Christmas window displays 2020: 60s psychedelia, festive cherry pickers and more
With the festive season heading our way, Design Week looks at some of the UK and Ireland’s flagship store window displays.
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Design inspiration: the best projects from November
Another month spent in lockdown had some designers yearning for nightclubs and events gone by, while others are revisiting old projects or pushing new boundaries.
Picks of the month: the best design events of December
From books and talks to the virtual version of a blockbuster exhibition, there’s plenty to see and do in the lead-up to Christmas.
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.
How will the shops of the future be designed?
Designers across the retail sector – from robotics and technology to interactive design – give their take on the future of shopping.
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.
D&AD unveils its first-ever digital annual for 2020
Designed by Studio Dumbar, the design and advertising group’s 58th and first-ever digital annual hopes to be its “most accessible” issue yet.
This educational app creates AR statues of black figures from history
History Bites seeks to address the gaps in a “Eurocentric” curriculum by creating AR statues of famous black figures throughout history.
Picks of the month: the best design events of November
With news of a second national lockdown, it’s a month of virtual events from design festivals to “paint with fonts” classes.
British Council offers £50k grants for collaborative creative projects
Applications are open for the Digital Collaboration Fund, which will seek to support international projects between creatives in the UK and other countries.
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.
Sennep and Roli’s light-up keyboard lets people teach themselves piano
Lumi is designed to help people learn the piano and individual songs through light-up key technology and a corresponding app.
Made launches virtual apartment for “see-now-buy-now” experience
The online interiors store has created a virtual version of its Amsterdam show apartment to bring its latest collection into people’s homes.
Beazley Designs of the Year showcases coronavirus responses and social tensions
The annual awards exhibition aims to highlight the diverse design reponses to world events, from self-sanitising door handles to Stormzy’s police vest.
In-house teams: how Duolingo designs to make language education “universal”
As part of our series looking at in-house design teams, we talk to the heads of art and design about harnessing the creativity of illustrators, graphic designers and product designers.
V&A conjures “warped” universe of Alice in Wonderland in virtual reality
Ahead of the Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser exhibition, gaming studio Preloaded reveals how it brought Lewis Carroll’s world to life in virtual reality.
Yuri Suzuki’s new online platform lets people create electronic music at home
808303.studio is a collaboration between the Pentagram London partner, Roland, Counterpoint Studio and London’s Design Museum.
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in October
Designers have a pop-up garden, a deep dive into British logos, the Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition and more to see them into the autumn months.
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A Design Week report: State of Prototyping 2020
This free-to-access report by Design Week in partnership with Framer is the first global survey commissioned to investigate the benefits and effectiveness of digital prototyping.
Es Devlin is crowdsourcing a “choral soundscape” for the Expo 2020 Dubai
The crowdsourced contributions will form an immersive sound installation at the UK Pavilion at next year’s exposition in the UAE.
“Think Lego or Minecraft”: Designing a school in 15 minutes
Seismic, a collaborative construction project funded via Innovate UK, looks to speed up the process and reduce the costs of school building.
Museums Association’s visual update balances heritage and activism
The campaigning organisation, which comprises over 10,000 members, needed an identity that would align it in the modern cultural landscape.