7-11 November 2022 – Design Week

The design of the 2022 FIFA World Cup kits

Sophie Tolhurst — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:12:24 +0000

As the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 approaches, the event has been overshadowed by the host nation’s human rights record and stance on LGBTQ+ rights as well as the reported high numbers of migrant worker deaths during the construction of its stadium. While a YouGov poll commissioned by Amnesty International reported that 72 per cent of participants believe sponsors should call on FIFA to compensate…

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How&How rebrands the world’s first smart menstrual cup

Sophie Tolhurst — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:29:01 +0000

How&How has rebranded the world’s first smart menstrual cup with an identity based around the new “Catch Your Wave” concept. Emm’s smart menstrual cup uses biosensor technology within a flexible medical-grade silicone cup, alerting users to the cup’s fill level and monitoring other metrics such as flow rate, cycle length and regularity. It was designed by ex-Dyson design engineer…

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Design Age Institute petitions for inclusive packaging design standard

Abbey Bamford — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:03:14 +0000

The Royal College of Art’s (RCA’s) Design Age Institute and membership group University of the Third Age (u3a) have launched an official UK Government and Parliament petition recommending implementation of an inclusive design standard for packaging. The aim of the petition is to spark a debate in parliament on the issue of poorly designed packaging. It comes after the Design Age Institute’s…

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National Museum of the Royal Navy releases exhibition design tender

Abbey Bamford — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:53:09 +0000

The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) has launched a tender for the design of a temporary exhibition at its Portsmouth site, as well as a smaller scale exhibition at its Hartlepool site. The over-arching aim of the exhibition will be to showcase objects and interactives based on HMS Challenger’s famous voyage of 1872-6, with linked content displayed at NMRN Hartlepool.

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Government releases £1.4 million tender for Expo 2025 UK Pavilion

Abbey Bamford — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 17:20:25 +0000

The Department for International Trade has released a tender valued at £1.4 million for the design of the UK Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. The Expo will bring together around 150 nations to explore solutions to contemporary challenges under its overarching theme Designing Future Societies for Our Lives. Its key ambitions are demonstrating breakthroughs in technology and sharing ideas on the topic…

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Design Declares scheme rallies designers at Design for Planet Festival

Abbey Bamford — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 13:00:09 +0000

Founders of the climate emergency declaration campaign Design Declares invited signatories to talk about why they signed the declaration at this year’s Design for Planet festival. Now in its second year Design for Planet is being held concurrently with the COP27 climate conference and is advocating for the design industry to take action to help mitigate the effects of the climate crisis.

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Elmwood gives The Week brand toolkit based on its red masthead

Sophie Tolhurst — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 16:39:34 +0000

Design consultancy Elmwood has created a brand toolkit for The Week’s non-editorial touchpoints with its distinctive red masthead as the “centre point for powerful storytelling”. Elmwood executive creative director Andrew Lawrence explains that though The Week has “a very defined look and feel”, it didn’t have a “brand toolkit” for activities such as reader recruitment. Elmwood built on the…

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“Chaos to clarity”: the Institute of Design’s ever-evolving identity

Abbey Bamford — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 16:22:33 +0000

Collins has designed a new identity for the Institute of Design (ID) in Chicago, featuring a constantly shifting logo which aims to “embrace the process of moving from chaos to clarity”. The change comes ahead of the school’s 85th anniversary and seeks to address its acceleration and represent the ID community more appropriately. According to Collins creative director Joseph Han…

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Moves & Changes – design industry news

Abbey Bamford — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:27:51 +0000

Leeds-based digital experience and performance agency Twentysix has recently appointed three senior hires. New head of data science Maria Thorpe is joining from the Department of Education and will be working on bringing clients the latest data strategy through AI and machine learning. New head of SEO Sebastian Dziubek and head of PR communications Abby White have both worked with high-profile…

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Remembering Mike Burrows (1943-2022): “the world’s greatest bicycle designer”

Sophie Tolhurst — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 17:00:33 +0000

In a shed in Norfolk, a wild-haired man in his seventies, clogs on his feet and woollen socks, a bloodied plaster emerging from one of them, describes himself as “the world’s greatest bicycle designer”. This is the scene that would have greeted visitors to the workshop of designer and engineer Mike Burrows before his death on 15 August 2022 at the age of 79 from lung cancer. In the wake of his…

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