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A new report by financial consultancy Brand Finance highlights how plain packaging regulations could cost food and drink brands over £200bn: bit.ly/2AqQe0I
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From the archive: The campaign to recognise a country-sized pile of trash as an official nation: bit.ly/2xUdOlI
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New York-based studio Order has created a new visual identity for Kickstarter, which looks to move away from the “childish feel” of its previous identity: bit.ly/2AkGtVh
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Google has opened an AI research centre in Beijing, which is the first of its kind in Asia: bit.ly/2AlMIop
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From the archive: Totalcontent’s new identity features a “cornucopia of quotation marks”: bit.ly/2hOXmfh
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The University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries is opening a new exhibition that looks at some of the earliest examples of English graphic design during the Medieval era: bit.ly/2B0Jirn
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Design contributes over £200bn to the UK economy, a new Design Council report reveals: bit.ly/2AUEYxb
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Coventry has been chosen as the UK’s City of Culture for 2021, beating four other shortlisted cities including Swansea, Stoke-on-Trent, Paisley and Sunderland: bit.ly/2B2vPT5
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Women are studying design – so where are all the female creative directors? bit.ly/2oXoWft
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Scientists at Cardiff University have launched a three-year research project to explore how the design of everyday products such as bikes and cars can be immediately adapted if they are found to have design flaws: bit.ly/2AY3kpV
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From the archive: How an explorer who travelled with Darwin turned letterforms into animals: bit.ly/2xFO9PS
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We round up the latest moves, changes and appointments in the design world, including James Quinlan joining FutureBrand’s Australia office as executive director
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Designer Ben Tallon says that whether you’re an introvert or an extrovert there’s a way to put yourself out there: bit.ly/2cZUXKB
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A group of designers including Morag Myerscough and Emily Forgot have created a series of colourful totem poles in aid of Amnesty International: bit.ly/2AH9fQC
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Guinness has released a series of limited edition, illustrated cans to celebrate the work of British artist John Gilroy for the brand:
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Multi-sensory popcorn and a furniture-focused NHS: Designers’ dream brand collaborations: bit.ly/2qA5YgY
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