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BBC Two has unveiled a fresh on-screen look with 14 idents based on seven new themes, designed by advertising agency Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and produced by Red Bee Media.

Joanna Quinn animations

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Family Ties: Dreams & Desires, by animator Joanna Quinn, is one of a number of films featured in Birds Eye View, a showcase of work by women filmmakers

Ribena bottles

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The Color of Jazz: Album Cover Photographs by Pete Turner, is a celebration of 50 years of his work. It is published by Rizzoli International Publications, priced £27.50. The cover

Kafka, Amerika

Franz Kafka

Penguin is giving Franz Kafka a striking new look as part of a revamp of its Modern Classics series. Cover photographs by Jacob Sutton and art direction by ad agency

Mr Bingo - Prog rock

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Illustrator and animator Mr Bingo has designed two T-shirts – Prog Rock and Tie – for on-line T-shirt retailer moreTvicar.

Anime

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London’s Barbican this week launches Japanimation, a series of events examining the relationship between Western film and Japanese animation. Anime expert Helen McCarthy will discuss seminal manga films throughout February

Le Bambole

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Brighton consultancy Tonne has designed a series of graphics for this week’s New Scientist magazine illustrating the concepts of ‘solidified light’.

3D wire car

Benedict Radcliffe

The work of Benedict Radcliffe, head of experiential design at Glasgow consultancy Stand, will be shown at the Paul Smith Mayfair shop on Albermarle Street, W1 from 7 to 16

Carrie

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The Royal College of Art in London is hosting an exhibition of work by its Communication, Art and Design students from 12 to 17 January.

Glass sculptures

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The stained glass pictorial works of Mark Angus can be seen alongside the glass sculptures of Erwin Eisch at the Glass Art Gallery

Hummer 02

GM Advanced Design

GM Advanced Design has won the Los Angeles Auto Show’s Design Challenge with its two-dimensional version of a 2015 concept that addresses environmental sustainability. The Hummer 02 features body panels

Alien Nation

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Yves Behar, founder of Fuse Project, is one of a selection of designers who have been commissioned to produce a range of pieces for Swarovski’s Crystal Palace.

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From the archives: Picture Post

As we head back into our archives, here’s a gem from March 1990. Jane Lewis looks at the creative ways design firms promoted their services through mail-outs.