Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
Kankan, a brand that sells hand and body wash in fizzy drink-style cans, has upgraded its packaging with a new visual identity and a reusable clip-on pump. London-based studios Morrama and Two Times Elliott teamed up on the redesign, which celebrates the use of the can but also improves the look and functionality of Kankan’s products. Kankan’s body cleansers and...
In a move to present itself as a technology brand encompassing more than just mobile devices, Nokia has rebranded and refreshed its logo with a simplified and angular design. The updated logo was developed with consulting firm Lippincott as part of Nokia‘s wider rebranding strategy to reflect itself as «a B2B technology innovation leader realising the potential of digital in...
The Ukrainian postal service Ukrposhta has released a stamp featuring an image by British artist Banksy and the words FCK PTN! to mark one year since the start of the war in Ukraine. A year on from Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the national postal service has issued a stamp called FCK PTN!, which depicts a boy winning a judo...
Swedish designer Christoffer Jansson created a virtual apartment and pretended to live in it for months as part of a social experiment he exhibited at this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair. Over a series of 12 rendered images shared on Instagram, the Uncanny Spaces project saw Jansson spin a story about purchasing and renovating a home, which he designed based on...
Buckingham Palace has recruited former Apple designer Jony Ive to create the logo for the coronation of King Charles III, depicting a crown formed from the national flowers of the United Kingdom’s four nations. Created by Ive and his design studio LoveFrom, the official emblem is set to feature across banners, bunting and merchandise during the coronation service at London’s...
An anthropologist and an architect from University College London have collaborated on a unique way to preserve endangered languages – by capturing their character in the form of 3D-printed objects. Alex Pillen from the university’s anthropology department and Emma-Kate Matthews from the Bartlett School of Architecture made use of parametric design software to visualise the sound and grammatical patterns of...
British heritage brand Burberry has unveiled a logo that uses an equestrian knight motif that was created for the brand over 100 years ago along with a serif typeface. Campaign imagery adorned with the new logo, which was posted to Instagram earlier this week, announced the redesign as «the first creative expression» under the direction of new chief creative officer Daniel Lee. It...
Illustrator Peter Horridge has created a logo for The National Portrait Gallery in London based on a sketch by the gallery’s first director. Created ahead of The National Portrait Gallery‘s planned reopening later this year, following refurbishment, the logo was informed by Sir George Scharf’s sketch from 1893, which was discovered in the archive. The logo (right) is based on an 1893 sketch by the...
London design studio Special Projects has worked with clinical psychologists to develop SlowMo, a mental health app for people experiencing psychosis that will be trialled by the UK’s National Health Service. Designed to work alongside in-person therapy, the SlowMo app allows users to identify and record unhelpful «fast-thinking» patterns and slow them down through the use of animated bubbles. The SlowMo...
Festive snow scenes and shining stars are the most popular motifs in the Christmas cards that Dezeen received from architects and designers this year. After two years of festive holidays disrupted by coronavirus, 2022 sees a return to more classic Christmas imagery and symbolism, and simple messages of peace and joy. Among the best Christmas scenes are Gort Scott‘s festive banquet...
From German car manufacturer Audi adopting a flat logo to the unveiling of King Charles III’s royal monogram, Dezeen selects 10 rebrands from the year as part of our review of 2022. Custom typefaces and modernised symbols feature in this year’s roundup of rebrands and logo designs, which also includes a brand font informed by classical stone inscriptions and an...
IKEA‘s research lab Space10 has developed a concept for connecting a physical furniture piece to an ever-evolving NFT tree, which «grows» through acts of care to incentivise people to keep, repair and recycle their belongings. In Space10‘s speculative design project Carbon Banks, the furniture in question is IKEA‘s wooden Froset chair, while the non-fungible token (NFT) is an augmented reality...
