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Design WeekCIWM and URGE Collective reveal circular design sprint outcomes tackling industrial waste The nine-month Design Skills for Embedding Circularity pilot programme has come to a close, with participating designers presenting innovative concepts to address critical end-of-life material challenges. Funded by the C
Design WeekBeyond brazilcore: finding ‘originality by origin’ This summer, it’s been interesting to see how the world has embraced Brazilian culture – or more specifically, the irresistible vibe and charm that emanates from our nation. Vogue and a run of other titles spent the seas
Design Weekrbl rebrands University of East Anglia around ‘Original By Nature’ ethos Founded in 1963 to challenge conventional higher education, the University of East Anglia established the UK’s first creative writing degree and developed a prominent reputation in climate science research. Over time, ho
Design WeekErik Herrström’s first book on designing brands that move culture: a review An interesting observation about the modern design industry is the aspiration toward culture. Cultural resonance is important for brands because it pulls a sentimental sheen over the attempt at capturing the attention ma
Design WeekBrand rebellion: how to stand out by breaking up with category conventions Many of the world’s most distinctive brands aren’t shaped by the rules of their own category. They’re inspired by the thinking, behaviours and perspectives of entirely different industries. As consumers increasingly judg
Design WeekBrandMe redesigns Thompson’s Tea Punjana Pack to celebrate 130 years The limited-edition packaging updates the visual identity of the brand’s flagship Punjana product, aiming to honour its long-standing history with Northern Irish consumers while elevating its presence on retail shelves.
Design WeekHighlights from Homo Faber 2026 – ‘An Island of Light’ If you’ve not heard of Homo Faber and your job is designing and crafting pieces of beauty and fascination, then it’s time you paid attention. This biennial event held in Venice presents the work of 500 artisans and desig
Design WeekThe Outline: Adobe updates, Salon art, and ‘Other Washingtons’ – 31/08/2026 Welcome to your weekly digest of noteworthy stories, creative shifts, and industry announcements. This week, we’ve got big updates from Adobe, appointments across the industry, and a few choice design stories commemorati
Design WeekFaber Layers Three Generations of Family Heritage into Rossella Muswell Hill Completed in May 2026, the Muswell Hill venue marks the next chapter for third-generation owner Luca Meola. The family’s hospitality lineage originated in Italy during the 1960s before establishing its first UK restauran
Design WeekMaynard declutters Canterbury with heritage-inspired wayfinding With a population of around 55,000, its history draws another 8 million visitors to Canterbury and its surrounding district each year. The existing wayfinding had evolved incrementally, says Maynard design associate Hele
Design Weekdesign/leader: Alex K. Johns, partner at Further London This week, we interview Alex K. Johns, partner at Further London. Over the past 17 years, he has helped brands and ambitious leaders creatively engage with the future, including Penguin Random House, British Airways, Ten
Design WeekGeorge Hardie’s five-decade career celebrated in new London Design Festival exhibition George Hardie may be best known for the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1973 studio album, Dark Side of the Moon, but that was just the tip of the music industry iceberg for him. From the 1960s into the 1980s, Hardie worked closel
Design Weekforpeople designs brand identity and guest journey for Arc’teryx circularity platform System 0 Launching publicly on 26 August 2026, System 0 acts as an umbrella strategy bringing Arc’teryx’s product creation, repair services and circular programmes into one customer-facing platform. London- and Amsterdam-based ag
Design WeekThe Smith Roundabout; or, the shame of being the cutter-upper Every other Sunday, I visit a friend in Newcastle and almost have a car accident at the same roundabout. Every time, I beep continuously at the other car, gesticulating wildly to indicate they’re in the wrong lane and ha
Design WeekDragon Rouge creates new brand identity for food processing giant Foodera Technologies Following a competitive pitch process in February 2026, global branding agency Dragon Rouge was appointed to develop the brand strategy, visual identity, name and brand architecture for Foodera Technologies. The newly fo
Design WeekShirt storm: the beautiful game and its critical clients Within hours (if not seconds) of Newcastle United unveiling their 2026/27 home shirt, social media had already reached its verdict. As a lifelong Newcastle fan, so had I. Dubbed the “barcode shirt” by many supporters, th
Design WeekThe CBI’s latest AI report on how design businesses can bridge AI’s execution divide The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Oliver Wyman last week released their report on AI, titled The Adoption Decade, which makes one thing clear: the first wave of AI experimentation is now over. For independe
Design WeekOneMay’s surreal visual identity for Sam Kerr’s WAWA sparkling water Working alongside creative venture company Spark&Ace, OneMay set out to challenge how healthy beverages present themselves on retail shelves. The core ambition driving the project was to position sparkling water as a del
Design WeekThe boring screens that run the world: a designer’s case study The most consequential design work in most companies happens on screens no one wants to design. A Nigerian financial services company was losing roughly 1m naira per day on its lending operations, and the cause was not f
Design WeekThe Outline: Marie Kondo, Mr Jones Watches, and ten collage jackets – 24/08/2026 Welcome to your weekly digest of noteworthy stories, announcements, and tidbits from across the design industry. From recycled glass architecture and beautiful vandalism in packaging to festival shower boycotts and new c
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