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New platform selling off-the-shelf designs hopes to fix “broken” branding industry www.designweek.co.uk/new-platform...
New platform selling off-the-shelf designs hopes to fix “broken” branding industry
A new platform has launched which hopes to “break the traditional designer-client cycle” by selling off-the-shelf brands. Brands Like These (BLT) is the brainchild of Sheffield-based agency Lyon &
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August 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New platform selling off-the-shelf designs hopes to fix “broken” branding industry www.designweek.co.uk/new-platform...
A new exhibition aims to tell the story of Japanese graphic design in a broader and more inclusive way than ever before.
Curator Ian Lynam wants to expand the types of people and projects that are recognised when the history of Japanese design is discussed.
Read more: tinyurl.com/4kefypy2
Curator Ian Lynam wants to expand the types of people and projects that are recognised when the history of Japanese design is discussed.
Read more: tinyurl.com/4kefypy2
New show tells “a more inclusive story” about Japanese graphic design
A new exhibition aims to tell the story of Japanese graphic design in a broader and more inclusive way than ever before. Fracture: Japanese Graphic Design 1875–1975 has just opened in Tokyo…
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July 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A new exhibition aims to tell the story of Japanese graphic design in a broader and more inclusive way than ever before.
Curator Ian Lynam wants to expand the types of people and projects that are recognised when the history of Japanese design is discussed.
Read more: tinyurl.com/4kefypy2
Curator Ian Lynam wants to expand the types of people and projects that are recognised when the history of Japanese design is discussed.
Read more: tinyurl.com/4kefypy2
Kicking off our new series, Abbey Bamford reflects on a rebrand with hindsight to see its impact on both the brand and the agency.
First up is Bloom's 2023 work for Ginsters, transforming it from a roadside snack to a driver of commercial growth. Read more here: tinyurl.com/3zh9994a
First up is Bloom's 2023 work for Ginsters, transforming it from a roadside snack to a driver of commercial growth. Read more here: tinyurl.com/3zh9994a
July 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Kicking off our new series, Abbey Bamford reflects on a rebrand with hindsight to see its impact on both the brand and the agency.
First up is Bloom's 2023 work for Ginsters, transforming it from a roadside snack to a driver of commercial growth. Read more here: tinyurl.com/3zh9994a
First up is Bloom's 2023 work for Ginsters, transforming it from a roadside snack to a driver of commercial growth. Read more here: tinyurl.com/3zh9994a
Another year, another incredible crop of design students entering the industry! 🎉 From typography to tennis balls, here are this year's most interesting final projects.
Welcome, Class of 2025! tinyurl.com/buhakwc2
Welcome, Class of 2025! tinyurl.com/buhakwc2
July 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Another year, another incredible crop of design students entering the industry! 🎉 From typography to tennis balls, here are this year's most interesting final projects.
Welcome, Class of 2025! tinyurl.com/buhakwc2
Welcome, Class of 2025! tinyurl.com/buhakwc2
Why are branding studios launching their own type foundries?
Graphic designers love creating type, and while typefaces are usually the domain of foundries, many design agencies are now venturing into this space. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4wt6vxwd
Graphic designers love creating type, and while typefaces are usually the domain of foundries, many design agencies are now venturing into this space. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4wt6vxwd
July 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Why are branding studios launching their own type foundries?
Graphic designers love creating type, and while typefaces are usually the domain of foundries, many design agencies are now venturing into this space. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4wt6vxwd
Graphic designers love creating type, and while typefaces are usually the domain of foundries, many design agencies are now venturing into this space. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4wt6vxwd
Branding the energy sector. Clare Dowdy looks at three agencies creating branding to electrify the fast-changing energy sector.
Read more here for the thought process behind the designs: tinyurl.com/a58n29fv
Read more here for the thought process behind the designs: tinyurl.com/a58n29fv
July 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Branding the energy sector. Clare Dowdy looks at three agencies creating branding to electrify the fast-changing energy sector.
Read more here for the thought process behind the designs: tinyurl.com/a58n29fv
Read more here for the thought process behind the designs: tinyurl.com/a58n29fv
Six design lessons from this year’s Cannes Lions.
As the Cannes hullabaloo fades for another year, Design Bridge and Partners’ Tom Gilbert shares his takeaways, as a designer, from this year’s festival.
Read here: tinyurl.com/3ed9pa8c
As the Cannes hullabaloo fades for another year, Design Bridge and Partners’ Tom Gilbert shares his takeaways, as a designer, from this year’s festival.
Read here: tinyurl.com/3ed9pa8c
July 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Six design lessons from this year’s Cannes Lions.
As the Cannes hullabaloo fades for another year, Design Bridge and Partners’ Tom Gilbert shares his takeaways, as a designer, from this year’s festival.
Read here: tinyurl.com/3ed9pa8c
As the Cannes hullabaloo fades for another year, Design Bridge and Partners’ Tom Gilbert shares his takeaways, as a designer, from this year’s festival.
Read here: tinyurl.com/3ed9pa8c
With 100 million users around the world, Notion is one of the most popular workplace tools. We spent an hour with head of design Randy Hunt chatting about AI, career flexibility, and how he thinks about design leadership. Read here: tinyurl.com/53vayh7u
July 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
With 100 million users around the world, Notion is one of the most popular workplace tools. We spent an hour with head of design Randy Hunt chatting about AI, career flexibility, and how he thinks about design leadership. Read here: tinyurl.com/53vayh7u
St John’s College Cambridge has unveiled a new cinematic identity by SomeOne. Master Heather Hancock noted that the previous branding didn't effectively convey the college's uniqueness and felt outdated in digital spaces. Read more here: tinyurl.com/mrrdtfw3
July 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
St John’s College Cambridge has unveiled a new cinematic identity by SomeOne. Master Heather Hancock noted that the previous branding didn't effectively convey the college's uniqueness and felt outdated in digital spaces. Read more here: tinyurl.com/mrrdtfw3
Are we failing creative students? Ravensbourne University's Lawrence Lartey highlights a talent pipeline crisis in the creative industries. Many graduates have academic qualifications but lack essential industry exposure and soft skills for workplace success. tinyurl.com/yub2nhhr
July 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Are we failing creative students? Ravensbourne University's Lawrence Lartey highlights a talent pipeline crisis in the creative industries. Many graduates have academic qualifications but lack essential industry exposure and soft skills for workplace success. tinyurl.com/yub2nhhr
NB Studio has rebranded project management tool Streamtime to bring some quirkiness to this sometimes serious category.
The new positioning, “Productive Wellbeing: feeling good while doing great work,” demanded a brand refresh. Read more here: tinyurl.com/mr284r8e
The new positioning, “Productive Wellbeing: feeling good while doing great work,” demanded a brand refresh. Read more here: tinyurl.com/mr284r8e
July 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NB Studio has rebranded project management tool Streamtime to bring some quirkiness to this sometimes serious category.
The new positioning, “Productive Wellbeing: feeling good while doing great work,” demanded a brand refresh. Read more here: tinyurl.com/mr284r8e
The new positioning, “Productive Wellbeing: feeling good while doing great work,” demanded a brand refresh. Read more here: tinyurl.com/mr284r8e
The Longevity Lessons. In this series, Clare Dowdy speaks with design studios that are 30+ years old, to find out some of the secrets behind their longevity. Here she talks to Roger Mann, co-founder of Casson Mann.
July 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The Longevity Lessons. In this series, Clare Dowdy speaks with design studios that are 30+ years old, to find out some of the secrets behind their longevity. Here she talks to Roger Mann, co-founder of Casson Mann.
“If there is a God in design, he’s probably called Jony Ive” Columnist Nicolas Roope says that OpenAI's partnership with Jony Ive makes sense from a business, hype and product design point of view. Link to read more in the comments.
July 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
“If there is a God in design, he’s probably called Jony Ive” Columnist Nicolas Roope says that OpenAI's partnership with Jony Ive makes sense from a business, hype and product design point of view. Link to read more in the comments.
Why are so many design agencies rebranding? A few weeks ago, something weird happened. Every day, for about ten days, we received news of a design agency rebranding itself. Read more here: tinyurl.com/bdhdv36z
July 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Why are so many design agencies rebranding? A few weeks ago, something weird happened. Every day, for about ten days, we received news of a design agency rebranding itself. Read more here: tinyurl.com/bdhdv36z
Landor has created a new brand identity to position Pearson as a lifelong learning company. New logo, new wordmark, new colour palette. Read more here: www.designweek.co.uk/landor-rebra...
July 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Landor has created a new brand identity to position Pearson as a lifelong learning company. New logo, new wordmark, new colour palette. Read more here: www.designweek.co.uk/landor-rebra...
The Britt festival attracts some of music's biggest names, but needed a new visual identity to capture and communicate what made it so unique. Enter Fiasco, whose team blended heritage and modernity through woodblock type and a logo featuring a famous local flower.
July 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Britt festival attracts some of music's biggest names, but needed a new visual identity to capture and communicate what made it so unique. Enter Fiasco, whose team blended heritage and modernity through woodblock type and a logo featuring a famous local flower.
This week at Design Week we have launched our membership programme.
It's a model that invites our readers to shape our mission with us, to create a design industry platform that is stronger, more useful, and more relevant.
Find out more here: www.designweek.co.uk/design-week-...
It's a model that invites our readers to shape our mission with us, to create a design industry platform that is stronger, more useful, and more relevant.
Find out more here: www.designweek.co.uk/design-week-...
Help us help the design industry – become a Design Week member
Dear readers, Today we are launching Design Week membership. While I could give you all sorts of reasons why, the main one is simple – we need your support to keep Design Week going.
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June 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This week at Design Week we have launched our membership programme.
It's a model that invites our readers to shape our mission with us, to create a design industry platform that is stronger, more useful, and more relevant.
Find out more here: www.designweek.co.uk/design-week-...
It's a model that invites our readers to shape our mission with us, to create a design industry platform that is stronger, more useful, and more relevant.
Find out more here: www.designweek.co.uk/design-week-...
This one is on the list to visit! Not a museum but a storehouse — IDK and Fieldwork Facility reinvent museum design at V&A East Storehouse. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4nbrbcwc
June 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This one is on the list to visit! Not a museum but a storehouse — IDK and Fieldwork Facility reinvent museum design at V&A East Storehouse. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4nbrbcwc
Start-ups, do you need some help with your pitch decks? Here's a design guide to get those creative juices going 👉 tinyurl.com/2yrxtdp6
June 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Start-ups, do you need some help with your pitch decks? Here's a design guide to get those creative juices going 👉 tinyurl.com/2yrxtdp6
Some lovely work here. Nomad has carried out a brand refresh for The Economist designed to attract new audiences. More details here: tinyurl.com/yeyvprcv
June 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Some lovely work here. Nomad has carried out a brand refresh for The Economist designed to attract new audiences. More details here: tinyurl.com/yeyvprcv
11 things I learned coming back into design after mat leave.
"When I left for maternity leave, I was confident, self-assured and pretty together for the most part. When I returned, I was scared, fragile and quite frankly, a bit of a mess."
Read more here: tinyurl.com/5e68m9kw
"When I left for maternity leave, I was confident, self-assured and pretty together for the most part. When I returned, I was scared, fragile and quite frankly, a bit of a mess."
Read more here: tinyurl.com/5e68m9kw
June 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
11 things I learned coming back into design after mat leave.
"When I left for maternity leave, I was confident, self-assured and pretty together for the most part. When I returned, I was scared, fragile and quite frankly, a bit of a mess."
Read more here: tinyurl.com/5e68m9kw
"When I left for maternity leave, I was confident, self-assured and pretty together for the most part. When I returned, I was scared, fragile and quite frankly, a bit of a mess."
Read more here: tinyurl.com/5e68m9kw
The first in the series, The Longevity Lessons: Johnson Banks (est. 1992). In this series, Clare Dowdy speaks with design studios that are 30+ years old, to find out some of the secrets behind their longevity. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4j53fcm2
June 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The first in the series, The Longevity Lessons: Johnson Banks (est. 1992). In this series, Clare Dowdy speaks with design studios that are 30+ years old, to find out some of the secrets behind their longevity. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4j53fcm2
Bristol-based motion studio Yatta has created an immersive animated experience as part of Pepsi’s global campaign for its new Treats brand. Aimed at a younger Gen Z audience, the team was given the freedom to move away from Pepsi’s usual brand approach.
More details here: tinyurl.com/77zu4825
More details here: tinyurl.com/77zu4825
June 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Bristol-based motion studio Yatta has created an immersive animated experience as part of Pepsi’s global campaign for its new Treats brand. Aimed at a younger Gen Z audience, the team was given the freedom to move away from Pepsi’s usual brand approach.
More details here: tinyurl.com/77zu4825
More details here: tinyurl.com/77zu4825
Essential legal documents and advice for new founders navigating this sometimes unfamiliar, and intimidating, part of the job. Made by Flawless' Kevin Baker explains how neglecting legal docs almost broke him.
All the details here: tinyurl.com/yu95xyww
All the details here: tinyurl.com/yu95xyww
June 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Essential legal documents and advice for new founders navigating this sometimes unfamiliar, and intimidating, part of the job. Made by Flawless' Kevin Baker explains how neglecting legal docs almost broke him.
All the details here: tinyurl.com/yu95xyww
All the details here: tinyurl.com/yu95xyww
We love the new F37 typeface, launched with “deadpan” posters celebrating Manchester. The type foundry worked with designer Craig Oldham and copywriter Ellen Ling to create a promo campaign that spoke to the city's true personality.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/4hs5bwwr
Read more here: tinyurl.com/4hs5bwwr
June 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We love the new F37 typeface, launched with “deadpan” posters celebrating Manchester. The type foundry worked with designer Craig Oldham and copywriter Ellen Ling to create a promo campaign that spoke to the city's true personality.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/4hs5bwwr
Read more here: tinyurl.com/4hs5bwwr