Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
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...
In time for the COP27 climate summit, a team of researchers led by architect Adrian Lahoud has developed an app that calculates how much coastal cities are owed in climate reparations to make up for the destruction wrought by rising sea levels. The Second Sea calculator makes use of real-world data from 136 cities from Athens to Zhanjiang, charting what...
German auto manufacturer Audi has unveiled a flat, simplified version of its distinctive four-ringed logo, making it the latest in a line of car brands to simplify their logos. Audi‘s four rings have been kept in the same formation, but they are no longer raised and have been stripped of their glossy chrome colour. Now, the rings are either white and...
Amsterdam studio Thonik took cues from the typography of graphic design legend Wim Crouwel to create a fresh identity for Dutch Design Week, marking two decades since the inception of northern Europe’s largest design festival in Eindhoven. The branding takes cues from a seminal poster designed by Crouwel for an exhibition on Dutch painter Edgar Fernhout, which was held at the...
Microsoft has created a kaleidoscopic new version of the Pride flag that represents 40 different LGBTQIA+ communities and can evolve to include even more. Microsoft, which says the project was created by its LGBTQIA+ staff, released an earlier version of the flag during Pride month in June and has now updated the design and made it open source. Images of...
American creative agency &Walsh has created the branding for the website of nuclear energy advocate Isodope using AI image generator DALL-E 2. Before creating the branding, New York-based &Walsh had been experimenting with OpenAI‘s DALL-E 2 platform to see if it could be useful for coming up with brand imagery. &Walsh used AI to create branding for nuclear energy advocate...
Dutch design agency Thonik has created a visual identity for the M+ museum in Hong Kong featuring a range of vibrant colours influenced by the city’s architecture and neon signage. The integrated design system by Thonik will be used for the museum‘s online, offline and onsite communication. Used in conjunction with a logo designed by British design firm North, the identity...
Ukraine‘s postal service Ukrposhta has issued a stamp to mark last week’s explosion on the bridge connecting Crimea and Russia, which features inside jokes and Titanic movie references. Designed by Ukrainian painter Yuriy Shapoval, the stamp shows the bridge’s distinctive white steel arches peeking out behind clouds of billowing smoke. It will be produced as a limited edition of seven million. Ukrposhta has issued...
As women‘s rights protesters in Iran face violent crackdowns and internet blackouts, we share artworks by ten illustrators and graphic designers from around the world that draw attention to their cause. Protests broke out in Iran on 17 September following the high-profile death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian woman who died under contested circumstances while being held in custody...
French car manufacturer Citroën has unveiled a new logo that recalls the brand’s original 1919 logo, to mark the start of a «dynamic era» and its mission to make electric vehicles more accessible. The new logo, which was created by the Citroën design team and global brand design agency Stellantis Design Studio, sees the return of the oval to enclose...
