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Hostile design is still a problem in our public spaces – here’s why

Design Week

Back in 2012, the London Borough of Camden turned international heads with its newly commissioned public benches. With slanted edges, no crevices or hiding places and impermeable surface, the “Camden Bench” – as it would come to be known – was lauded as a great example of public furniture. It won awards from the Design Council and Keep Britain Tidy and was also given PAS68 approval from the Home Office for its counter terrorism uses.

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FC Dadson Announces General Contractor Selection and Competitive Bidding Service for Retail Build-Outs

FC Dadson

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The best F%#ing Podcast About Retail Store Music

Fixture Lab

Manndatory Listening Podcast features our very own Brian Hawkins in a great discussion about music in your retail store. This podcast should absolutely be in your weekly roundup. Packed with 16 years of business expertise, The Mann Group created The Manndatory Listening Podcast because they’ve got a lot to talk about…like, a lot of juicy content that you’ll want to soak up ASAP and apply to your business right now.

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FormRoom Appointed Three’s Retail Creative Agency

Form Room

The post FormRoom Appointed Three’s Retail Creative Agency appeared first on formroom.

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AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype

AI is rapidly transforming digital commerce, but how do you separate real opportunities from hype? Moderated by Orium, AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype , experts from Bloomreach , commercetools , Contentstack , and Fluent Commerce explores where AI is already delivering results and where its potential is still unfolding. This masterclass dives into proven AI applications, emerging innovations , and the gaps between promise and reality in commerce.

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Facebook is being sued over the logo design of its currency platform

Design Week

Facebook’s foray into digital currency, Libra, is the subject of a lawsuit over the logo design of Calibra, the division of the project that is overseeing the creation of a digital wallet. Current, a US-based banking start-up, has accused the social media platform of trademark infringement and unfair competition, among other allegations. With a physical card and mobile app, Current describes itself as “the bank for modern life”, which “adapts to the way you work and live&

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FC Dadson Announces General Contractor Selection and Competitive Bidding Service for Retail Build-Outs

FC Dadson

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The Guardian redesigns its Daily app to offer a “curated” experience

Design Week

The Guardian has redesigned its Daily app for an “enhanced reading experience” that aims to provide readers with a more “curated” version of the newspaper’s content. Unlike the Guardian’s website and Live app, which are updated throughout the day, stories for the Daily edition will be chosen by editors and published once a day at 3:00 BST.

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Porsche and Boeing team up to develop a flying car

Design Week

Porsche and Boeing have signed a “Memorandum of Understanding to explore the premium urban air mobility market” With the aim of extending “urban traffic into airspace”, the companies say that they will share their “unique market strengths and insight” Detlev von Platen, a member of Porsche’s executive board for sales and marketing, says: “Porsche is looking to enhance its scope as a sports car manufacturer by becoming a leading brand for premium mo

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Protest by design: the creatives performing acts of political sedition

Design Week

The joint history of graphic design and protest is an extensive and varied one. From the Suffragettes’ “Votes for Women” signs of the early 1900s, to the striking Memphis sanitation workers’ “I AM A MAN” posters of 1968, all the way up to today’s open-source climate change graphics databases , graphic design has long been part of political spaces.

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NASA reveals new spacesuit designs to be worn by women

Design Week

NASA has unveiled two new spacesuit prototypes intended to be worn by the first woman and next man on the moon during the 2024 Artemis lunar mission. During an event held at NASA’s headquarters, administrator Jim Bridenstine introduced the new garments. The first was an exploration extravehicular mobility unit, designed for use on the lunar surface.

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Staying Ahead of UFLPA Enforcement: Best Practices for Retail Supply Chains

Speaker: Ethan Woolley, Director at Kharon

This webinar will explore how companies can proactively address compliance risks–rather than reactively responding to–UFLPA enforcement actions. Ethan Woolley will provide insights into the latest CBP enforcement trends, entity list updates, and industries under increased scrutiny, with a look at potential shifts under the Trump administration. Ethan will also explore how predictive data and strategic due diligence can help organizations stay ahead of regulatory challenges and strengthen complia

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Design Museum’s Mars exhibition explores “compelling” design challenges

Design Week

The mission to get humans to our nearest planetary neighbour has long been acknowledged as a scientific endeavour. But as the possibility becomes more likely, designers and engineers must reconcile scientific conundrums to ensure its success. The Design Museum’s newest exhibition, Moving to Mars, therefore positions the task of getting to the Red Planet not only as scientific, but also as a design challenge.

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Barnbrook designs Rihanna’s new autobiography

Design Week

Barnbrook has designed musician Rihanna’s first visual autobiography. The 504-page book contains more than 1,000 photographs of the star and is to be published by Phaidon. The project was headed by senior Barnbrook designer Marwan Kaabour and has been some two years in the making. “The brief evolved as the design evolved,” says Kaabour. “But I think the idea of a narrative or story was always at the heart of the design.” The book takes fans from her childhood in Bar

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