Category: News
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Whybrow Pedrola becomes Whybrow Studio
As of mid June 2023, Whybrow Pedrola is renamed Whybrow Studio, now that they’ve fully embraced the move to Margate on the north Kent coast. The Whybrow Pedrola studio opened in Margate when the pandemic hit in 2020. It was a positive move, and the team have made it home. Whybrow Studio retains its desk…
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Designers: GA::kit Open Source Software now available
GA::kit has been created by American firm Gallagher & Associates (G&A), experts in the field of building community experiences. It’s an Open Source Software toolkit for developers and creative technologists on experience design teams, to quickly develop interactive experiences. This can be at any point in a design process, from a brief proof of concept,…
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Endpoint’s wayfinding solution of the National Museum of Norway wins gold at 2023 Viseult Awards
Congratulations to Endpoint whose wayfinding work for the iconic National Museum of Norway recently won gold at the 2023 Visuelt Awards ceremony, held on 11 May in Oslo. Statsbygg – the Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property – appointed Endpoint to design and develop a wayfinding system that would enable museum visitors to easily…
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Making Borough Yards happen: the SDS twilight tour
On 23 March, the SDS held their first in-person event of 2023. Wesley Meyer and Jamie Trippier of f.r.a. gave a tour of their work on Borough Yards in south London. It was a dark and stormy night … no, it really was a dark and stormy night. So much so that people were calling…
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Teaching information design to undergraduates, a Peruvian perspective
How could information design help to improve people’s quality of life? That was the starting point from which I decided to shape an elective course for graphic design students at the Faculty of Art and Design at PUCP (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) in my hometown of Lima, Peru. This course was launched in August…
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f.r.a. tops up its awards count!
SDS member, f.r.a. has boosted its bulging trophy cabinet with yet another prestigious award for their work on Borough Yards, a new dining, shopping, workplace, and cultural destination in the medieval heart of London’s Southwark. On 22 March they picked up the Gold Transform Award Europe trophy in recognition of excellence in creativity, for best…
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Design Council champions the value of design. Interested in becoming a research partner?
Every three years, the Design Council publishes Design Economy, the only publication that provides data on the state of design and design skills in the UK, and their value to the whole UK economy. The term ‘design economy’ identifies four categories of workers that together contribute to design’s impact: designers in design industries; other roles…
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Astra Group unveils new company structure
SDS member Astra Group is a leading full-service provider of traditional and digital signage solutions. The business has recently unveiled a new group structure as it eyes continued growth. The news follows the 2022 unveiling of the Manchester-headquartered business’s new group identity which brought its digital solutions arm ADXBA, and bespoke architectural signage arm Astra…
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The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design wins funding to explore how neurodivergent people experience streets
The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund has awarded The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design Royal College of Art a grant to explore how neuro-divergent people experience streets. Streets are public places that belong to everyone. They not only help us to get around, but also define and shape our neighbourhoods and form an important foundation for our…
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£2.5 million package announced to help disabled people travel around the UK more confidently
The new funding will include £1.5 million allocated to support all 13 Mobility Centres across England roll out a ‘Hubs Mobility Service’. These vital services help people stay mobile after they have been advised to stop driving or if they are unable to learn to drive due to their disabilities, offering them advice on alternatives…