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Read about digital and technology-focused projects from consultancies and digital studios, including user experience (UX), website and app design.
3D-printed headphones that double up as a hearing aid
HeX earbuds can be used as regular earphones by those without hearing problems, and as an aid by those with hearing loss, in a bid to create a product for
Studio Moross brands Massive, a company promoting cinema to young people
Massive is a website and poster campaign that looks to encourage those aged 16-24 across the UK to go see new, British films.
Could hiding designers’ identities rid the industry of unconscious bias?
Creative jobs website and networking platform The Dots has launched the “bias blocker”, a new browsing mode that stops employers being able to see candidates’ photos, names, education and employment
"If the UX is bad, you've failed": Tom Williams on how to design an online video player
From working for the BBC and designing 4OD, to helping sports businesses broadcast their own content, user experience and digital design specialist Tom Williams shares his journey and his thoughts
Government invests £72 million into tech to make cities “better places to live”
The Core Innovation Hub is a new fund that will see technology such as virtual reality and drones used to change how homes, hospitals and schools are designed and built.
Microsoft changes the look of its apps to let people “focus on work”
The company has redesigned its app icons in a bid to put the branding of programs like Word and Excel on the back-burner and place users’ content centre-stage.
The Pulse: an infographic curating conversations on women and leadership
Landor has created an online, real-time tool that collates 10,000 tweets at any one time around challenges women face in getting into very senior roles.
Interior and web designers make list of highest-earning freelancers
New research has found both roles bring in an average annual income of £37,500 and have also been chosen among the 10 most desirable freelance jobs.
Plymouth College of Art wants to fight for creative education
The university has worked with studio Templo on a new print and online campaign called What’s Your Proposition?, which invites the public to put forward their case for art and
DesignStudio rebrands European League of Legends esports tournament
The studio has worked with Riot Games to create an identity for the Europe-based competition to separate it from its American counterpart and to capture the “energy” and “passion” of
How to design an intuitive shopping website that people love using
A Which? survey of over 10,000 people recently found that homebase.co.uk is the worst online retailer, while brands such as skincare company Liz Earle and electronics shop
Forensic Architecture takes top Beazley Designs of the Year 2018 prize
The Design Museum’s annual Beazley DOTY awards and exhibition has announced its overall winner – an investigative digital project shedding light on injustice and war crimes – plus its six
This VR data visualisation tool looks to make dense research more “digestible”
Lume, which has been developed by Imagination, can be used to present research in 3D from fields including science, medicine, astronomy and finance.
Labrador energy switching company reveals “bold” new branding
Design studio Someone has opted for “bright” colours, “oversized” graphics and a “decisive” tone of voice to create a range of print and digital assets in a bid to attract
How the magical graphics for the new Fantastic Beasts film were designed
MinaLima, the graphic design duo behind the Harry Potter film series, has created all the enchanting props that are due to appear in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of
Are universities failing young designers? asks creative director
Wyn Jones, creative director at Design Reality, wants an official stamp of approval for product and industrial design courses to be introduced in the form of an accreditation badge, to
The German design brands you should be looking out for
We took a trip to the Designers’ Open festival in East German city, Leipzig, where designers, studios, illustrators and craftspeople showcased and sold their work.
5 design things to look out for in November 2018
From trails of illuminated installations to exhibitions looking at the homes of the future, here are some of our top picks to look out for this month.
Redesigning the biggest list of endangered species in the world
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, an exhaustive online database of animals, plants and fungi that are at risk of extinction, has been given a new website in a
5 things we learnt at Design Manchester 2018
With speakers including 2012 Olympics installation designer Kate Dawkins, DesignStudio’s Ben Wright and Kaye Dunnings of Glastonbury’s Shangri-La, there were plenty of top tips being shared at Design Manchester’s D(isrupt)M
Doodles at 20: the best Google homepage logo recreations
Matt Cruickshank is art director at Google and part of the Doodles team, which, for the last 20 years, has regularly transformed the well-known Google logo to respond to landmark
Adobe reveals Aero: an augmented reality tool for designers
Aero, which will launch in 2019, is intended to be used alongside existing programs like Photoshop and Dimension, to help designers visualise virtual graphics and products in real-world environments.
A look at Adobe’s “all-in-one” app Rush for video-editing novices
The app works across mobile, tablet and desktop and is intended for those who are video-editing beginners but want to create “professional” content for social media.