5 important things that happened in design this week
From a new report about creative skills shortages post-Brexit, to our top picks from Design Manchester 2017, we round up the news from the last seven days.
Packaging
The biggest packaging design stories, from food and drink packaging to new trends in environmental sustainability and the latest debates around unbranded cigarette packets.
5 important things that happened in design this week
A Science Museum rebrand, a book on design in health and a new festival in Bristol – the news from the last seven days.
Schweppes wants to look like champagne with bottle makeover
The soft drinks brand has refreshed its logo and redesigned its bottle, taking on a new shape that aims to be reminiscent of drinking alcohol.
Winners revealed for design competition to stop plastic pollution
The competition was launched earlier this year by The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and will see the winners receive over £700,000 in prize money to develop concepts such as
Made in North Korea: the book exploring a totalitarian state’s graphic design history
As Phaidon releases a new book looking at 20 years’ worth of graphic ephemera from North Korea – ranging from stamps to sweet wrappers – we speak to the author
Briefs revealed for RSA Student Design Awards 2018
The eight briefs ask entrants to find design solutions for social, environmental and economic problems, including wellbeing in the workplace and pollution caused by non-sustainable packaging waste.
Green & Black’s reveals “indulgent” new branding and packaging
The brand has been given a new look by Bulletproof, in a bid to make “luxury” chocolate more palatable for a contemporary audience.
Ten Questions for – Ian Hambleton
As Studio Output celebrates its 15th birthday we catch up with chief executive Ian Hambleton as he looks back on key projects for the consultancy and pinpoints major shifts within
Studio Frith creates “playful” identity for Alexa Chung’s fashion brand
The branding features a strong, typographic logo based on the designer’s initials, and a “clashing” colour palette of beige and pink.
Offf London 2017: top talks to catch
The Barcelona-based design conference comes to London for the first time next month, and will see the likes of DesignStudio, Poke and Territory offer their insight.
How to stop procurement teams from strangling the creative process
Spy Studio founder and creative director Simon Clark advises on how consultancies and in-house procurement teams can work better together.
How the new Morrissey biopic England is Mine was designed
We speak to director Mark Gill and the designers at The Chase who worked together on the design of a new film dramatising the life of the young Morrissey.
Taylors of Harrogate unveils “craftsmanship” inspired rebrand
The new identity has been designed by Pearlfisher, who commissioned illustrators to create colourful illustrations for the tea and coffee brand’s packaging.
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Packaging Innovations London brings inspirational packaging design to the capital
Packaging Innovations London has partnered with The Pentawards to offer a dedicated design focussed conference, which returns to Olympia London on 13-14 September.
Wolff Olins rebrands Hive around “affordability” of connected home products
The British Gas-owned smart home brand has recently expanded its product offering beyond heating, and aims to be “accessible” to a wider range of consumers with a new visual identity.
Design Week Awards 2017 – the winners in full
We reveal all of the winners from last night’s Design Week Awards across every category, plus Best in Show, Hall of Fame and Rising Star.
Museum of Failure: the exhibition exploring brands’ biggest “f*ck ups”
We delve into a new museum in Sweden which is archiving global innovation and design failures spanning from the 17th century right up to the present day, including the Segway
5 important things that happened in design this week
This week, American graphic designer Lance Wyman spoke to us about his latest retrospective exhibition in London, and entries opened for our annual Top 100 consultancy survey.
Designers’ favourite food designs: from marmite to chocolate bars
Last week, Nestlé lost an appeal to trademark the four-fingered shape of its classic chocolate bar KitKat. This got us thinking – what are some of
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How to design packaging that works in-store and on-screen
Equator managing director Gary Flynn draws on his specialism in integrated packaging and discusses the challenges of creating packaging that works as well online as it does in store.
£1.5 million design competition launched to stop plastics polluting oceans
The New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize is looking for applicants to rethink the design and materials of plastic packaging to make it more recyclable, with only 14% currently being reused
Häagen-Dazs rebrands to lose “fussy” design and target younger audience
The ice cream brand, which is over 50 years old, has been given a colourful, illustrated, new look by Love Creative, which aims to be more “modern” and “vibrant”.
D&AD Awards 2017: the design winners
We look at the black and yellow pencil winners from the design categories at this year’s Design and Art Direction awards.
Fab looks to become “iconic again” with 50th birthday rebrand
Consultancy Springetts has carried out the rebrand and packaging redesign for Fab, which makes a clearer reference to the trio of flavours synonymous with the ice lolly and its history.