Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
Indian graphic designer Shiva Nallaperumal has developed a versatile neo-grotesque typeface family that includes nine Indic scripts alongside Greek, Cyrillic, Armenian and Latin versions. Oli Grotesk is intended as a warm, detailed and characterful alternative to the typically neutral neo-grotesque typefaces, which include familiar sans-serif fonts such as Arial, Helvetica and Univers. Nallaperumal spoke about The post Oli Grotesk is...
Dezeen promotion: the top three wallpaper designs in the Samsung Mobile Design Competition have been revealed, and their designers have shared the thinking behind their work in interviews with Dezeen. From a longlist of five entries in the Next Mobile Wallpaper Paradigm category, the judges chose Kalle Järvenpää’s Garden of Galaxy, Guan Hong Yeoh’s Blossom The post Top three wallpaper...
Keeping a record of LGBT+ design makes political change increasingly possible says Andrew Campbell, the author of Queer x Design. He has picked five examples of LGBT+ graphic design from the past 50 years for Dezeen. Written by Los Angeles-based art historian Andrew Campbell, Queer x Design is a collection of graphic design documenting the The post Queer x Design...
Paris has unveiled a gold-medal-shaped emblem for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympic Games that incorporates the Olympic flame and the lips of Marianne. The logo has been created as a combination of three symbols connected to the Olympics and France. It takes its shape and colour from a gold medal – awarded to the winners The post Emblem for Paris...
Oslo-based design studio OlssønBarbieri has created the visual identity and bottle for water brand Snåsa, which is made from materials that are easy to recycle. The Norwegian mineral water company asked the studio to «reflect a new idea of luxury» in both the bottle and visual identity. In response, OlssønBarbieri has designed a glass water bottle The post OlssønBarbieri designs Snåsa...
Local design agency Re-public used the lines that mark out various sports pitches as the basis for a visual identity and wayfinding at Denmark’s largest sports centre – the Hafnia-Hallen in Copenhagen. Re-public was asked to come up with a new name and visual identity for the Hafnia-Hallen sports facility, which was built in 1996 The post Re-public designs visual...
US designer Brad Bartlett used an algorithm to give each copy of design school the ArtCenter’s prospectus a different cover, playing on the modernist graphics of alumnus Alvin Lustig. The Viewbook is a publication that the ArtCenter College of Design puts out every two years for the benefit of prospective students. It profiles the work The post ArtCenter Viewbook features...
The Bank of England has revealed its «most secure» banknote to date – a £20 polymer note featuring David Chipperfield’s Turner Contemporary gallery, and a portrait of the artist it’s named after. A large see-through window with a blue and gold foil is printed on the front of the note, depicting the Turner Contemporary gallery The post Britain’s new £20...
UNStudio, Zaha Hadid Architects, White Arkitekter and Gruff Architects, were named among the winners of the Archiboo Web Awards 2019, which spotlight the best websites belonging to architects and architecture companies. Gruff Architects picked up the award for best overall website, with judges praising the emerging studio «for using the website to make the practice The post Emerging London studio...
Pentagram has redesigned Yahoo’s logo and branding to give the search engine a «bold and confident» identity for the 21st century. The logo has been designed to be more simple and flexible than the previous design, but also look back to the fun of the brand’s «Looney Toons-style» logo from 1996. «Yahoo is one of the The post Pentagram creates «21st-century...
Dutch textile designer Simone Post has adapted a traditional wax printing technique to create a colourful fabric that combines 3D geometries with bubble patterns. Post, who is also a founder of design studio Envisions, designed the Bubble Block Wax for Vlisco, a Dutch fabric manufacturer that produces textiles for the African market. The brand, which has The post Simone Post combines...
Wim Crouwel, the renowned Dutch graphic designer responsible for the identity of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum for more than two decades and founder of Total Design, has died aged 90. Dutch typographer and graphic designer Crouwel, nicknamed Mr Gridnik, died last week in his hometown of Amsterdam at the age of 90. Tributes from around the The post Dutch typographer and...
