This AI task-based app hopes to improve dementia care
Mindset4Dementia takes people through three cognitive tasks with the aim of creating a significant dementia database and one day screen for the syndrome.
Graphics
The latest graphics projects spanning logo design, animation and print, along with interviews with up-and-coming and established graphic designers.
Spotify’s Canvas platform lets designers create mini music videos
Dua Lipa, Harry Styles and Taylor Swift have all used the streaming service’s Canvas feature to create looping visuals for their music.
Echo designs Kleenex’s new product range to avoid “moments of distress”
The Proactive Care range will feature face masks, hand sanitisers and wipes and aims to reassure consumers amid the anxiety of the pandemic.
Steve McQueen’s production company reveals “nostalgic” logo
Lammas Park’s logo has been inspired by an oak tree in the London park close to where the celebrated filmmaker grew up.
Clever Franke designs interactive world map to dispel “absolute fog” of investing
Globalance World is an interactive platform which seeks to reposition investing away from profits and towards “global societal and environmental issues”.
Lockdown spurs vinyl design boom
Designers and record labels are conspiring to make new vinyl experiences for home listeners. We take a look at how they’re doing it.
“I’m very aware of how vulnerable I am”: how freelancers are facing the pandemic
Design Week speaks to freelancers about accessing government support, diversifying their offering and how viable they think independent work is at the moment.
McDonald’s unveils “bright and beautiful” new packaging designs
The packaging will be rolled out globally over the next two years, to ensure the fast food restaurant chain has “one consistent look”.
Malika Favre “bends bodies” into an erotic alphabet in her new Kama Sutra A-Z
The illustrator has worked with Counter-Print on a new book which sees her turn the 26 letters of the alphabet into erotic art pieces.
Pentagram helps Virgin Money launch as challenger bank
The design studio has created the branding for the new bank, which features two bespoke typefaces and a repeating loop pattern.
Stefan Sagmeister: “The latest negative tweet does not mean that we are living on the brink”
We find the optimistic designer in reflective mood as he discusses new work with coffee brand Illy, taking on less commercial work and commuting (ascending his spiral staircase).
This flag project uses data to highlight danger of “glacier extinction”
Meltdown Flags by design studio Moby Digg sees countries’ flags redrawn using data according to the disappearance of their glaciers.
Templo uses “distorted” images to brand the UK Anti-Corruption Coalition
The anti-corruption organisation was looking for a visual identity to reflect its aims of holding power to account and improving transparency.
Educational platform Eyeyah is using design to help kids spot fake news
The creative education platform uses bright illustrations and pop culture references to teach kids digital literacy.
Norway’s redesigned passports pay homage to the Northern Lights
Norwegian studio Neue has revealed the minimalist designs of its six-year development process, which feature UV details and a “panorama” of scenic images.
Wearable air purifier and diabetes earring lead social impact showcase
The projects have been revealed as part of the line-up for the 2020 Global Grad Show, which showcases student and academic responses to social issues.
Sunderland Future Living Expo identity is a “window into the future”
Studio Blackburn has led the branding for the event, which will concentrate on the future of sustainable home building.
Rebrand brings smile to Royal National Institute for Deaf People
The charity has reverted to its previous name after more than a decade as Action on Hearing Loss, with new branding led by design studio Someone.
We don’t design to make “trash and money”: a Mexican design guide
As part of our series exploring countries’ design cultures, we look at how Mexican designers are fusing heritage craft with modern design.
Secret 7” reveals sleeve designs from Jean Jullien, Morag Myerscough and Anish Kapoor
2020 marks the seventh and final year of the secretive record sleeve design auction, which is raising money for Help Refugees.
US 2020 election by design – the winners and losers
As the American election reaches its final stages, designers dissect both campaigns’ use of graphics, branding and digital strategy.
Design inspiration: the best projects from October
Some of this month’s most inspiring projects offer escapism, while others are a reaction to the everchanging political landscape we find ourselves in.
How Fortnite and Farmville prompted the digital clothing revolution
Well-established fashion houses are turning their attention to digital clothing – we talk to the founders of three platforms to find out how digital design is paving the way.
Studio Blackburn avoids “old-fashioned” route for at-home brewing brand
The Greater Good Fresh Brewing Co. has been rebranded with an “extremely bold, but relatively simple” new look.