Earth: bringing our planet to life through an interactive globe and app
Earth is a kit made up of a model globe and smartphone app that uses augmented reality and artificial intelligence to teach people about the history of the world.
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First look at London Design Festival 2018
This year’s week-long celebration of design will see installations by Kellenberger-White, Studio Frith and Waugh Thistleton Architects, plus a refined, “playful” visual identity by Pentagram’s Domenic Lippa.
Designing for dyslexia: a style guide to make reading easy for everyone
The British Dyslexia Association has put out guidelines that aim to encourage designers, businesses and teachers to consider those who struggle with reading and writing when making typeface, colour, spacing
Things to catch at this year’s Clerkenwell Design Week
Print your own tote bag, delve into film graphics and learn about the future of plastics at this year’s East London design festival, taking place 22-24 May.
Design Week Awards 2018 – the shortlist in full
We’re thrilled to announce the shortlisted projects which will be vying for a coveted Design Week Award on 26 June at the Tower of London. Find out how to
Airbnb ex-creative lead Patrick Duffy moves to music app Dice
Duffy previously headed up the design team at Airbnb for over two years, and will now become creative director at Dice, a gig-booking app founded by studio Ustwo.
Airbnb launches new typeface to be more “accessible”
The short-term rental brand has launched Airbnb Cereal, a new typeface set in six weights that looks to increase “readability” across its website and app, and print materials.
Brush Monster uses AR game to make brushing teeth “fun and engaging”
The new kit has been designed by Samsung’s in-house creative lab Kitten Planet, and includes an app and smart toothbrush that looks to encourage kids through play.
Tom Hingston exhibition showcases Nick Cave, Grace Jones and Chemical Brothers album art
Graphic designer Tom Hingston has partnered with Paul Smith on a new retrospective show of record sleeve art, along with a new clothing collaboration.
Branding a podcast that wants to have “open conversations” about sex
Supple Studio has designed the visual identity for a new podcast series aimed at young adults, which will discuss all things sex, from HIV to addiction.
A campaign for Goldsmiths university to show its “diversity”
Baxter and Bailey has designed a recruitment campaign for the London university in a bid to show that it offers more than art and design courses.
How the graphics for Blade Runner 2049 were designed
Territory Studio is behind the graphics for the 2017 sequel to cult classic film Blade Runner, originally released in 1982. At this year’s D&AD Festival, executive creative director David Sheldon-Hicks
Top 5 design things to look out for in May 2018
This month, you can look forward to four weeks’ worth of events and activities as part of Dundee Design Month, head to OFFF conference in Barcelona and delve into the
Emoji: documenting the design story of an “accidental masterpiece”
Standards Manual’s latest crowdfunder charts the emoji’s meteoric rise from a series of simple picture characters created in Japan in the 1990s to a global phenomenon. The publisher’s founders Jesse
D&AD Awards 2018: the design winners
We’ve picked out the design winners from the 721 pencils handed out at the D&AD Awards, where the most awarded designers this year were consultancy Jones Knowles Ritchie and the
Green Light List: the website where designers review their employers
Creative director Jenny Theolin and studio Rehab have launched a new platform that will name design businesses which treat their junior employees well through “positive” reviews, rather than a “black-list”
Creating a diverse, collaborative identity for D&AD Festival 2018
D&AD has launched its eclectic branding for its annual festival and awards, taking place this week – we look at how it was co-designed by Hato and thousands of people
Lexus Design Award 2018: cork furniture, illustrated eggs and fabric flowerpots
The annual Lexus Design Award, part of Milan Design Week, sees four finalists create concepts that aim to tackle world issues such as pollution, waste and recycling. We look at
The toy robot teaching kids to code without screens
Mangobot has been created by tech start-up Little Tinkerer, and can be used to demonstrate basic coding principles to younger children as well as more difficult concepts as they get
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What will the future of web design look like?
Hagit Kaufman, vice president of design and branding at Wix, looks at what will happen in web design this year and beyond.
Milan Design Week 2018: installations, exhibitions and talks to see
From an exhibition of Vitra products and prototypes on display in an old sports hall, to the latest urban living-inspired installation from Mini Living, we round up the best bits
Design consultancies take stock as Martin Sorrell leaves WPP
WPP, which is home to dozens of design consultancies, lost its CEO Martin Sorrell over the weekend in the wake of an internal investigation and a dip in share price.
Superunion rebrands cryptocurrency crime specialist Elliptic
The company’s new identity sees a black and white colour palette, and words that are “hidden” within the branding to reflect the nature of its work.
Reddit’s head of design on how the site was redesigned
Following the online forum being given a new look by its in-house design team, we speak to Diego Perez about what they were trying to achieve with the redesign, and