Design Week
JANUARY 29, 2020
The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has been judging books by their covers for over 100 years. Since 1923 to be exact — but it’s also what’s inside that counts. The annual competition was originally known as Fifty Books of the Year, and jurors focused on the “construction of the book and the printed page”, its current organiser Heather Strelecki tells Design Week.
Design Middleeast
JANUARY 25, 2020
How the challenging and demanding customers and clients are pushing the boundaries of retail design. Here’s what experts have to say…. The retail landscape is drastically changing not just in terms of brands but the way a place looks and feels. This segment is currently undergoing a major transformation to keep up with the changes and influences that have swept our daily life in a storm.
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Natural Insight
JANUARY 30, 2020
Want a store that overflows with customers? How about knowing where in-store product placements make the most sales impact? Let’s explore some of the magnetizing in-store best practices that crank up revenue, below.
Onyx
JANUARY 31, 2020
Branding adds value to your non-profit by providing a thoughtful, purpose-driven identity that communicates a clear and consistent message of positivity and a sense of place among its people and those seeking help. Here are some tips on how to navigate your non-profit’s rebrand and ultimately achieve your mission. Define your core project team Choose a small group of people to be in your core project team.
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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
JANUARY 28, 2020
“Technology-led” will writing service and so-called “death expert” Farewill has adopted a new brand positioning in an attempt to “rebrand death” The project was led by illustrator and creative director Anna Charity, who previously worked on the identity for wellness app Headspace. Although Charity did not update the wordmark her illustrative style has been rolled out across all brand communications.
Fixture Lab
JANUARY 30, 2020
You’ve heard it a thousand times. Show your customers experiences, not just products. This display that we built for Bicycle Sport Shop in Austin does a great job of taking the customer’s mind right to a great day of riding their mountain bikes with friends. It never fails to get a comment from people walking in the front door. It also gives the team at BSS a chance to display other types of merchandise right along side the bikes.
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Firefly Store Solutions
JANUARY 30, 2020
Perhaps it’s the middle of winter and the sun has set before your customers are out of work. Or, maybe it’s been quite some time since you’ve reorganized or redecorated the store and it seems a little bleaker. No matter the reason, there’s always an opportunity to implement small changes in your store that can actually make a huge difference in the way your customers feel when they’re shopping.
Design Week
JANUARY 28, 2020
Benjamin Hubert, the industrial designer and founder of London-based studio Layer, has unveiled an autonomous ridesharing vehicle concept. Joyn is a “near-future concept” which rewards “sustainable behaviour” and makes “ride sharing more desirable as a form of transport” “More and more people desire to have a smaller footprint on the planet,” Hubert tells Design Week. “But most people are still not yet prepared to make the trade-off that make
Fixture Lab
JANUARY 30, 2020
If you are an NBDA member you need to know about this fun Webinar. How’s an independent retail store supposed to compete with the big guys these days? How can I make my own store as engaging as the national brands/stores? And how the heck can I make my store’s brand stand out without spending zillions of dollars? If you’re asking questions like these, this webinar is just what the doctor ordered for you!
Design Republic
JANUARY 29, 2020
NY Post talks about the transformation of Third Ave including 825 Third Ave. Design Republic, working with The Durst Organization, is currently underway with the amenity space for the building! Read the article HERE.
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
Retail Design Solutions
JANUARY 27, 2020
We are proud to be supporting Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Service this year as our nominated charity and will be holding a few fund raising events through the course of the next 12 months. This is a really worthwile cause supporting the invaluable service they provide so any support that can be given throughout the year will be really welcome. You can find out more about the service, it’s aims, how it’s funded and how it benefits the area by following this link and perhaps join
Design Week
JANUARY 31, 2020
Mother Design’s New York studio has updated Tripadvisor’s logo as part of a wider identify refresh, which will roll out over the year. Tripadvisor was established in 2000 as a way to provide travel guidance for other users. Anyone can create an account and review restaurants, hotels and other tourist attractions. Courtesy of Mother Design It also has a flight-finding service and offers customers options for holidays, from rentals to packages and car hire.
Design Week
JANUARY 30, 2020
The south east London district of Camberwell has unveiled a new area identity. Aiming to distinguish what residents feel is an often-overlooked part of the capital, the project has been led by London-based designers at Studio Sutherland. Inspired by a well on the Camberwell coat of arms, the new identity centres around the “Camberwell Brick” “Reflecting a collective community” Local to the Camberwell area, Studio Sutherland was chosen by the Camberwell Identity Group, a o
Design Week
JANUARY 29, 2020
From classrooms in 40-degree heat, to hospital wards providing post-disaster relief and emergency nutrition facilities, children’s humanitarian organisation UNICEF’s emergency tents have to be many things to many people. For two decades, the UN agency’s relief operations across the world were housed in the same basic structure – a large versatile space that could be adapted to field workers’ needs in any given situation.
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.
Design Week
JANUARY 31, 2020
“Just because a story is big doesn’t mean that it’s visual, or that it merits a response from us,” Simon Scarr tells Design Week. “We try to work on stories that really need our work — where the visual aspects are essential to the understanding.” Scarr is the deputy editor of the Reuters Graphics, the news agency’s in-house graphics team that creates and distributes graphics to its clients all over the world.
Design Week
JANUARY 28, 2020
International typography designer Monotype has announced its acquisition of London-based boutique foundry Fontsmith. The deal will see Fontsmith’s portfolio of 70 fonts absorbed into the Monotype Library, as well as the welcoming of “an innovative group of type designers into the Monotype family”, according to CEO Scott Landers. To begin with, Fontsmith’s ecommerce platform will remain live, before gradually being streamlined into the Monotype brand.
Design Week
JANUARY 31, 2020
The Royal Astronomical Society has been rebranded in a bid to “better reflect its purpose” London-based design studio Johnson Banks led the project, after being approached by Christine Losecaat, programme director for the organisations 200 th anniversary celebrations. Bringing in a digital-friendly logo. At the centre of the rebrand is a new logo.
Design Week
JANUARY 30, 2020
Limerick has been given a new brand identity, including logo and print and digital campaign, by M&C Saatchi, in a bid to improve the city’s business and tourism prospects. David Glass, planning partner at the consultancy tells Design Week that the project aims to “change perceptions of Limerick and reframe the conversation the city and country has, with multiple audiences across the business, investment, tourism and education sectors, in Ireland, around Europe and globally”
Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber
Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.
Design Week
JANUARY 27, 2020
The new logo for the United States Space Force (USSF) has been unveiled. In a tweet on Friday, President Trump revealed the logo which he said had been created after consultation with “Great Military Leaders, designers, and others” The USSF was created in December after Trump signed legislation to rename the United States Air Force Space Command and make it into a separate military entity.
Design Week
JANUARY 29, 2020
Perhaps the only thing better than winning a prize is having it revoked. In terms of press coverage, anyway. And if it manages to highlight the plight of women’s struggles in technology, that’s a bonus. It’s also exactly what happened to Lora Haddock, who exhibited her Osé robotic massager at the world’s biggest tech conference, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2019.
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