Design Week
APRIL 15, 2020
LEGO was founded in 1932 in Billund, Denmark (where Innovation House, LEGO’s design headquarters, is still located) by Ole Kirk Christiansen. The name’s derived from the Danish words leg godt which translates to ‘play well’ In 2015, LEGO became the world’s largest company by revenue, taking in sales of £1.6bn. There are more than 40 ‘themes’ of the toy, from its Architecture series to Batman, Super Mario to Star Wars.
RepslyBlog
APRIL 14, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has created unprecedented challenges for people in all aspects of daily life, and the CPG industry certainly isn't exempt. While consumer demand for CPG products has increased dramatically over the past few weeks, many brands are struggling to manage the stress this has put on their supply chains. Check out the infographic below to learn how to keep your products on the shelf when demand is at an all-time high.
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CTM Design
APRIL 15, 2020
Between innovations in technology, an increasing desire to bring internationally renowned chains to Canada, and the proliferation of ‘convenience culture’ – the quick-service restaurant industry continues to evolve and transform. How might current fast food restaurant trends impact the engineering and design of your building and infrastructure? Charl de la Harpe, a Senior Architect with CTM Design Services, walks us through four trends that should be on everyone’s radar.
Design Week
APRIL 14, 2020
Royal Mail has unveiled its Romantic Poet stamp collection, a celebration of poets from the Romantic movement. 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of one of the movement’s most famous figures, William Wordsworth. The series of ten stamps also showcases nine other Romantic poets. Manchester-based studio The Chase designed the stamps, as well as a coin cover pack and hand stamps.
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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.
Design Week
APRIL 14, 2020
British confectionery company Cadbury has revealed a new global brand identity, which aims to put a “distinctive and modern twist” on the brand’s heritage. It is the first major brand overhaul for the company since the 1960s. The project was led by international design studio Bulletproof, and features a redrawn wordmark and new iconography and typography.
Design Week
APRIL 14, 2020
An app to track the spread of coronavirus will be launched in the UK, the health secretary Matt Hancock has announced. Speaking in the government’s daily press briefing on Sunday, Hancock confirmed that the UK would be launching an app, based on the concept of contract tracing. Design Week reported on a similar app, TraceTogether, which Singapore has launched to combat the crisis.
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Design Week
APRIL 17, 2020
A trio of manufacturers has used 3D printing technology to adapt full-face snorkelling masks for use as ventilator masks. The group comprises Heap & Partners, Mercedes-Benz and Airbus, and is a response to calls from doctors at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust for ventilation equipment during the coronavirus pandemic. The manufacturers used their 3D printers to produce thousands of valves – called Charlotte valves – which adapt snorkelling masks into ventilator masks.
Design Week
APRIL 17, 2020
The cutting edge of virology and disease control isn’t necessarily where you’d expect to find a team of dedicated graphic designers. But as the coronavirus proves, medical illustration is a crucial weapon in the arsenal of public health officials. As a profession, medical illustration is a relatively recent phenomenon, having been popularised largely in the last 150 years with the adoption of modern medicine.
Design Week
APRIL 15, 2020
Design studio Avidd has created the logo for the first food bank in London’s square mile. Square Mile Food Bank is run by volunteers, and provides food for those in need within the city of London, and was established this year as coronavirus added new pressures to those in need. While it is known primarily for its financial industry, around 8,000 people live in the City of London.
Design Week
APRIL 14, 2020
Pentagram partner and graphic designer Domenic Lippa has created a new identity for Jane Austen’s House Museum. The Hampshire-based house is where the novelist spent the final eight years of her life, and where she wrote some of her best-loved novels, including Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Persuasion. The house was owned by Austen’s brother, Edward, who was named heir to the wealthy Knight family and inherited the Chawton Estate.
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
Design Week
APRIL 15, 2020
A Design Week poll of readers has revealed that more than half of designers (54%) have experienced a loss of more than three quarters of business, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Launched last week , the survey attracted engagement from more than 400 readers. Its results present a snapshot of an industry that, like many others, is being considerably affected by the crisis and its various implications, such as public lockdown, cancelled contracts, supply chain shortages and school shutdo
Design Week
APRIL 17, 2020
Koto has given medical start-up Huma a new identity, including a logo, name change and strategy guidelines. Huma, previously known as Medopad, was set up in 2011 with headquarters based in London. It creates apps that use health data from hospital databases to help medical practitioners monitor patients. Huma also announced the appointment of its first chairman and acquisition of two AI start-ups, BioBeats (which focuses on mental health) and a cardiovascular start-up Tarilian Laser Technologies
Design Week
APRIL 16, 2020
Design thinking helps brands and organisations improve their products, services and internal processes by taking a human-centred approach and balancing it with what is technologically possible and economically achievable. It’s an approach that could benefit all brands right now. Join Design Week editor Tom Banks and Design Council chief design officer Cat Drew as they discuss how brands can use design thinking to tackle organisational change and disruption in these unprecedented times.
Design Week
APRIL 16, 2020
Design thinking helps brands and organisations improve their products, services and internal processes by taking a human-centred approach and balancing it with what is technologically possible and economically achievable. It’s an approach that could help businesses protect themselves, their staff and customers, while doing some social good; in some cases mitigating the effects of coronavairus by changing the way their products, services and knowledge are accessed.
Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón
Enterprise commerce is evolving fast, and brands relying on rigid, one-size-fits-all solutions risk losing agility. But modernization doesn’t have to mean disruption. In this webinar, we’ll explore how an extensible, modular approach empowers brands to integrate new capabilities, enhance performance, and scale efficiently—all while leveraging Shopify’s strengths.
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