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“UX is a joke, and it’s inexcusable”
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I can’t stop thinking about how people laugh at the experiences we’re designing for them. Here are a few of my favourite UX related jokes: 1. Sign-up friction. Stevie Martin brilliantly identifying…
on Nov 1
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Do personas help create better designs?
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“Imagine you own a beachside cafe and you’re trying to get more customers,” strategist Will Poskett wrote recently on LinkedIn. Which of the following would be more useful to know? One, “Karen is a 38…
on Oct 30
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UK’s biggest sign-language school opens new teaching space
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The UK’s biggest sign-language school for deaf children has a new classroom building by architects Manalo & White and Richard Lyndon Design, whose founder Richard Dougherty is one of five deaf…
on Oct 24
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Dalton Maag offers studios 1,400 free typefaces
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Type foundry Dalton Maag is giving creative agencies free access to their entire font library to use in their own, and even some client, projects. Once approved, design studios and creative agencies…
on Oct 18
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The greatest, and strangest, football video games
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I shudder to think what percentage of my life I’ve spent playing football computer games. From Championship Manager marathons that stretched long into the night, to whole days lost to Pro Evo at…
on Oct 18
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Siri co-founder: Designers should create delight
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The co-founder of Siri believes delight is the key to building user experiences that become habits. And Adam Cheyer said designing for delight drives clear commercial impact. Cheyer was speaking as…
on Oct 17
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Unpacking the art and science of wayfinding
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Patrick Eley and Alan Stevenson believe wayfinding is one of design’s most black-and-white disciplines – it either works, or it doesn’t. In their new book, Straight Forward: How wayfinding works and…
on Oct 9
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Design Week – the UK’s first design magazine.
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The UK’s first design magazine. Design news, inspiration and analysis across graphics, branding, product, digital and interiors.
on Oct 7
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Remembering Sir Kenneth Grange - 1929-2024
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It is with great sadness that we heard about the passing of the hugely influential British designer, Sir Kenneth Grange.
on Aug 31
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The design world has been rocked by yesterday’s launch of the Wolff Olins-designed London 2012 branding, which provoked a wave of immediate, negative and ubiquitously fierce criticism.
on Jun 25
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Design Week is resting, and we’ll be back soon
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In December 2023, it was announced that Design Week was closing its doors. However - good news! We’re reopening by the end of summer 2024!
on Jun 25
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In retrospect, Lord Coe’s grand declaration at the launch of the Wolff Olins-designed 2012 branding to ‘let yourself be inspired by what you see’, was optimistic. First came the fanfare and excitement…
on Jun 25
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The ten biggest branding stories of the year
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Landor & Fitch (now just known as Landor) has overhauled the identity of Girlguiding, the UK’s largest youth organisation dedicated to empowering girls. Covering Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers…
on Dec 20
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Why the future of publishing hinges on bold creativity
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For fans of 1960s counterculture-leaning print design, Emergence magazine’s logo and masthead will likely conjure up a couple of reference points. In the context of a publication that “explores the…
on Dec 8
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Design Innovation Network launches
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A new UK-based network has launched to bring designers, innovators and business leaders closer together.
on Dec 4
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What does the Autumn Statement 2023 mean for design?
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Design leaders and tax experts react to a Statement which promises to “cut taxes and reward work” to achieve growth – but may not be investing in the right tools to meet its aims.
on Nov 26
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Koto overhauls music streaming service Deezer’s identity with pulsating logo
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The heart logo has two “dynamic states” to mirror the experience of listening to music and is made up of rounded forms that inspired bespoke headline typeface Deezer Sans.
on Nov 10, 2023
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New platform launches to help web designers navigate accessibility guidelines
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The website is intended to offer web designers and developers clear instructions to make websites accessible for as many people as possible.
on Nov 9, 2023
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Design Age Institute petitions for inclusive packaging design standard
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The institute’s director believes that a “minimum inclusive design standard” can be achieved without “interfering too much with commercial aspects”.
on Nov 6, 2023
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Where is the design industry in terms of right to repair?
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With right to repair rising on the agenda we spoke to the Restart Project, designers and the Design Council about barriers from understanding and skills to financial support and legislation.
on Oct 20, 2023
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Fairphone signals “cultural transition” in designing out e-waste
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Speaking at Design for Planet festival, Fairphone founder Bas van Abel reflects on the origin story of Fairphone and how it is working to tackle e-waste and inequalities in the tech industry.
on Oct 19, 2023
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Pepsi’s new logo takes influence from its 90s predecessor
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Electric blue has replaced the muted tones seen in Pepsi’s previous identities, while the addition of black spotlights the brand’s Zero Sugar offering.
on Oct 14, 2023