Designing the modern Scouts and Girlguiding
With both undergoing considerable image changes and integrating new digital tools over the past few years, Design Week explores the mission of bringing heritage organisations into the present day for
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Read about digital and technology-focused projects from consultancies and digital studios, including user experience (UX), website and app design.
Planned Parenthood launches new online tool to help navigate abortion laws
The Abortion Care Finder tool provides those seeking abortions with location-specific information relating to laws and regulations, nearby health centres and different medical options.
Designers on Dark Mode: “I can’t see it going anywhere”
The latest iOS update came with a Dark Mode feature for iPhones and native apps, which inverts screen displays, from black writing on a white background to white writing on
New Royal Academy exhibition rethinks the environment through design
Eco-Visionaries draws from different creative practices in an attempt to find solutions for the environmental crisis.
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in November
This month Design Manchester turns seven, Anglia Ruskin University is telling tales with tech and Es Devlin is talking us through her latest installation.
“To move fast, you have to be working together” – Dell VP on unifying tech and design
Justin Lyles, vice president of consumer design and advanced design director, talks inspiration, collaboration and why consumers expect smartphones everywhere.
Securing your financial future and unlocking support – a design business survival guide
Rufus Leonard chief executive Laurence Parkes on where to find investment money, how to secure it and how to grow your design consultancy.
The video game which is changing the way doctors work
Level Ex gives doctors the chance to practice complex and often rare medical situations via their smartphones, and now it’s landed a sponsorship with Philips.
The Wellcome Collection’s new exhibition looks to understand play
Play Well will look at how play is an integral, but often overlooked, part of a well-functioning society.
Designing for the smart(ish) home of today
David Coombs, head of strategic services at Cheil UK, says if we want people to embrace smart tech, we need to stop aiming for the future.
V&A Dundee explores the link between robots and human beings
The exhibition, Hello, Robot. Design Between Human and Machine, examines our relationship with robots and how design is a “mediator” between us.
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in October
This month, it’s time to rethink robots at V&A Dundee, read about the best way to design schools and a men’s magazine launches.
Free sustainable packaging design tool launched
PackScore, developed by the British Plastics Federation, aims to help product designers create easily recyclable packaging.
Skyscanner overhauls service and rebrands as part of expanded offer
The online flight comparison site has redesigned its app and unveiled a new visual identity in a bid to “simplify travel as much as possible”.
Using tech and a love of food to bridge the generation gap
Digital consultancy Red Badger developed ShareThyme to promote intergenerational friendships, and it seems to be catching on.
How a climate crisis graphic became a meme
Ed Hawkins’ data visualisation, Warming Stripes, has appeared everywhere from The Guardian’s front page to meteorologists’ ties.
Public sector websites face accessibility deadline – but will they be ready?
New regulations coming into effect on the 23 September 2019 will require public sector websites and apps to be accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities.
Yuri Suzuki’s Sound in Mind captures sound design’s big moment
The Design Museum is hosting its first exhibition dedicated to sound design, as the under-explored sector comes into its own.
First look at the V&A’s London Design Festival installations
This year’s set pieces explore the future of sustainable materials, the possibilities of AI and how climate anxiety can be channelled into something more positive.
London Design Festival 2019 – installation guide
Void, Dan Tobin Smith + The Experience Machine, Collins Music Hall At Collins Music Hall in Islington, creative studio The Experience Machine has worked with installation photographer Dan Tobin Smith
Southwark Council first to offer digital NHS health checks
The scheme was developed under the guidance of the Design Council’s Design in the Public Sector programme, and targets those potentially at risk.
Lego launches Braille instructions for the visually impaired
The guides use AI technology to translate visual information into voice-commanded and Braille instructions.
Nicolas Roope: “A different design language is taking over”
We talk to the multi-faceted designer about leaving Poke after 18 years, his future projects and the race to recreate the hamburger.
From Bauhaus to Benidorm: exploring the new BBC design season
We talk to the creators of the new BBC series, which brings viewers stories from Bauhaus, a revealing hour with Dieter Rams and Vic Reeves in silver spandex.