Design Week

JANUARY 15, 2020

The identity for Football Beyond Borders (FBB), a UK charity that educates young people through sport, has been updated by design studio Alphabet. While the logo remains the same, the graphic and visual system — including typography, colour palette and set of icons — have been updated. The charity was established in 2012, following the London riots, as a way to support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds through organised football games.

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Arch Daily

JANUARY 17, 2020

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Ship STC

JANUARY 16, 2020

To determine which NMFC class one’s shipment falls under, he or she must first calculate the freight class codes. By doing this, buyers and sellers can estimate their freight shipping costs with greater accuracy and ultimately improve their bottom lines. When it comes to freight class calculations and shipment preparations, there are various important details to keep in mind: An Overview of Freight Class Factors.

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Retail Design Solutions

JANUARY 14, 2020

We are proud to have been selected to partner with Dubai based brand ‘Ice Cream Lab’ to introduce a new store to the UK. The concept is based around creating fresh, unique ice creams using liquid nitrogen to fast freeze your selected mix in a matter of seconds and created in their own specifically designed machines which provide a sense of theatre as the process takes place.

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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.

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Design Week

JANUARY 13, 2020

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has unveiled a new logo and slogan, as part of a wider brand identity for the country. As well as updating the country’s image, it is hoped that the brand identity will help unify the UAE’s seven sovereign constitutional monarchies, according to the newly-established website for the country’s “nation brand” The new logo Unusually, the logo has a time frame of fifty years.

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Fashion Retail Tech

JANUARY 13, 2020

Hi! Happy New Year! If you follow this newsletter you’ve noticed I’ve been radio silent the last couple of months. This is because I’ve been quite busy with a new job of becoming a mama. But, now that my baby girl is two months old and I’m *sort of* out of the initial fog, I thought I’d catch up on what’s been going on in the industry. I won’t go so far as to say this will be weekly this year because, well, I’ve got this new full-time job of being a mom plus my other full-time job, plus tr

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Design Week

JANUARY 17, 2020

“I have yet to meet the person who is designing to intentionally discriminate,” Miriam Vogel tells Design Week. “But sometimes it’s hard to admit that you’ve designed something that might have gaps and flaws in.” Vogel is executive director of EqualAI, a US-based initiative that aims to prevent unconscious bias in artificial intelligence (AI) development.

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Design Week

JANUARY 14, 2020

Entries are open for the Design Week Awards 2020, which builds on the new format introduced last year and awards design excellence across even more categories. This year we’re looking to drive change further with an overhauled digital section. New for 2020. After speaking to readers and former judges we found that some of our awards like Website Design didn’t fully capture the holistic nature of modern digital projects, which have a number of touchpoints – including website des

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Design Week

JANUARY 17, 2020

Worth an estimated $165 billion worldwide , streetwear has become one of the biggest trends on today’s fashion landscape. Rooted in the counter-cultures of the 1980s and 90s, the pioneers of the style were skateboarders and surfers in the US. In its early days, streetwear was crafted by the people wearing it, with skaters and surfers customising garments with personalised logos and slogans.

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Design Week

JANUARY 16, 2020

For months, Australia’s wildfires have served as a looming reminder of the immediate threat posed by climate change. An estimated one billion animals have been killed; 24 people have lost their lives; and 25 million acres of land have been lost. It is not the first time Australia has burned. As a country with routinely hot and dry seasons, bushfires have always been a part of its history, with some native plant species even evolving to depend on bushfire for reproduction.

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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 Week

JANUARY 13, 2020

Ruth Wasserman, design director at Made.com What do you think 2020 will hold for furniture design? We have seen a resurgent popularity of natural materials and we see this growing next year. Timbers in natural finishes are joined by woven materials, cane, bamboo seagrass and we envisage the finish of these becoming more casual and less polished. The mid century look that has been popular for some years now is starting to make way for a new retro inspired by the bold shapes and finishes of the 19

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Design Week

JANUARY 16, 2020

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has unveiled the proposed replacement designs for the town’s iconic pier trains. Extending 1.34 miles into the Thames Estuary, Southend’s pier is the longest in the world and since 1890, it has been serviced by a railway system. The last update to the line occurred in 1986, when two diesel trains designed by light-transport manufacturers Severn Lamb took over operations.

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Design Week

JANUARY 15, 2020

DixonBaxi has revealed it is the creative team behind the “intuitive and refined” interface for the Premier League creative experience on Amazon Prime Video. The London-based design studio has created an interface and graphical system which includes typography, icons and brand identity. The partnership between Amazon and Premier League — the most-watched sports league in the world — was announced last year.

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Design Week

JANUARY 14, 2020

The Department for Transport (DfT) and Innovate UK have launched a competition to accelerate innovation on the UK’s railways. The First of a Kind 2020 (FOAK) competition is offering up a share of a £9.4 million grant to individuals or companies leading projects that “demonstrate innovations to stakeholders and railway customers” The listing notes four themes for innovation: environmental sustainability, customer experience, optimising railway operations and cost-effective

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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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Ship STC

JANUARY 11, 2020

Freight forwarding, otherwise known as logistics, is the implementation of actions that enable smooth distribution of goods from one place to another. The complex operation is consists of incorporating management and organization of the steps that must be followed in transferring the goods from the point of origin and its consumption as they reach the customers.

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Design Week

JANUARY 14, 2020

Luxury goods have historically been defined in rarity and so don’t typically go hand in hand with sustainable materials. From scarce ebony wood and endangered furs, to polluting tanning and dyeing methods, interior design has a fair few environmentally unfriendly vices. In 2000, Malaysian-born interior designer Lay Koon Tan remembers “bemoaning” the state of the design world with friends – most people were either “apathetic”, she says, or driven by a single is

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Design Week

JANUARY 14, 2020

In the past year, entry-level designers experienced bigger pay rises (10%) compared to mid-level (2.86%) and senior (2.34%) roles, a report shows. The research has been carried out by global creative recruitment agency Aquent, and is based on the 2019 placements it made in the UK. According to Aquent, there is a “soaring demand for junior design talent” Junior roles that have performed particularly well over the last five years include graphic designers (average salary of £28,00

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Design Week

JANUARY 15, 2020

Lynn Harris, associate client services director at Cada What do you think 2020 will hold for retail design? As shoppers are becoming more and more aware of how their consumption patterns effect the planet, and with new government-backed targets on plastic reduction, retailers will continue to trial new forms of sustainability within their offerings.

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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.

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