How will designers be affected by changes to IR35?
Changes to the tax legislation, which controls off-payroll working situations like freelancing, will come into effect from 6 April – here Design Week breaks the issue down.
Freelance designers: Can I still get paid if I’m affected by coronavirus?
What financial help you are entitled to if you get sick with COVID-19 or if you are unable to work through self isolation as a freelancer/self-employed worker.
Freelancers finally given government coronavirus support – but it comes with a catch
The Treasury has announced its plan to give the self-employed parity with employees — but you’ll have to wait until June to get it. Full analysis and breakdown here.
Black Lives Matter: graphic design’s role in the protest movement
As race protests spark throughout the world, we look at the role of graphic design and why the movement must ultimately “not stop with an image”.
“Government needs to make people care”: designers on coronavirus communications
After Boris Johnson announced a lockdown, ministers have been clarifying the new rules – there has been confusion around terms like ‘key workers’ and ‘social distancing’, whether new couples could
US 2020 election by design – the winners and losers
As the American election reaches its final stages, designers dissect both campaigns’ use of graphics, branding and digital strategy.
£330bn coronavirus business loan plan: what designers need to know
SMEs can expect more help than previously stated under new “unprecedented” business loan plan, as PM Boris Johnson encourages Brits to tap into their inner “Blitz Spirit” to get through
The return to work – what design businesses should know about the law
As design businesses consider an eventual return to the studio, we explore the legal information that employers and employees need to know.
The designers still left behind by the Government’s coronavirus support packages
What was welcome news for some has proved to be a poor support package for others — the self-employed with personal service companies feel particularly neglected.
Design Week poll: Majority of designers have lost more than 75% of business
We surveyed readers to find out how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting designers and how businesses have interacted with the help on offer from the government.
The Other Side: using graphic design to bridge the Brexit gap
A new book from GraphicDesign& is imploring the British public to listen to each other by presenting the arguments of both sides of the EU debate, hoping to “encourage empathy,
“Design creates value”: Innovate UK launches programme for design in innovation
The programme seeks to overcome “barriers to progress” and will feature grant funding opportunities and other initiatives to “fully embed design in innovation”.
The government cancels order for 10,000 Dyson ventilators
Dyson’s CoVent design had not yet received approval from the UK’s medical regulatory body as the demand for ventilators decreased.
What designers need to know about the government’s Winter Economy Plan
In a statement to the commons the chancellor has announced the successor to the furlough scheme, as he urged listeners to “learn to live without fear”.
Why do brands take a stand on social issues?
A new exhibition at the Museum of Brands explores when brands have adopted social issues – and opens the ensuing complexity up for debate.
Branding and Black Lives Matter: will change be more than skin deep?
Headline-grabbing rebrands of Uncle Ben’s and Aunt Jemima show change in brand-land, but a real overhaul requires sustained effort from the design world.
Craig Oldham designs poster showcasing solidarity with Key Workers
Just months ago, the people now hailed as “Key Workers” were labelled “unskilled” – now, Manchester-based designer Oldham wants us to remember their value long after the pandemic ends.
Dominic Cummings wants you to work at Number 10
In a rambling blog post the Prime Minister’s chief special adviser has called upon the services of an “unusual set of people”, some of whom have the skill set of
Design Week Poll: 71% of design businesses worried about surviving into 2021
Three months on from our first business impact survey, we once again asked readers how they were weathering the pandemic.
This flag project uses data to highlight danger of “glacier extinction”
Meltdown Flags by design studio Moby Digg sees countries’ flags redrawn using data according to the disappearance of their glaciers.