This week on Dezeen, we launched a contest to design the artwork for our upcoming series focused on how artificial intelligence will impact architecture and design. To mark the start of the series we are inviting our readers to create an artwork using artificial intelligence (AI) text-to-image generators, with the winner receiving £1,000. Along with the winner, 10 shortlisted designs will be featured...
Dezeen launches AI artwork competition for AI editorial series with £1,000 prize
Dezeen‘s next editorial series will look at how AI will impact design and architecture. To mark the start of the series we are inviting you to create its artwork using the text-to-image generators that are making headlines. Today we are launching the public contest to produce the illustration for our next series, with a £1,000 prize for the winning design. World’s...
Dezeen publishes 50,000th post
This is Dezeen‘s 50,000th article! To celebrate that dizzying milestone, we’ve commissioned a hypnotic illustration by London-based designer and artist Sarah Boris. More than sixteen years after being founded by Marcus Fairs from his spare bedroom, Dezeen is still going strong. The first ever Dezeen post was an unassuming news story on 17 December 2006, and we now publish around 75 every...
Neville Brody and Nike design «modular and slightly industrial» typography for England women’s kits
Graphic designer Neville Brody has collaborated with Nike to create a typography for the England women’s football kit that references the original Wembley Stadium’s art deco origins. The lettering and numbers are an updated version of the typeface that Brody created prior to the 2014 World Cup for the England men’s team football kits. Neville Brody designed the typeface in collaboration...
Siegel+Gale creates «authentic» branding for US Army
American agency Siegel+Gale has updated the logo and branding of the United States Army for the first time in more than 20 years. The rebranding includes the logo, fonts, iconography and the reimplementation the tagline «Be All You Can Be», which the military also used in the 1980s and ’90s. Siegel+Gale, a member of a consortium called Team DDB that...
Maarten Baas adds Las Vegas-style signs to Utrecht’s Neude Library
Dutch designer Maarten Baas has updated a historic library building with multi-coloured, illuminated signage. Baas designed the many-layered 3D sign for Neude Library in Utrecht, a former post office that is one of the Dutch city’s most revered buildings. Featuring bold graphics, playful typography and dynamic lighting, the installation gives a highly visible focal point to the library’s ordered facade. Maarten...
Pentagram designs cannabis branding to advocate for «communities deeply harmed by the war on drugs»
Design studio Pentagram has created branding that references the injustice of America’s war on drugs for Ben’s Best Blnz cannabis company, which was launched by Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen. Pentagram was tasked with distilling these values into the packaging and brand identity for Colorado-based Ben’s Best Blnz (B3), using a selection of colourful backgrounds with bold graphics with...
Fanta rebrands with «truly playful» global identity
Coca-Cola‘s design team and creative agency Jones Knowles Ritchie have overhauled drink brand Fanta’s logo to give it a unified global identity based on fun. The rebrand, led by the design team at drinks brand Fanta’s owner The Coca-Cola Company in collaboration with Jones Knowles Ritchie, aimed to give the brand a playful image that appealed to all ages. «Fanta is one of...
This week we revealed Pepsi’s first rebrand in 14 years
This week on Dezeen, we published drinks brand Pepsi’s new logo, which drew from the past and looked to the future while aiming to be «undeniably Pepsi». Released to mark Pepsi‘s 125th anniversary, the rebrand drew on its 1990s logo and used black wording to draw attention to Pepsi Zero Sugar. «We designed the new visual identity to connect future generations with...
Pepsi unveils «unapologetic» logo focused on brand’s heritage
Drinks brand Pepsi has unveiled its first rebrand in 14 years with an updated logo that draws on its 1990s branding and uses black wording to draw attention to Pepsi Zero Sugar. Released to mark the brand’s 125th anniversary, the rebrand aims to draw on Pepsi‘s history while focusing on its future and its «commitment to Pepsi Zero Sugar». Pepsi...
The Drop Store shows what products may look like in a water-scarce future
To mark the UN Water Conference 2023, design agency Publicis Groupe Benelux has created a range of conceptual «supermarket» products that show what consumption could look like in a world with less water. Commissioned through an initiative by the Netherlands’ Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Drop Store initiative was carried out by Publicis Groupe to show consumers what life...
New York City unveils controversial revamp of «I ♥ NY» logo
The City of New York has released an updated version of its unofficial emblem – Milton Glaser‘s iconic «I NY» logo – as part of a citywide campaign to «inspire optimism and civic action» post-pandemic. The updated wordmark, created by graphic designer Graham Clifford, reads «WE NYC» in a blocky sans serif typeface instead of the typewriter-style font used in...