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Dyslexia: The typeface that replicates the effect of reading disorders
“Like in any case, only once a problem is fully understood can it be solved,” says the designer.
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Es Devlin
Set Designer
Set designer.
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Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | December 2017
We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look!
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Design is all-encompassing but is it always all-inclusive?
Hidden Women of Design is a series of talks committed to encouraging and supporting female designers.
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Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | November 2017
We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look!
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Morag Myerscough
Graphic Designer
The UK designer makes large structures with neon geometric patterns often incorporating positive messaging hand-painted onto plywood.
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Morag Myerscough on giving spaces character and sensitivity through the use of colour
The Design Indaba Festival 2018 speaker will turn the Artscape Piazza into a wonderland with her colourful structure.
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Yami-Ichi disrupts how the price of art is valued
Here, money is powerless and instead the public is invited to barter skills, services and objects for a piece of art.
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Space10’s pop-up brings microgreens to congested urban spaces
This integrated salad bar could popularise hydroponic food farming where traditional agriculture is unavailable.
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David Adjaye, Ron Arad to design new Holocaust Memorial in London
The National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre will honour victims and survivors of Nazi persecution.
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Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | October 2017
We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look!
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The Trashpresso transforms plastic bottles into stunning architectural tiles
This remarkable upcycling process turns discarded waste into something beautiful.
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Photo series presents thought-provoking look at humanity stripped bare
The project highlights the fragility and vitality of the human body juxtaposed against the backdrop of urban architecture.
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Famous artworks come to life on the streets of London
Applied upon human canvases, this project aims to communicate that art is for the masses.
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Comms designer Arjun Harrison-Mann on dialogue, design and activism
When the UK cut benefits to disabled people, this RCA graduate found a way to give those affected their own platform.
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#RightsNotGames makes protesting accessible for disabled people
Arjun Harrison-Mann talks ethical design at the Design Indaba Festival 2017.
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The 2017 Beazley Design of the Year finalists include Kanye West, IKEA and architect Sir David Adjaye
The nominees feature more than 60 projects that span six categories – architecture, digital, fashion, graphics, product and transport.
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Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | August 2017
We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look!
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Christopher Lutterodt-Quarcoo
Director
Professed cult storyteller, deconstructing society through politics, documentary fiction and historical-futurism.
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Simone de Gale Architects
Architect
Award-winning Simone de Gale Architects explore innovation and modern forms of architecture in London and internationally.
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Wacom Creatives: Andrew Rae on illustrating simplified versions of the real world
"I am trying to draw through the filter of my own brain as opposed to trying to replicate reality too much," says the Illustrator and graphic novelist.
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New competition for student service designers will be part of this year's London Design Festival
Three winners will get to showcase their work at the 2017 Service Design Fringe Festival in London this September.
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Walk the geometric maze of Camille Walala
The interactive exhibition is transforming the Greenwich Peninsula’s NOW Gallery into a body-bending experience.
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Could plant-based graffiti be the street art of the future?
This multimedia designer uses foliage as a paint brush.
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