Dyson creates engineering challenges for kids in lockdown
As school gates remain closed, designers and engineers at Dyson have devised 44 STEM challenges to keep children occupied at home.
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Homeschooling Resources Every Designer Should Know About
Children’s tech education expert Lucy Gill talks us through the best apps taking a user- and learning-centred approach while brightening up home schooling.
The NHS is using data to fight coronavirus
The UK’s health service has enlisted the help of some of the world’s tech giants to build a centralised data platform to provide NHS staff and practitioners with vital information
Coronavirus: how a Bluetooth tracking app could slow spread of virus
Singapore’s TraceTogether app has been praised for slowing the spread of COVID-19 and the app has been made openly available, but will the UK follow suit?
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch (indoors) in April
The country and its creatives may be in lockdown, but that’s not to say there’s nothing to be done in April – beyond browsing online galleries, here are our top
Design Week Awards extended until 27 March
As Coronavirus disrupted working patterns so much last week we’re giving you a few more days to get your entries together.
Inside the deceptive design world of dark patterns
The world of dark patterns — “tricks” that can mislead consumers — is both manipulative and murky. What are designers supposed to do about it?
Redesigning our relationship with ageing in the UK
We speak to Design Council chief design officer Cat Drew about its Transforming Ageing programme which is looking to navigate the social and economic pressures of an ageing population.
Baxter & Bailey rebrands MyMaths to appear more “approachable”
The platform, which allows teachers to set maths homework for students to complete outside of the classroom, had recently undergone interface changes and was in need of an identity update.
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in March
Despite coronavirus-prompted cancellations, there’s still plenty to do this month from a Tom of Finland retrospective to a new Lego product.
Studio MB redesigns Middle Eastern palace as “immersive” national museum
The former Al Salam Palace was badly damaged and consequently abandoned after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 – it has taken Edinburgh-based Studio MB five years to complete
How service design can promote an “open science” solution for virus outbreaks
Nextstrain is a platform designed to facilitate the sharing of genomic data – here, Design Week speaks with two of its researchers about how it is tackling the coronavirus outbreak.
Salone del Mobile has been postponed following coronavirus outbreak
The world’s biggest furniture fair will now take place in June, as Italy reckons with the global virus outbreak, which has hit the north of the country.
NASA launches $30,000 competition to develop parts for new Venus rover
The search is on to find an innovative obstacle avoidance sensor which could be included in a mechanical clockwork rover concept design, which NASA hopes will explore the planet’s surface
Good Services: creating a common knowledge for service designers
A new book from Lou Downe, the UK government’s former director of design, seeks to establish a universal language for the often-overlooked discipline of service design.
Can designers bring tech and the natural world closer together?
Two seemingly different themes are setting the agenda for 2020 but things get really interesting for designers when these worlds collide.
Design inspiration: the best projects from January
Pentagram’s rebrand of an internet password system, an adult-targeted CBD drink and a smart watch are some of our favourite projects from the past month.
In-house teams: How Reuters Graphics visualises “catastrophic” world events
As part of our new series about in-house design teams, Simon Scarr, deputy editor of Reuters Graphics talks visualising catastrophe, global communication and Star Wars.
Benjamin Hubert reveals “near-future” autonomous ride sharing concept
The concept vehicle is tailored to user-controlled privacy and also encourages community action for the environment.
Ikea launches build-your-own party electronics
Designed in collaboration with Stockholm-based studio Teenage Engineering, the collection aims to “democratise light and sound at home” with affordable modular pieces.
The virtual reality platform changing how we experience art
When the world’s biggest artists have a vision for virtual reality, London-based Acute Art provides the platform to make it possible.
5 talks to see at Design Indaba
Cape Town-based design conference and festival Design Indaba returns next month promising a special edition to celebrate 25 years.
Pentagram has designed a screen-free audio platform which puts kids in control
The Yoto Player — a connected speaker with a light-up smiley face — can play stories, music, radio and podcasts for children.
NHS Lanarkshire developing Scotland’s first digital hospital
As part of a relocation scheme, University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie will be given a state-of-the-art update “designed to ensure that the huge advances in digital technology are centralised”.