisation hopes to inspire action over apathy.
How graphic design is helping areas recover after a “lost year”
From Los Angeles to London, designers are hoping to energise urban life with poster campaigns, digital work and in some cases a complete strategy overhaul.
Kurppa Hosk reveals Olympics-inspired rebrand for Nordic sports giant XXL
The new look for the sports retailer includes a bespoke typeface, triangle-based graphic pattern and in-store wayfinding.
Branding for the “world’s first” autofocal eyewear is inspired by sight
Checkland Kindleysides has developed the identity for Morrow, the makers of glasses with lenses that can switch between near and far vision.
How the Tokyo 1964 Olympics sparked a design renaissance in Japan
A new exhibition at Japan House London explores the design history of an historic Olympics, and its impact on the future of the country – and the world.
Yinka Ilori and Nick Ryan design “artful dodgems” for Somerset House
The central London venue’s courtyard will be taken oven by a musical installation that puts a twist on the classic fairground ride.
London Design Festival 2021 looks to help visitors “rediscover the entire city”
The festival returns for its 19th edition in September, with a more extensive programme planned than last year’s event, which was held in the midst of the pandemic.
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.