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FutureBrand London's Polly Hopkins wonders if this week's Walmart reactions stem from a misunderstanding of the power of a brand refresh.
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As the healthy snack market soars, visual boundaries blur. Designers are borrowing visual language associated with traditional crisps and snacks to punch up the new healthy brands.
What do you think? Is it a case that ultimately, a snack is a snack? Link in comments.
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Well that's embarrasing. We gave ourselves a full break for Xmas but our cartoonist @DT_comic still sent in their submission and we missed it! But it's now online! See it on our home page at designweek.co.uk/
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25 for 2025 - we asked twenty five designers and design leaders for one big idea each for the coming year. They're all here and there are some cracking thoughts. What's your big idea for 2025?
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An interesting event coming up on the Isle of Man from Easter 2025 - an exhibition on the work and life of Archibold Knox, and important part of the UK's Arts and Crafts and Celtic Revival movements: piped.video/watch?v=CIT0QIxu…
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DESIGN THINKING!'s cartoon on Design Week is very appropriate given the Jaguar
story! See the rest of the strip, and our archive, over at: designweek.co.uk/cartoons-ar…
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Called it on the direction Jaguar are taking. This was just posted on the @Jaguar Instagram. Bold and new. We're fascinated to see the rest.
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The Fence (evidently 'The UK's Only Magazine') has relaunched with an avant-garde new style brought to you by designer Stef Michelet working with @Standfirst - check it out!
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The weekly newsletter is going out now, and it's a banger! Keep an eye on your mailbox, especially if it tends to end up in the promotions/other section!
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In terms of our followers, definitely more Argh. Over on the other similar social network, much more Argh. It's an interesting difference.
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Did you receive your Design Week newsletter today? Don't forget to check your promotions/other mailbox folder!
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We are delighted that our new site is now live, nine months after it looked like we were done. Come on in, have a look around, and help us build our new era together.
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Guess who's back? 👀 on the new site coming next month.
We have a tonne of ideas, but what do you miss? What do you want to see more of? Which areas of the design world are under-explored right now?
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Diving back into our archives to our March 1990 print edition. Jane Lewis explored how design firms creatively promoted their services with unique mail-outs — think knotted handkerchiefs and boxed chocolates. designweek.co.uk/from-the-ar…
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On first scan this book looks very interesting. Straight Forward, by Patrick Ely and Alan Stevenson is about wayfinding and strategy around it. We look forward to giving it a full review in due course.
You can buy it here: placepress.com/shop/straight…
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Took a car for a test drive. I may have accidentally left a little advert for the next owner to find in the Sketch app.
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With a thought for the rise of the far right in the European elections over the weekend, this poster he was involved with struck us as being highly appropriate today.
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This is fun.
"The world's first mega-ligature, mono-space, multi-color shape font is a real game-changer."
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Designers must brace themselves for a “paradigm shift” when it comes to AI in 2024, an expert tells Design Week bit.ly/485fl9u
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As part of our series on design in 2024, we asked Studio Arc director Lyndsey Bowditch what exhibition design will look like in 2024: bit.ly/3NA1kIu
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INTER/her by Camille Baker uses cutting edge tech to open up conversations around women’s health: bit.ly/41vyG0Y
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Superunion digital creative director Jessica Tan continues our series on design in 2024 with her view on what interactive design might look like next year: bit.ly/48nOmWf
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Next up from our series on design in 2024 - Run for the Hills co-founder Anna Burles offers her view on what hospitality interiors could look like next year: bit.ly/4atx8c4
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We continue our series on design in 2024 by asking SMAKK senior creative Ollie Ennis what packaging design could look like next year: bit.ly/4anfBCe
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As part of our series on design in 2024, we asked Rodd Industrial Design’s managing director Ben Davies what product design will look like in 2024: bit.ly/3TxSIpB
ALT United Repair Centre
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Looking for interior design inspiration? Take a look at Design Week’s favourite projects this month: bit.ly/3RICKaM
ALT Ulla Johnson Flagship, by Kelly Wearstler
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From navigating difficult client conversations to accessibility and sustainability, we look back on the best nuggets of wisdom Design Week offered this year: bit.ly/3tlCDc4
ALT Illustration by Ben Tallon
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Koto has unveiled a new design system for the Call of Duty franchise: bit.ly/3RmadXe
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DesignStudio's updated brand identity for Trivago features “witty and characterful” illustrations and a shorthand logo: bit.ly/3RHteVs
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From luxury spirit bottles to futuristic biomaterial solutions, here are our favourite product, print and packaging stories this year: bit.ly/3RCjImq
ALT A potato-based bottle that you can eat, compost or dissolve
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Our favourite fonts from 2023 include designs inspired by spherical marble forms, and typography to build chairs with. See the full list here: bit.ly/46QBpTD
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From Nationwide’s first major rebrand since 1987 to Royal design stories that will go down in history, here are Design Week’s most popular news stories of 2023: bit.ly/3thQcsT
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Toyota colour and sensory designer Viviana Hohenstein on how autonomous cars of the future will seamlessly intertwine technology and natural materials: bit.ly/41iU49F
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Accountancy firm Moore Kingston Smith has just published its Annual Survey 2023, revealing a widening gulf between agencies achieving high margins, and those in “worst case” situations leading to redundancies: bit.ly/47Py1JX
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SomeOne's new design system for Graff looks back to the diamond jewellery brand's archives: bit.ly/3NiKcXy
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We caught up with Emergence magazine’s creative partner Studio Airport, to discuss why the future of publishing hinges on bold creativity, and an exhibition showcasing this in the Bargehouse space at London’s OXO Tower Wharf: bit.ly/46QUzsK
ALT Emergence issue one
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Chermayeff&Geismar&Haviv has created the identity for America250, the nonpartisan organisation responsible for orchestrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in the United States: bit.ly/3R6r9kq
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We take an in-depth look at some of our favourite projects from this year’s Design Miami/ fair: bit.ly/41dXhag
ALT Image courtesy of James Harris for Design Miami
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We explore whether the often-eyewatering price tags of collectible design are justified: bit.ly/4a6g5fR
ALT Sarah Myerscough Gallery’s stand at Design Miami/
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Derek&Eric's new identity for Really Good Beer Society encourages consumers to read into the charitable causes supported by each beer: bit.ly/47D5SWL
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Exploring the design legacy and influence of Powell and Pressburger: this weekend a unique exhibition inside iconoclastic filmmaker Derek Jarman's former home opens for just two days on the rugged Dungeness coastline bit.ly/47AryTa
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Sound design and ‘planting design’ are honoured as the new recipients of the prestigious Royal Designers for Industry title are announced bit.ly/3T7yGCb
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We take a deep dive into the design process behind Reddit's “delightfully absurd” brand refresh from Pentagram: bit.ly/413zMkh
ALT Reddit's Snoo mascot
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Looking for things to do in December? Take a look at our pick of the best design events: bit.ly/4a0oYaB
ALT Bubbles of Serenity by Lucy Hardcastle at Design District
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The National Museum of Ireland has launched an exhibition design tender with an estimated fee of around £876,000 across the four-year project: bit.ly/46E8AcW
ALT Courtesy of trabantos on Shutterstock
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Amsterdam-based art director and graphic designer Jake Noakes has designed a new book that takes readers on a visual journey through hip hop: bit.ly/47wgg2g
ALT Reel Art Press © Rhyme & Reason Inc/Miramax with permission
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The Yard Creative’s visual identity for new children’s circular fashion brand Talou “celebrates the joy of childhood": bit.ly/47V6hmU
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This spa in Belgium offers guests the chance to bathe in beer: bit.ly/4130LfN
ALT Baths in the beer spa
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Dublin-based illustrator Jack Smyth reflects on designing the 2023 Booker Prize winner cover: bit.ly/3RgWdiy
ALT 2023 Booker Prize winner Prophet Song by Irish novelist Paul Lynch
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