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Signal of the week

Typography-led identity · 10 stories, +5 vs last week

Typography-led identity: 10 stories in seven days, +5 on the week before.

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Core77"A Design Wonderland:" The X-D-E-P-O-T, a Repository of Good Design If you're into industrial design history, here's a worthwhile destination: The X-D-E-P-O-T , a long-term exhibition by German design museum Die Neue Sammlung at their facility in Munich.

September 30

Core77London Design Festival 2026 The leaves are turning golden, the trains are turning up late, and the London Design Festival is returning for its 24th edition.

September 30

Core77Strutt's Chief Designer Covers the Development of Their Powered Wheelchair Battery Earlier we looked at the ev¹ , a beautiful powered wheelchair by Singaporean startup Strutt . We were so taken by the form that we didn't even wonder where the battery goes, or what it looks…

September 30

Yanko DesignA full desktop PC is hiding inside this picture frame Dieter Rams famously said good design is honest. With all due respect to Dieter, Matt from DIY Perks has built something that lies through its teeth, and it is one of the better design ideas to come…

September 30

AzureMRDK Layers Strategic Updates Into a Historic Montreal Home An oil painting by Montreal artist Rosalie Gamache hangs in the kitchen of a circa-1885 house in the city’s Pointe-Saint-Charles neighbourhood, serving as the perfect anchor for the recently…

September 30

MonocleHow Chinese start-up Yi Design turned broken porcelain into a beautiful recycled-tile business Few start-ups make as much noise during their first 100 days as Yi Design. The Chinese ceramic tile and brick company spent the spring of 2021 knocking on studio doors in Jingdezhen, China’s…

September 30

MonocleA stall at Brightspot Market could turn an unknown Indonesian brand into a household name Standing out in Jakarta’s highly competitive shopping-mall sector requires something special. The crowds pouring into Agora Mall, a mixed-use development in central Jakarta (and the southern…

September 30

MonocleFrom workshop to world stage: The Ho Chi Minh City duo redefining ‘Made in Vietnam’ Joshua Breidenbach and Chí-An De Leo don’t only want to run a good creative agency – the Ho Chi Minh City duo also want to define what Vietnamese brands look like on a global stage.

September 30

ColossalEddy Firmin Interrogates History and Colonizing Forces in Provocative Sculptures Hailing from the French West Indies in the Caribbean—specifically the island of Guadeloupe—and currently based in Montréal, multi-disciplinary artist Eddy Firmin is deeply interested in the history…

September 30

Creative BloqThe next James Bond actor won't be who you think The Bond brand is bigger than any celebrity.

September 30

Yanko DesignRedmi Note 17 5G Review: Built Around a Battery, Not a Benchmark Verdict 3.6 out of 5 Average of 5 criteria Aesthetics 3.5 out of 5 Ergonomics 3.5 out of 5 Performance 3.5 out of 5 Sustainability / Repairability 3.5 out of 5 Value for money 4.0 out of 5 What works…

September 30

Yanko DesignPolaroid Mod point-and-shoot camera brings unpredictability back into play with four creatives modes Polaroid has created the Mod point-and-shoot camera to replicate some of the most popular visual effects onto the analog film shooting capability.

September 30