In this movie, we look back at this year’s Samsung Mobile Design Competition, a collaboration between Samsung and Dezeen, which challenged designers to come up with innovative new mobile accessory and wallpaper designs for Galaxy devices. Launched in June 2019, the Samsung Mobile Design Competition was a global contest that sought ideas for how Galaxy mobile The post The Samsung Mobile...
Aardman blends puppetry with animation for Coldplay music video
Puppetry and a live action ocean made from cling film are combined with 2D animation in the music video for British band Coldplay’s single Daddy. Directed by Bristol-based animation studio Aardman’s Åsa Lucander, the video tells the story of a girl longing for her father whilst lost at sea. Lucander used the stylised movements of The post Aardman blends puppetry...
Seven graphic design projects that aimed to change the world in 2019
From influencing voters to making veganism mainstream, graphic design can change people’s behaviour. We’ve rounded up seven projects for our review of 2019 that demonstrate the persuasive power of good graphic design. Useless is a digital directory for London’s zero-waste shops Ethical creative agency Nice and Serious developed Useless, an online platform that directs Londoners The post Seven graphic design...
Larry Achiampong overhauls London’s tube roundel with pan-African designs
British-Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong has replaced the well-known blue, red and white design of London Underground’s roundel with colours and patterns from the pan-African flag. Achiampong has reimagined the famous tri-coloured tube signage symbol for Westminster’s Underground station to spotlight those who have been «erased from history». The design was a public commission for Transport for The post Larry Achiampong overhauls...
Eurovision 2020 visual identity combines song contest participant’s national flags
Design agency Clever°Franke has created a logo for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 that combines the flag and year that each of the 41 participating countries first competed. The logo comprises a series of brightly coloured vectors emanating from the central point of a circle, like a sunburst. It will be used during the televised The post Eurovision 2020 visual...
Competition-winning mobile wallpaper designs showcased at Samsung Developer Conference 2019
In this Dezeen movie, jury members discuss the winners of the Samsung Mobile Design Competition wallpaper category, which were revealed last month at the Samsung Developer Conference in San Jose, California. Finnish designer Kalle Järvenpää was awarded first place for his Garden of Galaxy design, a personalised flower generated by an algorithm that enables every The post Competition-winning mobile wallpaper...
Netherlands replaces «tulip Holland» identity with «less touristy» NL logo
Dutch branding agency Studio Dumbar has designed a new visual identity for the Netherlands featuring a logo that combines the letters NL with a stylised tulip. The Dutch government asked the Rotterdam-based studio to develop a new identity that will be used to help enhance the nation’s image on the global stage. The project was The post Netherlands replaces «tulip...
Heimat creates typeface using street art from the Berlin Wall
Creative agency Heimat Berlin used images of lettering graffitied onto the Berlin Wall to create this typeface commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the barrier separating East and West Berlin. The typeface forms part of a project titled If Walls Could Talk, which Heimat’s Berlin office developed for non-profit street art association, The The post Heimat creates typeface...
KayaKata creates «audiobook» of videos to accompany their hip-hop tracks
Tbilisi designer Max Machaidze and writer Zurab Jishkariani have produced animated videos to accompany nine music tracks by KayaKata, the hip-hop band they lead. The videos accompany the tracks on the hip-hop duo’s latest album, which they compare to audiobooks or graphic novels. Each animated video has a similar format. A figure with its face obscured The post KayaKata creates «audiobook»...
Garden of Galaxy personalised flower wins the Samsung Mobile Design Competition wallpaper category
Dezeen promotion: a personalised flower generated by an algorithm has won the wallpaper category in the Samsung Mobile Design Competition. Created by Finnish designer Kalle Järvenpää and titled Garden of Galaxy, the work would give every Samsung Galaxy user the chance to grow a virtual flower, unique to their device, on their screen. The look The post Garden of Galaxy...
Oli Grotesk is a modern typeface that can be used to write traditional Indian scripts
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...
Top three wallpaper designs announced in Samsung and Dezeen’s mobile design competition
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...