What to do and see at Designjunction 2018
From 20-23 September, London’s Designjunction takes place on the South of the River Thames, and will see installations, exhibitions, talks and its well-known fair spread across three venues including Doon
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BBC Bitesize redesigns to attract kids and teenagers of all ages
The education website now offers a more personalised teaching service for students aged three to 16+, and the new look hopes to represent this broader scope.
What to see and do at the V&A during London Design Festival 2018
As the V&A becomes the hub for the London Design Festival for the 10th time, we take a closer look at the installations, displays and talks happening throughout the week
5 installations to catch at London Design Festival 2018
From a giant, poetry-reading lion in Trafalgar Square through to multi-coloured alphabet chairs – here are the large-scale installations you should go see at this year’s LDF.
Design Museum’s Beazley Designs of the Year 2018 nominees revealed
The award and exhibition, which is now in its 11th year, celebrates the best in design across graphics, products, transport, digital, architecture and fashion.
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UAL design courses offer glimpse into creative careers
UAL short courses in subjects including graphics, typography and digital have been designed to give students a taste of the industry.
London Design Biennale announces Egypt, USA and Latvia as award winners
The huge design exhibition, which takes place every two years, has seen 40 countries across six continents create designs in response to the theme Emotional States.
ANNA: a new app that sorts out creative freelancers’ admin for them
ANNA stands for Absolutely No-Nonsense Admin and is available to any self-employed creative freelancer or small business that wants help organising their finances, from invoices to expenses.
Designing an app that helps doctors prescribe the right drugs quickly
The British National Formulary (BNF) is a printed catalogue of drugs for doctors, nurses and pharmacists, updated and released twice a year – now there’s an app version, making searching,
New York Public Library and Mother turn Instagram into digital bookshelf
“Insta novels” function allows Alice’s Adentures in Wonderland to be read on the platform, which is combining animations with text from the entire novel.
From Minecraft to arcades and apps: V&A delves into today’s video games
The museum’s new exhibition Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt explores the contemporary world of gaming, looking at how they are designed, how they captivate players, and the social and ethical issues surrounding them.
London Design Festival announces headline Trafalgar Square installation by Es Devlin
Visitors will speak to a lion sculpture, which will remember the words it has heard before “roaring” them back in the form of projection mapped poetry.
How RAF Museum London is marking 100 years with "hands on" exhibition
RAF Stories: The First Hundred Years 1918-2018 aims to bring to life the stories of those who served, while placing visitors in the cockpit and giving them ethical questions to
Dixon Baxi brings "total football" look to Dutch Eredivisie league
A new look based on a grid system has been devised for broadcaster Fox Sport Netherlands’ coverage of the top Dutch football league Eredivisie
Pentagram’s Marina Willer brands BBC’s Hear Her series
The Pentagram partner has created an identity, moving idents and promotional materials for the new content season, which has been put on by the BBC to mark 100 years since
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How designers and artists are using creativity to help people escape the real world
Every month, Adobe Stock curates a gallery of images and videos from its library based around a different trend. The July and August theme is
DesignStudio looks to help bring Stake trading platform to the masses
Stake has been repositioned for amateur investors in Australia so that they can access global financial markets.
Why the wheelchair symbol should be rethought to include “invisible disabilities”
McCann London has launched the Visability93 campaign to change perceptions around disability, and raise awareness of the millions of people worldwide living with conditions such as diabetes, arthritis and Alzheimer’s,
Firefox asks the public to help pick its new logo
Free internet browser Firefox is branching out into new apps and services, and is undergoing a rebrand to reflect this, so parent company Mozilla has launched two possible identity designs
Wingardium leviosa! Creativity, code and magic join up in Kano’s Harry Potter Coding Kit
Coding novices and experts, along with avid Hogwarts fans, can now create their own wands and cast spells in a new kit from Kano combining physical and digital to teach
Online bank Starling introduces vertical bank card
The mobile-only bank has designed two debit cards that are portrait-orientated and hide customer details on the back, in a bid to improve security and be used more intuitively.
A new typeface inspired by the sounds of London
FS Benjamin is a serif type dedicated to the capital city, and features a launch campaign that celebrates the diversity of London through pairing together eclectic sounds from its streets
Design Week Top 100 opens for entries
The Design Week Top 100 is a ranking of the UK’s most successful design businesses and you can be part of it by entering today.
Bringing tiny organisms to life through digital at Cornwall’s Eden Project
Kin Design has created interactive installations for the Eden Project’s new permanent show Invisible Worlds, which delves into the fascinating stories of miniscule micro-organisms, and the impact humans have made