09 October – 13 October 2023 – Design Week

Royal Mint reveals new set of coins inspired by UK flora and fauna

Abbey Bamford — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:24:24 +0000

The Royal Mint has unveiled eight new coin designs inspired and approved by King Charles III, referencing his passion for conservation and nature. Officially known as definitives, the new set of coins marks the final chapter of King Charles III’s transition onto British coinage. The eight new coin designs will replace the current shield formation introduced under Queen Elizabeth II in 2008.

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How difficult commercial spaces can be utilised for “dynamic” nurseries

Alex Raher — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:18:48 +0000

In England we have one of the highest childcare costs in Europe – putting immense pressure on working parents to decide whether it is affordable to return to work, or juggle childcare themselves. In addition to this, most local councils are worried about their ability to cater for future demand. Simply put, we need more nurseries to be built and expanded to accommodate an ever-growing demand and…

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Mucho designs “evergreen” identity for Stern Grove Festival

Abbey Bamford — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 14:00:53 +0000

Mucho has designed a new identity for San Francisco’s Stern Grove Festival, with a logo that serves as “a modern interpretation” of its home within a eucalyptus tree grove. The festival was founded in 1938 and offers free concerts across ten Sundays throughout the summer. Its previous identity – created in 2005 – centred around “traditional hippy culture representation” and didn’t align with…

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Buddy Creative designs sand-pattern-inspired bottle for Connie Glaze Vodka

Abbey Bamford — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:57:42 +0000

Exeter-based studio Buddy Creative has developed the branding and packaging for Connie Glaze Vodka, including a bespoke bottle that resembles the “smooth undulating patterns in the sand” left by the outward tide. The studio has worked with makers of the vodka Southwestern Distillery since 2017 when it developed a bespoke bottle and refreshed branding for its flagship brand Tarquin’s Gin. In 2020…

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SomeOne rebrands Eden Project around “notions of balance” and interconnection

Abbey Bamford — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:55:15 +0000

SomeOne has designed the Eden Project’s new identity, which centres around the interconnection between humans and nature. What was once a barren landscape in Cornwall was transformed into a “global garden” known as the Eden Project when it opened in 2001, with the world’s largest indoor rainforest enclosed in one of its biome domes. While the educational charity and visitor attraction is based…

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How&How designs “out of sector” identity for energy services company Hometree

Abbey Bamford — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:36:49 +0000

How&How has rebranded residential energy services company Hometree, aiming to demonstrate its move towards “cleaner, greener energy”, guided by Maple, a tree icon who appears across the brand and is also the face and personality of its chat function. According to research by the influential MP committee, Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, 14% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions come…

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Natural History Museum seeks designer for £300,000 installation project

Abbey Bamford — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:00:57 +0000

The Natural History Museum (NHM) is seeking an installation designer to create two to three major interactive installations for an exhibition on space exploration. Space: The Search for Life is the working title of NHM’s forthcoming major temporary exhibition due to open in May 2025 in the 800 sqm Waterhouse Gallery. The exhibition will run for around seven months and will be aimed at families…

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Should designers still be creative pitching?

Abbey Bamford — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:54:52 +0000

Creative pitching, free pitching, speculative pitching; it comes under many names, but they all involve giving away time and creative ideas for free – or for a very small fee – before you even know you’ve got the job. The debate around whether this is commercially viable for designers or fair for clients to do is not new, so why is creative pitching still common across the industry?

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Design Council launches research into social and environmental value of design

Abbey Bamford — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:30:06 +0000

The Design Council has started a new research project in a bid to better understand the social and environmental value of design within the UK. In 2022, the Design Council presented a report on the economic value of design in the UK titled Design Economy: People, Places, and Economic Value. This report established that there are 1.97 million people working in the design economy and that the…

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Design Bridge and Partners designs cancer guide for children and parents

Abbey Bamford — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 11:20:48 +0000

Design Bridge and Partners has designed The Oncology Guide – an online resource for families navigating their child’s cancer journey – combining a human approach with a medical journal style. The studio partnered with the platform’s founder Charley Scott, alongside King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chartwell Cancer Trust, Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) for the project.

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