Designers mobilise public to vote on climate change
The poster database is a partnership between Glug and It’s Our Time, targeted at people who have not voted before.
V&A’s blockbuster exhibition “unpicks the history of the car as a design object”
Cars: Accelerating the Modern World — the first exhibition exclusively dedicated to automobiles at the museum — explores the machine’s history and future.
John Lewis trials “experience playgrounds” with newly designed concept store
If the trials are successful, the hubs – which offer everything from wine-tasting to make-up—will be rolled out country-wide.
The Science Museum’s £24 million exhibition gives medicine a human face
Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries spans over 500 years of medical objects.
The Atlantic magazine redesigns in a bid for “elegance and urgency”
The publication – based in Washington, D.C.,US – has unveiled updates across its print and iOS offerings.
NASA unveils experimental electric plane
The X-57 plane marks the space agency’s first attempt at electric air travel, with the team hoping to get it in the air by the end of next year.
Gus Casely-Hayford appointed director of V&A East
V&A East comprises two sites that the museum is developing in east London.
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
Facebook reveals new corporate identity
The troubled social media company hopes the rebrand will “better communicate” its services.
Microsoft Edge has a new logo
Microsoft has unveiled the latest logo design for its internet browser platform, which is still in beta mode.
Nuffield Health’s new visual system aims to create a “connected health journey”
The not-for-profit — the country’s biggest healthcare charity — also researches and advises on national medical issues.
Design inspiration: the best projects from October
From a law firm rebrand based on “murmurations” to an inventive use of drowned bicycles, these are some of our favourite projects from the last month.
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How a new generation of designers is creating social impact
From circular economies within fashion to rehabilitating indigenous communities, a crop of young designers are focusing on design’s capacity for social change.
This installation seeks to improve nightshift workers’ health
Commissioned by the Wellcome Trust, The Liminal Space has created a travelling installation to help some of the 3.2 million UK workers who regularly contribute to the nightshift economy.
Terence Conran-founded restaurant gets a new visual identity
Dutchscot designs wordmark inspired by planetary orbits while branding uses marbling to replicate look and feel of food
Design Week picks: 5 speakers to see at Offset 2020
Our guide of what to catch at the Offset Dublin conference, which has just announced a line up including illustrator Laura Callaghan, Pentagram’s Rory Simms and Lego’s Jen Kronvold Frederiksen.
